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Holiday Giving at JR Direct

Every year, the JR Direct staff pulls together to raise money and collect non-perishable food for the Delta Food Bank. We divide into three teams to compete amongst each other to see who can raise the most money or collect the most food. The teams this year included Paul’s Pregnant Penguins, Danny’s Dirty Dinos, and Lee’s Lucky Ligers (the requirements for team names were to use a team member’s name, an adjective, and an animal, all while using alliteration).

Each team was challenged to come up with three events in which to raise either money or food. The events included a Silent Auction, Food Sales, Merchandise Sales, 60/40 Draw, Services Auction, and an Air Hockey Challenge. The best events were the Shrek Slam – a video game competition; Car Races –drivers steering remote control cars blindfolded; and Texas Hold’em Tournament – a friendly game of poker where 50% of the pot went to the food bank.

Visit the Photo Album to see more pictures of the events!

Once again, we received many generous donations from clients and vendors. A big thanks to all of the JR Direct employees, clients, and vendors for their donations of time, money, and food, which will help feed many children and families in our community over the next year.

The winning team of the JR Direct food bank challenge was Lee’s Lucky Ligers! Most importantly, between the 3 teams’ events and donations, JR Direct raised over $4300 plus approximately $1300 worth of food.