Whenever you call Blue Ridge Tours, one of the most pleasant
voices always answers the phone. That voice is a welcome relief to a long and
busy day of teaching long-division or sentence structure. That voice will
immediately put you at ease, and you will know that you will be taken care of
immediately by the owner of that voice –
Adrienne Carci, Blue Ridge Tours
Executive Assistant.
Adrienne is relatively new to Blue Ridge Tours – having just
completed her first school tour season, but she is not new to working hard for
children and making sure that they are able to experience all the opportunities available to
them.
After graduating from Mauldin High in 2003, Adrienne got her
Associates Degree in Human Services from Greenville Tech and then got a BS in Social Work from Limestone College in 2010. After working as a HR Generalist,
Adrienne joined the SC Department of Social Services in the foster care child
support division. The day-to-day obstacles
that she faced while working with children and families who had reached one of
the lowest points in their lives took a toll on Adrienne, and she decided that
she wanted to work with children and help them embrace opportunities before
they reached this low point. When Steve
and Donna offered her this opportunity in May 2014, she
knew that she had found a way to achieve her calling.
When Adrienne thinks about her first school trip to
Washington, DC back when she was at Beck Middle School, she remembers it not
only for all the sights she saw that she had only read about in history books
but she also remembers it for the friendships that she was able to make through
bonding while on the bus and staying at the hotel. These were friendships that she may not have
made in the hallways of school. She learned that traveling is not only fun and
allows you to experience new places, but also it teaches you more about
yourself and others.
Since that first trip to Washington, DC, Adrienne continues
to embrace traveling. She enjoys taking
cruises – particularly to Jamaica, but she also enjoys exploring the local
hideaways of cities such as Chicago and Charleston. When she is not traveling, Adrienne stays
busy with her three rescue pit bulls as well as many others that she fosters.
Adrienne’s continued concern for families and children who are struggling continues on at Blue Ridge Tours where she organized our first Food Drive and worked with our schools to help stock the shelves of a local food bank.
Now that she has a complete school tour year under her belt, Adrienne hopes to continue to work with Blue Ridge Tours on expanding the tour activities and offering more opportunities for all of our schools and students.
Now that you know a little more about Adrienne, give her a
call at (864) 834-5604 and be soothed by her voice as she books your next trip…
