This one’s for charity…..
beelinebill December 19th, 2007
Many folks at Digium volunteer to help others during the year by fund raising and donating time to local charities and churches. This time of year many Digium employees have raised the bar for innovation and fun in fund raising and has brought a new level of energy and excitement to Digium. When Kevin Fleming, co-maintainer of Asterisk, offered his time to Make-A-Wish Foundation® earlier this year, we were proud to have a new member of the Huntsville community join such a prominent charity. Kevin kicked off the Christmas fund-raising season and Digium agreed to match a percentage of the money raised. Make-A-Wish foundation is a great way to brighten a child’s life this time of year!
Employees formed “Wish” competitive teams to raise funds and the competition has set a new bar almost every day. From lasagna lunches to pancake breakfasts, donated airline tickets to raffle, a Wii, and other raffles and now the grandaddy idea of all: “The Kiss the Pig” event. I have said this before, but “You can’t make this stuff up!”
In locations around Digium, there are 5 piggy banks (see inserted picture) with the Digium’s executive names on each. The winner (most money collected) will win the ever-growing-popular contest to kiss the pig. Now the executive team have quite a mix of backgrounds. One individual was brought up on a real live farm. One was a city-dweller, but all are in the contest!
The Piggy banks:
What I consider most impressive is the heart and generosity of the Digium people. But the innovative ideas people are deploying to raise the funds and the time and effort people are donating is so “Cool”. Excitement fills the halls and labs and conference rooms daily. People joke about what’s next?
We will have to wait and see who has received the highest donations. Which Digium Executive will kiss the pig? Stay tuned for tomorrow or shortly thereafter and on this site will be a video: http://www.makeadigiumwish.com
Wonder who it will be? As of earlier today, I was in the lead……