Christmas Celebrations & Benevolence Fundraising by Cheri Kemp The help celebrate the Christmas season at Crest Foods, catered dinners were held over the course of two days. It took nine different catered meals in two locations to cover all three shifts. For two days, anyone in the vicinity could smell the wonderful aroma of this mouthwatering turkey, ham, stuffing and all the accompaniments coming from the breakrooms. For a bonus to the meal, Christmas bonuses were handed out at the same time! What a great way to begin the Christmas season! And thanks to Headon’s Catering from Creston for the wonderful food! The dinner time was also devoted to recognizing the 12 employees who gained their entry into the 20 year club in 2016. (See separate article on these 12 employees). As Jeff Meiners introduced each of these employees he gave a little review of their years with Crest Foods. Jeff reflected on what that meant to Crest as a whole, to have that person devote 20 years to Crest. If you look around the perimeter of the various breakrooms, you will see dozens and dozens of employees who have celebrated their 20 years with Crest, with many of them still actively at work here at Crest Foods! To cap off the celebration, after weeks of ticket sales for the Benevolence Fund, raffles were drawn while employ- ees anxiously waited to hear their name called. “And the winner is….” was heard 14 times, once for each of the wonderful gifts donated by various people, departments and companies. In past years, it was rare to have an em- ployee’s name drawn for a gift and actually have that employee present at that specific dinner for that specific gift. This year, on three separate occasions, the employee was present to hear their name read! There was great cheering when someone was able to claim their prize at that very moment. Brandon Tate nearly jumped out of his chair when his name was called for the skydive package; Olgert Refatllari was present when his name was read for the weekend at Wisconsin Dells and Cheri Kemp was present when her name was drawn for the Cubs tickets!
Mike Meiners & Cass Askegaard passing out bonuses
Felecia Messenger, Caitlin Quarton, Alyssa Holden, Kyle & Shawneen Arreguin
Servers getting ready to dish out lunch
Benevolence Fundraising - What a Success! We would like to thank each of those named for their generous do- nation to the raffles that support the Crest Foods Benevolence Fund. Without these individuals or departments, our annual fundraiser would not have been the success it was. In all, Crest Foods employees bought $12,400 in tickets! Crest Foods matches this amount so $24,800 will be deposited into the Benevolence Fund. These funds are used when someone in the Crest family experiences unforeseen circumstances throughout the year. They are also used to buy Christmas gifts for local nursing home resi- dents, and area agencies that support people and families in crisis.
Winner: Tania Guzman Amazon Echo Donated By: Ingredient Div.
Winner: Jason Rowl $1000 Cash Donated By: Anonymous
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