CFC Best Practices

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Submitted by Financial Management Service (November 4, 2004)

KFC Heads For The Races

A new event in the fundraising campaign this year was the Stick Derby, one of KFC’s most original new ideas that’s sure to become an annual favorite.  Preparations for the contest began about a week prior to the actual race when each branch was given a color specific stick pony to name and decorate.  The horses were collected and displayed the day before the race to allow employees the chance to vote on Best-Decorated Pony and Best Pony Name.  The choice proved to be a difficult one with the following creative ideas:    

Cones, identifying color and team name, were used to hold the votes each horse received and quarters were the designated method of voting. 

The first-place winner for Best-Decorated Pony was given to PFB’s Almost Glue and the first-place winner for Best Pony Name was given to EXEC’s Gee’s K K TyOne On.  Both winners were awarded with free Wendy’s frosty coupons for each person in their branch.

On October 7^th at 11:45 the riders (branch managers or designated jockey) were called to the gate to prepare for the big derby race.  Coordinately dressed to match their pony and/or theme, the riders presented quite a sight.  With the call of the trumpet, the race began. 

Colored numbers were pulled from a hat to represent the amount of spaces the corresponding colored team rider was allowed to move.  GFS began with a startling lead, but stalled quickly.  PFB, EXEC, Claims and KROC were docked (sent back to the starting gate) almost immediately after the race began.  Towards the end, the horses were neck in neck, however AMB took the lead and finished with a first place win. 

All funds raised from this event, others like it, and personal donations for CFC this year provide KFC with a way to give back to its community.  CFC CO-Chair Sarah Moore believes that the campaign is beneficial because it “provides the opportunity for individuals to contribute to charitable organizations of their choosing.”  And once again KFC has proven that our community does matter.   

Submitted by U.S. EPA, Region 7 (April 26, 2004)

Pet Photo Contest

“Who can believe there is no soul behind those luminous eyes?!” Theophile Gautier

During the 2003 Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) at U.S. EPA, Region 7, a Pet Photo Contest was held.  What originally started out as a joke (“Why don’t we have a ‘Bring Your Pet to Work Day’?”) turned out to be one of the most popular fund raisers of the CFC season.  

A message was posted on the electronic bulletin board asking employees to bring in photos of their pets, and a category that they wanted their pet to enter.  The categories were as follows: Best-Dressed, Largest, Smallest, Most Photogenic, Most Handsome/Prettiest, Looks the most like their Human, and probably the most popular category was Uncategorical (the winner was a recently-bathed, unhappy cat.)   

We soon found out how much our co-workers loved their pets as the entries came pouring in, most of which were cats and dogs, with some rabbits mixed in.  On the day of the contest, the pictures were posted on table-top displays in the cafeteria with name tags that stated the pet’s name and their human’s name.  Cups were set on tables with the pets’ names written on the cup.   

Employees made use of the ATM machines and any and all spare change, and the cups started filling up.  Pet owners came to the contest and coerced and bribed their fellow workers to vote for their little darlings, and more than $400.00 was raised for the Humane Society.  The winners were announced on the electronic bulletin board and the pictures were scanned as the plan is to have calendars made of our pets for the 2004 CFC season.  In addition, winners were given prizes which were donated by local pet stores (i.e., pet travel kits, “Dentabones,” cat toys, etc.)