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<\/a>In 1978, Tobey began his time as an OLAB instructor teaching about writing job applications. He later taught advertising and marketing and worked with OLAB until 2010.<\/p>\n
\u201cI really enjoyed interacting with the high school students in that environment because they were highly motivated,\u201d Tobey said. \u201cI liked watching the students take the material I taught them and put together their own ads and campaigns. Plus, it was a nice change of pace.\u201d<\/p>\n
OLAB marketing campaigns featuring children often included Tobey\u2019s then young sons, Rob and Joe.<\/p>\n
And when they were both old enough, Rob and Joe went from the instructor\u2019s kids to participants to OLAB counselors.<\/p>\n
Joe\u2019s wife, Marci, also went through OLAB.<\/p>\n
Then there\u2019s Rob\u2019s wife, Beth. She didn\u2019t attend OLAB as a high school student, but her connection to the program makes this family\u2019s story even more interesting.<\/p>\n
Rob was living in Washington D.C. and studying at Georgetown, when he came home one weekend for a wedding.<\/p>\n
That evening, he had plans to reconnect with his former OLAB counselor Greg Shaheen, who has now worked with OLAB in various capacities for more than 30 years.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen he showed up at my house,\u201d Greg recalled, \u201cwe started talking about the wedding, and he said he had hit it off with one of the bridesmaids (Beth). He said something along the lines of, \u2018If I lived in Indiana, she would likely be the one.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cI looked at him and said, \u2018Then why are you here with me??\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
At that, Greg made Rob change their original plans and drove him up to Culver, Indiana, where Beth was working at her relatives\u2019 root beer stand.<\/p>\n
OLAB was two weeks away, and the program was short a female counselor that year.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo I hired Beth on the spot,\u201d Greg said.<\/p>\n