I was contacted by Wade Brown (my boss's boss) and asked if we could attend his managers meeting. Wade is a big Star Wars fan and loves what the 501st does! He even suited up in my ANH TIE Pilot and had a blast surprising his employees! I worked closely with his Senior Administrator to setup the details of our involvement and charitable contribution.
We were a huge hit at the meeting and interacted with all of the managers while they were building bicycles and scooters. The 7 teams each built a bicycle and a scooter. In the end, GE donated the 7 Diamond Back bicycles, 7 scooters and 14 Darth Vader helmets to West Town Bikes.
http://westtownbikes.org/
The total donation amount was approximately $4500.00
They also presented me with a Black Series TK bucket ($80.00) to give away at an event of our choice. This will likely go to C2E2, 2017.
As an additional thank you to us troopers, they also gave us each one of their custom event shirts.
Thank you to all that trooped this one and helped make it a great success!!
Attendees:
Mat Agrest SL 10154 – Darth Nihilus
Luis Boileve TK 604 – TK
Blair Douglas IC 12266 – Leia
Javier Esqueda TK 265 – FO TK
Rudy Grasha BH 3620 – Fett
Jason Matlock TK 72132 – 181st TI
Joe Orlando SL 6074 – Kylo
Eric Pfeifer TX 3667 – TX
Robert Redden CC 5206 – Commander Cody
Matthew Yackley TK 67035 – TK
Marc Zachacki SL 92585 – Palpatine
Ted Ruler SL 36285 – SL
Troop time: 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Total troop hours: 36.0
Us with Wade:
Me with all of my bosses: I'm about to behead my boss, while my Imperial boss is force choking my boss's boss...
Us "helping" one team with a bike:
The whole crew at the front desk of the hotel:
10-12-16 IL Chicago – GE Managers Team Building Meeting
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Re: 10-12-16 IL Chicago – GE Managers Team Building Meeting
ToD updated. Looks like a fun time!