by Amanda Schuss, Ballantyne Business Center
Ballantyne Business Centers just held a huge fundraiser for a local non-profit called ‘Classroom Central’ which provides schools supplies for teachers throughout the year free of charge. Our biggest push is to collect over 15,000 packs of markers within a week from our entire Ballantyne Corporate Park (Side note: were rated the number 1 suburban business park in the world by BOMA in America ). To raise excitement I was volunteered (notice…I WAS volunteered) to challenge our parent company Bissell Company to a fight to the finish. If they collected 1000+ packs of markers I would wear a University of Florida shirt for an entire workday. Now, this doesn’t seem to be a big deal for most people but I’m a HUGE University of Georgia fan and I despise the Florida Gators. It’s such a big deal in fact that I will need to keep it a secret from my family (shhhh). So, the marker count was finalized this morning and I will be wearing a Gator shirt/jersey this Wednesday…yikes!
What a great opportunity for us to all rally around a cause. We helped the community and we had some fun while doing it. What are you doing in your local market?
