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| VentureUpdate Team Building News |
15 May 2010 |
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| ESSENTIAL TRIVIA |
Jump Start
Your Next Staff Meeting
1. Where did Wal-mart founder Sam Walton get his first job?
2. How many times was Gerald Ford elected U.S. President?
3. What famous poet/writer was expelled from West Point because he showed up for a parade in his birthday suit?
4. What English word has consecutive u's?
5. Who was the first American bilionaire?
6. Who invented charcoal briquettes?
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YOUNG ACHIEVERS
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After losing their ice rink
to a freak storm in January, both Bantams and Pee Wee youth hockey teams in Flagstaff won First Place in the 2010 Grand Canyon State Games held in Phoenix last month.
Read more ...
Photo: Trey Gonzalez, Assoc. Capt.; Captain Jake Williams, Assoc. Captain Mason Lengyel.
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(Dungo, DRC) -- Shortly after Luellen Kazan received her masters degree from Columbia University in May 2009, she set out for The Demoratic Republic of the Congo as a humanitarain aid worker.
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Picnics, Parties & Fundraisers
Even in the high country, May paves the way to months of good weather for picnics, parties and fundraisers. Below you'll see a range of ways to build team spirit or raise funds for your group's charity event.
Enjoy !
Inflatable Obstacles: Wall Jumping, Moonball, Inflatable Obstacles, Bungie Run, Human Foosball, Gladiator Joust
Toll Free US: 1.888.305.1065
Canada: 514.312.8295
UK & Europe: 0203.002.37.61
Does your company or organization
give beyond its borders?
Are you interested in helping villages in Congo, including mothers and children orphaned by war?
Fundraisers: "Run for Congo Women" road race inquires, please contact:
Jennifer Morabito, Email: jmorabito@womenforwomen.org / Tel: 202-521-9641
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| GEO CACHING: The Wild Burro Wilderness
  Avery at the Ritz Carlton 
When 50 Avery executives met at the Ritz Carlton-Dove Mountain near Tucson on May 14, they were ready to take on a very new challenge -- Geo Caching the Wild Burro Wilderness, an area surrounding this new luxury resort. Venture Up designed this first-ever program so groups of six people -- many of whom didn't know each other -- would work as a team. Armed with an E-Trex GPS unit, each team set out on a race to find at least 16 of the 35 way points, or coordinates, set by Venture Up. All points were within a 3-mile radius, and a few tricky ones were hidden within the resort itself. During the 2.5 hour course, some teams found all 35 points, and most met the minimum. Avery Dennison, the international label company, was in town to celebrate record sales with the Summit Club, a group of top sales people from South America and across the nation.
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SERVING OTHERS:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
 
(Dungo, DRC) -- Shortly after Luellen Kazan received her masters degree from Columbia University in May 2009, she set out for The Democratic Republic of the Congo as a humanitarian aid worker. Currently in Dungu, in northeastern DRC near the southern border of Sudan, Luellen is managing an Economic Recovery Program with Mercy Corps, an effort funded by USAID. The recovery program helps displaced people and their host communities by paying them to work on community projects, such as rehabilitating schools, roads and health centers. Luellen's work also involves delivering cash to the most vulnerable households in communities, building market places, and developing community micro-finance projects. The region of Northeastern DRC is extremely isolated and vulnerable, and the people are in need of enhanced protection efforts on the national and international levels to keep them safe from the abuses of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). |
YOUNG ACHIEVERS:
Flagstaff Bantams win 2010 Grand Canyon State Championships
In a town that lost its ice rink to a freak storm in January 2010, Flagstaff made its mark at the Grand Canyon State Championships in Phoenix last month. Captain Jake Williams, of Flagstaff High School; Associate Captain Trey Gonzalez of Sinagua High School, and Associate Captain Mason Lengyel of Flagstaff Middle School, are shown above after the victory. The younger Flagstaff Pee Wee team also won the state championship. Flagstaff is currently rebuilding the ice rink, slated to open in November 2010. Read more ..
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1. What English word has consecutive u's? Vacuum
2. Who was the first American bilionaire? John D. Rockefeller, founder of Standard Oil in 1911
3. Who invented charcoal briquettes? Henry T. Ford, inventor of the automobile
4. Where did Wal-mart founder Sam Walton get his first job? J.C. Penney
5. How many times was Gerald Ford elected U.S. President? 0
6. What famous poet/writer was expelled from West Point because he showed up for a parade in his birthday suit? Edgar Allen Poe
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We aim to provide an uplifting experience to enrich your team players at work and in life.
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