UPS Golf Tournament for United Way

In September UPS held a charity golf tournament to support United Way of the Columbia-Willamette at Tri-Mountain Golf Course in Ridgefield, WA.

Tournament organizer and Package Division Manager, Portland Division, Northwest District, Kevin Church was eager to bring some additional excitement to UPS' United Way Community Giving Campaign. With help from Brad Roos and Dominique Andrews, Kevin put together a phenomenal tournament which he hopes to make an annual event. 

The tournament featured hole and cart sponsors, over 80 players, a silent auction, and great prizes.  Some UPS regional leadership came down from Seattle to play as well including Nancy Koeper, VP/COO Director of NW District.

The image to the right features Kevin proudly presenting a $6,000 check to United Way's James Dillard, Director of Workplace Giving. The amount raised at the tournament includes funds from the silent auction, mulligan sales, putting contest, and more.

Thank you Kevin, Brad, Dominique and everyone who participated in this great UPS fundraising event for United Way. 

The Harris Group Inc. Charity Zucchini Car Races

The Portland office of Harris Group, Inc. wrapped up their employee giving campaign last Thursday, October 20^th and raised more than $8,100, exceeding their campaign goal!

Hoping to have even more fun than last year, campaign coordinator Sheila Stai decided try something new and added Zucchini Car Races to the week’s activities.

Employees were invited to design, build and decorate their own zucchini cars and bring them to race on a track specially constructed for the event. Racers competed for donated prizes in 4 categories – Fastest, Slowest, Most Creative and Most Nutritious.

United Way of the Columbia-Willamette Community Account Manager, Steven "Dream" Weaver, the voice of many professional and collegian sports teams, was there as play-by-play announcer. Employee spectators filled in as the races began and the room was full of laughter – many more vowed to build their own zucchini car next year to challenge this year’s winners. 

The Zucchini Car races was one of many fun activities planned throughout the campaign at Harris Group – employees also had a chance to take part in a silent auction, cut-throat penny competition and a chili cook-off. Thanks to the dedication of Sheila and her colleagues, participation was high and Harris Group employees got to have fun and feel good about giving back to our community.