SSC_Newsletter_FEB_MARCH_2019_2

Creating Ways to Give Back Welcome to the 1st Hot Dog Charity event held at the Kaufman Jr High  benefiting the N.O.W. (Nutrition on Weekends) Backpack program.  This program gives kids, that are identified by teachers, a backpack of food on Fridays so that they will be able to have food over the weekend.

Be honest, does anything good every come out of a comment like “I bet I can eat more hot dogs than you?” Well, this time, we are happy to report, it did.

district and Mrs. Molly (a math teacher at the Jr high and the program director of Nutrition On Weekends) got wind of the bet. She asked if we could do the event at the Jr High and do it as a Charity event to support the N.O.W. program which was in dire need of funds. While SSC did not take home the trophy this year, plans are already being made for a comeback in 2019. Jose Villapando, Unit Manager expressed his pride, “The SSC Team was well represented by Andrew Richardson, William Sutton and Myself but the real winners were the kids that will benefit from this.”

It all started from a vocal bet between Maintenance and the Transportation Departments during lunch on who could eat more hotdogs and soon our Custodial Department was invited to participate to increase the competition.  Challenge Accepted! Word spread like wild fire through out the

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SSC | SERVICE SOLUTIONS | NEWSLETTER | JULY 2018