August 2005 Newsletter
Relay for Life
A Relay for Life team comprised of Quadax employees took part in Westlake’s Relay for Life event to benefit the American Cancer Society June 10th and 11th. The team raised a total of $9,034.56 to help in the fight against cancer. This total placed them second out of over 50 teams that participated.
To reach this extraordinary number, the Quadax team got creative in their fund raising programs. They sponsored and ran programs within the company such as bake sales (raising over $600), raffles to win a front-row parking space (over $230), casual dress-down weeks (over $1350), and the tremendously successful Department Coin War (over $4,280).
In total, before the team even went to walk in the Relay, they had surpassed their entire event goal of $5,000 by raising a net amount of $7298.56 in cash and checks.
At the relay itself, the team walked in a relay for 18 consecutive hours generating a sponsored amount of over $1500. Not only was their final total enough to put them into second place for most money raised, the team was also honored for a second time; the total raised put them into the Gold Awardees category for having between $5,000-$9,999.99 in total contributions. Plaques were given to the Quadax team, one of which is proudly displayed in our front lobby.
The goal for the entire relay was to raise $70,000. This amount was surpassed even before the Relay for Life event as the American Cancer Society received over $90,000 from the Westlake Relay for Life teams. Quadax is proud of the contributions from team members Suzi Piskur, Jenny Campobenedetto, Lauren Plasterer, and of the generosity of the entire staff to have raised such an amount. Congratulations, you all deserve a big round of applause for your efforts!