Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Celebration for Cooper!

It was Cooper's birthday so we went to Oregano's to celebrate!!
Cooper and Ken were the only two aware this picture was going on...

Autumn, Kevin, Chad, and Old Brandon - waiting for food isn't really a strength of Kevin's.

Chris, Cooper, Lyndsay, and Ken. I believe Chris was also celebrating his birthday!

Logan and Paula enjoying the beautiful AZ weather!!

New Brandon and Chris.

Matt, Matty, and Erik


Hairnets and Churros

Some of the girls (Cooper, Erin, and Autumn) on the team went to Costco and picked up a hairnet and churro for Erik - per his request.
The hairnet protects his hair from the harsh surface of his headset.

Do not disturb the animals while they are feeding.

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

St. Mary's Food Bank!!

Team Scharff participated in a volunteer project orchestrated by our campus C.O.R.E. group.

All 108 of the individuals from our campus gathered for the briefing before we were separated into smaller groups. We found out that St. Mary's was the first Food Bank in the world, 1 in 5 children wake-up and go to sleep hungry, 1 in 7 adults (18-64) has to decide between eating or buying gas, and 1 in 12 seniors (64+) is struggling with bills/medical needs/food. It was great to know we could make a positive impact on our community - and have fun while doing it!
Getting directions from our leader on how to tape/prep boxes...
Cooper, Ashley, Kevin, Erin, and Logan on the assembly line taping up boxes.Autumn, Erin, and Cooper - getting down and dirty with volunteer work!!
Brandon, Larry, and new Brandon re-grouping and waiting for our next assignment after we taped/prep'ed the boxes.
Erik and Paula, having fun in between assignments.
We put fliers in the boxes and started to fill them with food and drinks!
We got a break for a few minutes while our group leader figured out what she needed us to do.
Autumn doing her part - perfectly!
Let's get this thing started! and let's get Cooper away from the buttons!
Larry and new Brandon relaxing after pushing product and loading boxes!!
Group leader and Ken - we assembled 22 palates, which is 4,840 lbs of food. According to our group leader, an adult eats about a pound of food in a sitting, so that's a lot of people we were able to help!!!
A hard days work...let's leave knowing we are fabulous!!
After we worked hard, we stopped and got food. What a fun day!!

Saturday, August 29, 2009

Saying Goodbye


This month we said Goodbye to Jeff, Clint and Michelle. They were great to have on the team and they will be missed!!

Happy Birthday Paula!

How could we let Paula's birthday go by without giving her something special to remember it by? Well, Cooper made sure Paula would remember it! She assigned coloring tasks to a variety of people on the team and even had the colored pencils and crayons at her desk! (Logan's art work shown)

As soon as Paula left, Cooper set to task the decorations and details. She and Clint worked on the streamers and balloons until there was no way Paula could get into her desk without having to bust through the streamer barricade.















Clint filled up most of those balloons...it was pretty easy for him, with all the hot air he is constantly blowing any ways...So with the balloons filled, the streamers strung, and the colored pictures hung, Paula's desk was a sight for all to see!

Team Builder!

The team decided they wanted to go to Native New Yorker for a team build. There was talk of a great Wing Challenge, some of the team even brought extra shirts to wear for protection against the wing sauces, but the Challenge was not to be. When Clint called to confirm the special wing price he accidently called the wrong location...so when we arived at the wrong location and found we would have to pay full price for the wings the excitement died quickly. We still had a great time and enjoyed the extended lunch joking around and indulging in far too much food!

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Birthday Lunch

It was Ashley's birthday so a group of us went to Oregano's to celebrate. The food is SO good! We got free dessert to share - deep dish cookie with vanilla ice, yum!Michelle and Cooper (Michelle is enjoying her pizza)Kevin and JeffMichelle and Cooper (way cute picture, if only it wasn't blurry...Kevin needs to learn how to take pictures)
Cooper and AshleyPaula and Kevin