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...Griffin estimates he’s been involved with the campus’s public service umbrella organization for a decade but, he equivocates, “I’m bad at dates.” In any case, it’s been a while. It’s been long enough, in fact, that Clancy and her predecessor Trevor S. Cox ’01-’02 decided in the fall to solicit PBHA cabinet members for a gift of appreciation to present to Griffin...
...Clancy originally planned to raise money to send Griffin, an avid collector and expert on Irish books and Celtic literature, to Ireland. But the weather there is lousy, according to Griffin, so he decided to head Down Under for a few weeks. Which was fine with the student benefactors...
There is saccharine adoration and generosity all around. Clancy says Griffin sometimes leaves books he thinks she will like in her mailbox at PBH. According to Griffin (who calls all the volunteers “kids”), “They are all kids I could be happy to have as children.” This is why Griffin has stuck around for so long: “I like the kids so much. Virtually everyone is really wonderful. I don’t know about the rest of the Harvard community, but PBH kids are great. I suppose...
...Griffin began working for PBH as a custodian about 10 years ago, left briefly and then was asked to come back seven years ago after the public service overhaul at the College—when a more rigorous driver-training program was implemented. “I was supposed to work four hours a week giving the kids a driving test,” he says. “But they need to know so much more than you can teach them in a five-minute intro before the test.” The Harvard insurance office, which sees that...
...lessons are more complex than Griffin lets on. “He has this ritual,” Clancy explains. “First he gives you this spiel. Whenever you get attacked, like if someone is approaching the van, the first priority is to throw the keys in the bushes and run. Protect the van.” According to the Hartford insurance company, which oversees the van training, Griffin should take his charges on a six-hour spin in Cambridge. But Griffin mixes it up with other routes. “The [Harvard] insurance office wants...