It's Amazing...

This past weekend, Matt competed with a team from work in The Amazing Race to benefit the Lakeshore Foundation. Everyone was responsible for fundraising for the team and since the competitions team had monopolized the baked goods department, Matt took matters into his own hands and sent out a mass e-mail:

Good morning,

As you can tell from the spread in the 5th floor breakroom, the "DBA” team has tried to monopolize all the donations with their delicious baked goods. However, as the ONLY member of the “EHS Sales” Team here at Brookwood Metroplex, I’ll be accepting your generous donations as well. Even though I can’t provide you with a snack, I’ll be handing out “Handshakes & Hugs”. **Hugs for the ladies only, please**
Seriously though, I have a bucket at my cube for donations. If you’re not sure where I sit, just call my extension and I’ll come to you.

Thanks in advance for your contributions to this year’s WINNING TEAM!

Matt

Gotta love the effort. He ended up racking the most on his team, so I was proud of his creativity.

The race started at the foundation campus. The foundation is a non-profit organization that promotes independence for persons with physically disabling conditions and provides opportunities to pursue active, healthy lifestyles. (lifted straight from their web site) The morning was spent participating in activites to give competitors an idea of what it's like to live with a disability and the awesome things they are able to learn to do so well. They got a clue for completeing each activity and then raced around the city. It's modeled after the TV show The Amazing Race....so you get the idea.

Here's a few of the team shots I was able to get in my short time as spectator.

Before they were off to race around the city (and I was off to race around Publix).

Team EHS ended up coming in 5th. Maybe that's where the aggression to win at Catch Phrase came from? The pieces are coming together.

Have a great weekend!