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ghfromaltonbay · 12-03-2009, 11:10 AM

[QUOTE=upthesaukee;113475] A small group of volunteers as a group can often make far more for that charity than they could as individuals.

At the company where I work the 35 employees picked the Interfaith Food Pantry nearby as the charity. HR made a contest out of the food drive -- We were broken up into 5 teams and challenged over the 3 weeks prior to Thanksgiving to donate non-perishable foods and baby supplies. Each week a coin toss was done to see if we would weigh our donations or do a count of items. (checks donated counted as 1 point per dollar). At the end of the 3rd week the winning team got $100 to go out for lunch. Our team won and donated the $100 back to the charity - none of us would suffer by missing a lunch out if you know what I mean. In the 3 weeks, our company collected 1405 pounds of food, and the checks given totalled $880. The company President surprised us with another check for $500 and someone put in $20 cash to make it an even $1400. In order not to overwhelm the center, we brought the donations each week and pre-sorted boxes by types of food. Not bad for a small office and everyone really had a lot of fun shopping and decorating their team's donation boxes. I have to say that there was a lot of team spirit given that this past year no one here got raises or bonuses and there was a small layoff (4 people) in Nov. 2008. I think everyone was just thankful that they still have their jobs and know that a lot of people are not as fortunate this year.

12-03-2009, 11:10 AM	#22
ghfromaltonbay Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Clifton, NJ, Alton Bay Posts: 843 Thanks: 259 Thanked 234 Times in 134 Posts	Right you are, Uppie! [QUOTE=upthesaukee;113475] A small group of volunteers as a group can often make far more for that charity than they could as individuals. At the company where I work the 35 employees picked the Interfaith Food Pantry nearby as the charity. HR made a contest out of the food drive -- We were broken up into 5 teams and challenged over the 3 weeks prior to Thanksgiving to donate non-perishable foods and baby supplies. Each week a coin toss was done to see if we would weigh our donations or do a count of items. (checks donated counted as 1 point per dollar). At the end of the 3rd week the winning team got $100 to go out for lunch. Our team won and donated the $100 back to the charity - none of us would suffer by missing a lunch out if you know what I mean. In the 3 weeks, our company collected 1405 pounds of food, and the checks given totalled $880. The company President surprised us with another check for $500 and someone put in $20 cash to make it an even $1400. In order not to overwhelm the center, we brought the donations each week and pre-sorted boxes by types of food. Not bad for a small office and everyone really had a lot of fun shopping and decorating their team's donation boxes. I have to say that there was a lot of team spirit given that this past year no one here got raises or bonuses and there was a small layoff (4 people) in Nov. 2008. I think everyone was just thankful that they still have their jobs and know that a lot of people are not as fortunate this year.