May 2005 Newsletter
Relay for Life
Quadax employees are once again sponsoring a Relay for Life team, comprised solely of Quadax employees, to take part in Westlake's Relay for Life June 10th and 11th. The Relay for Life is the signature activity for the American Cancer Society, which offers the opportunity for a community to participate in the fight against cancer. Teams of people camp out at a local high school, park or fairground and take turns walking or running a track or path. Each team is asked to have a representative on the track at all times during the event. Relays are an overnight event, up to 24 hours in length. The power of the Relay for Life is that it allows a community to grieve for those lost to cancer and to celebrate the lives of those who have survived.
The Relay for Life also raises funds. Teams solicit donations, have garage sales, hold car washes and more. Last year, Quadax employees raised over $3,000 by holding Casual Dress Down weeks, selling cookbooks, and Bake Sales. This year our team captained by myself, Suzi Piskur, and Jenny Campobenedetto are determined to surpass that.
In order for us to reach our goal, front row parking spaces were raffled off, two casual dress down weeks were held, and employees provided baked goodies to sell every week.
Another fundraising event held at the Fairview Park office was a Departmental Coin War. Departments were given milk jugs to collect as many coins as possible over the course of a month. It became very competitive because the team that could collect the most change would win a catered breakfast and lunch for a day.
However, the fun part of the game came in when other teams were able to sabotage each other. We treated any paper money or checks written to American Cancer Society as negative money. This way when a team thought they were winning with large amounts of change another team would put in paper money reducing the owning team's total. It was such a success that this fundraiser alone raised $3,652.18 in loose change and $707.00 in paper "sabotage" money, giving us a grand total of over $4,300!
With still more than a month until the Relay, Quadax employees have generously raised over $6,000 for the American Cancer Society! All of the Quadax employees deserve a huge round of applause for all their efforts!