Bettendorf, IA - Mel Foster Co. is committed to community involvement and loves a challenge. They participated in their second annual 2009 Student Food Drive Corporate Challenge and held an internal competition within each office to help the efforts. The internal competition contributed to Mel Foster Co. receiving a Clunky Award from the Student Food Drive for having the most creative event.
Mel Foster Co.'s Commercial division partnered with Mulligan's Valley Pub in Coal Valley and collected over 900 pounds of canned food items during the event for the Student Food Drive. The commercial division teamed up with Mel Foster Co.'s property management division and the marketing department to win the overall internal competition at Mel Foster Co. They collected over 2,000 of Mel Foster Co.'s 10,273 pounds.
Kris Ratigan, Marketing Director for Mel Foster Co., says "Mel Foster Co. is thrilled to receive the Most Creative Event Award from the Student Food Drive. With the help of Pieter Hanson, owner of Mulligan's Valley Pub, we are proud to have contributed to helping the Corporate Challenge top last year's collection for food shelves. It's truly exciting."
Being in the top five for Division A (151 or more employees) of the 2009 Student Food Drive's Corporate Challenge, Ratigan added "we are very proud of our agents and staff for their strong participation in this year's Student Food Drive. We collected 4,000 more pounds this year than last year."
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