VENTURE UP Fall 2012 Team Building News

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Team Building News
September - October 2012

QUOTES

There is only one satisfying way to boot a computer.

-- J.H. Goldfuss

Rule #1: Use good judgment in all situations. There will be no additional rules.

-- Nordstrom Employee Handbook

You can stand tall without standing on someone. You can be a victor without having victims.

-- Harriet Woods



Conscience is, in most, an anticipation of the opinion of others.

-- Henry Taylor

All my best thoughts were stolen by the ancients.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

A fanatic is one who sticks to his guns whether they're loaded or not.
-- Franklin P. Jones

Many a true word is spoken in jest.
-- English Proverb

Did you know ?

Ancient Greek tradition called on young men to toss an apple to a girl as a proposal to marriage. Catching it meant she accepted.

Warner Brothers paid $28 million for the copyright to the Happy Birthday song.

Dehydration turns your thirst mechanism off. Fix: Drink water !

Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

The Swine-Flu vaccine in 1976 caused more disease and deaths than the illness it was designed to prevent.

Caffeine increases the power of aspirin and other pain killers, which is why it is found in many medicines.

The military salute is a motion that evolved from medieval times, when knights in armor raised their visors to reveal their
identity.

At death, the last sense to go is hearing; the first, sight.

Strawberries are the only fruit whose seeds grow on the outside.

The moon moves 2 inches away from the earth every year.

The weight of everything weighs 1 percent less at the equator.

Soldiers do not march in step when going across bridges because
they could set up a vibration sufficient to knock the bridge down.

Space flight requires 530 kg of excess fuel for lift-off for every extra kilogram carried on board.

Avocados have the highest calorie of any fruit, at 167 calories per 100 grams.

Girl Scouts started selling cookies via the internet in 1996.

Handshakes began in ancient times by strangers to show that they had no weapons.

The earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.

Doctors Without

B O R D E R S

www.msf.org

Feedback

"Thank you so much for all the planning, thoughtfulness,
and then delivery of the murals to us ... our thanks to
OraPharma staff for their artistry in creating the murals
and thinking of the homeless men, women and children
who reside in our shelters who can always use
encouragement and attention."

-- Mark A. Woodcock, Major

Salvation Army, Orlando

Team Building

Meetings & Events

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Continental in Newport News, VA

Continental Corporation executives of North America met in Newport News, VA, for an annual meeting, including a Bike Building program. The teams donated bikes to needy kids from the area's Boys and Girls Club.

OraPharma in Orlando

OraPharma executives met for a charity team building

program in Orlando to create and donate artistic murals

to the Salvation Army.

Enel Green Power

Enel Green Power Builds human propelled cars in Reno.

John Deere at Moline, IL HQ

John Deere union members met indoors to take on Venture Up's Strategic Games, one of many Venture Up team building programs held at the Moline headquarters this year.

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SERVING OTHERS

(Washington, DC) -- Hundreds of companies partner with World Vision and send a clear message of corporate social responsibility to their customers, shareholders and employees. Can you or your company make a difference for children and families in need worldwide?

Here's how:

Matching Gifts & Workplace Giving -- Learn how payroll deductions, stock donations, and employer matches can create the socially responsible corporate environment you seek while helping others in need around the world.

Product Donations -- Learn about the types of product donations we accept, how donating benefits your corporation, and how your donations impact the lives of children in the United States and abroad.

Corporate Caregiver Kits- Learn how to create a dynamic opportunity for your corporation to band together and improve morale by building Caregiver Kits to help support volunteer AIDS caregivers in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

SchoolTools Backpacks-- Learn how your group can make a huge difference in the lives of children in your own community by assembling School-Tools Backpacks for students in need.

http://www.worldvision.org

GEOGRAPHY

1. What Arizona town in the 1990s made it legal for folks to wear 6-shooters strapped to their hips?

2. What city in Kansas derives its name from the Sioux word meaning "a good place to dig potatoes"?

3. What city is the site of the last Moorish Kingdom of Spain?

4. What South American country was home to the early human "Patagonian Giants"?

5. What interstate highway connects Boston to Seattle?

ANSWERS: 1.) Tombstone 2.) Topeka 3.) Granada 4.) Argentina 5.) I-90

More than 250,000 people on 5 continents have participated in Venture Up programs since we began 1983. Venture Up aims to show working people
just like you new ways of interacting, having fun and serving others.

Venture Up aims to provide uplifting experiences

to enrich your team players

at work and in life.

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