Testimonials
Bill,
I'm a Junior at Marian High school in Framingham. Bill, you've come to
my school a couple times and your great. You've also brought with you
Benny and I think he's so interesting and it's amazing the things he's
been through and I enjoyed listening to him. If there is any way that I
could contact him, I would love to. I think because he's only 2 years
older then me.. its really amazing to me that a person so close to my
age has so much experience with things. Since the first time he came
with you, I've been drawn to him and the things he talks about. Today
was your last time coming to my school and I have to say that everyone
wishes that it wasn't. We all looked forward to you coming in and I
wanted to say thank you for taking your time to talk to all of us.
You're amazing and the stories you have are unbelievable. I've never
really done any serious drugs before and after hearing you and Benny I
realized that I never want to. I appreciate you helping me realize this.
So thanks again for you're time and I'd really love to get in touch with
Benny too, if that is at all possible.
-A.B.
Hey Bill,
Thanks again for your help...you do a great job with those kids. I spoke
to the lady who I need to send the information to at the court and she
said that she needs a letter from you on your company's letterhead if
possible stating that I completed 8 hours of alcohol education. The
letter also has to contain my birth date (3/18/81) and you can then
email or fax it to me and I will send it off to her. My little brother
is actually a freshman at Framingham high school and I hope you get a
chance to do one of his classes too because I can tell by the looks on
the kids faces that you had them engaged and they were getting the
point. I'll have to ask him if he's had you there yet.
Thanks,
-Matt
Bill,
On behalf of the Shrewsbury Hoopsters and Jim Diamantopoulos, SHS Boys
Varsity Basketball Coach, we would like to thank you for coming in and
talking to our parents and players about drugs/alcohol and the topic of
substance abuse. You are an excellent presenter and have a very powerful
message that directly or indirectly affects every one of our players and
families in Shrewsbury. The message is loud and clear and your ability
to communicate to the different audiences was very impressive. I
received a lot of very positive and complementary comments from the
parents after our parents meeting. While the Hoopsters does not have the
power to implement a program for the benefit of the school, I have
forwarded a message to our Principal and Athletic Director suggesting
that we think about implementing a preventative/pro-active program at
SHS. I have given them your phone number to get in touch with you for
either guidance or direct counseling regarding our situation at
Shrewsbury High School.
Well done and thanks again for coming to SHS,
Jim Diamantopoulos
SHS Boys Varsity Basketball Coach
Tony Pawlik
Shrewsbury Hoopsters President
Dan,
At last nights Hoopsters meeting, Jim Diamantopoulos got us a speaker
from New Beginnings, Bill Phillips (also affiliated with the MIAA), to
talk about substance abuse both for our parents at our Hoopsters meeting
and later to address the girls and boys teams (Varsity, JV and Freshman)
after yesterdays practice session.
I had many parents after the meeting come back to me and say what a
wonderful message and a very sensitive and hot topic among the families
of Shrewsbury athletes and students. Bill Phillips is a very powerful
speaker, he knows what he is talking about, he got all of the parents
attention and he held the players attention, even after practice, not an
easy thing to do.
You may want to check out the New Beginnings website at nbprograms.com
or call Bill directly at
508-416-2115 (office) or 978-580-4367 (cell
phone) he is a tremendous resource and may aid you in developing a plan
of attack for SHS.
Tony Pawlik
Vice President of Sales, North America
High Bandwidth Access, Inc
Dear Bill,
Good news. I thought the Grade 5 lesson was excellent. The kids were
talking about you after lunch. My "cool" 8th graders also were impressed
and wanted to know when you were coming back. 'See you the 19th.
-Karen
“Packed full with information and facts…high energy, change of pace from
the usual programs. Questions and Answers part of forum was exceptional.
Thank you”
Jim Poirier
Clerk Magistrate
Norfolk Juvenile Court.
“This program is a great resource for developing and establishing
improved school, court and police relationships”
Timothy Scaggs
Assistant Chief Probation Officer
Framingham Juvenile Court
“Thank you so much for the wonderful presentation last night. I’ve
received so much positive feedback from the parents who attended!….Your
program is awesome and more and more necessary in the kids lives…Your
message is powerful and real because you’ve experienced lots of
heartache-keep up this important work” .
Judy Miley
Religious Education Director
St. Timothy Parish
“The staff at Baird Middle school is still talking about the in-service
training you provided at our school during teacher orientation week. We
found your presentation to be meaningful and practical for those of us
who work with adolescents”
Donna M. Hogan
Interim Principal
Paul R. Baird Middle School
Dear Mr. Phillips and Ryan
”I just want to thank you for your visit because it really made me think
of the consequences of drugs. I’m not going to lie and say I have never
tried pot before… but now that you’ve told me what it can result in I’ve
changed my mind drastically. Though I have used it, I have opted to stop
because it is very harmful to your health. Thank you for convincing me
that drugs are bad for your body. You’ve made a big impression on me."
(8th grade student)
“Would recommend this program without hesitation. Informative,
exciting, non-stop and right to the point...excellent”
Ralph Olsen
Principal
Framingham High School
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