~~~ Guest post by Windie Darrington ~~~
What makes a Tradition?
A tradition is a belief or behavior passed down within a group or
society with symbolic meaning or special significance with origins in the
past.
After competing in our 2nd Winter Games it is safe to say we have a new tradition at the Dell EMC Utah office, competing in the Salt Lake County Winter Corporate Games. The Winter Games are done on a smaller scale of the Summer Games. The events are played with the same intensity, commitment and desire to have fun in an "Olympic" style competition among 30+ companies with an estimated 2,500 participants, and opportunities for all levels of athleticism contribute to the team’s success and make an impact in our local community.
Opening Ceremonies
The games began with a glow in the dark 5k wellness walk for
all employees, family members and even their dogs. Followed with the first two competition;
a chili cook-off for all to enjoy and our “winter” obstacle course where Mother
Nature failed to participate and provide snow. Instead our team built a
Hula Hoop snowman, scooped tennis balls, snowshoed through the grass and power
sled across the lawn to a 2nd place podium.
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| Hula Hoop Snowman |
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| Troy Darrington scooping tennis balls |
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| 2nd Place! |
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| Who needs daylight? |
With a total of 24 competition events Dell EMC participated
in the following 15:
- Men’s Bowling
- Women’s Bowling
- Coed Bowling
- Broomball (hockey in tennis shoes)
- Ninja Warrior Course
- Obstacle Course
- Pistol Shoot
- Scrabble
- Table Tennis
- “Mystery” Event
- Poker
- Sand Volleyball
- Chili Cook-off
- Wellness Walk
Dell EMC earned a combined 8
Medals!
4 Gold, 3 Silver and 1 Bronze
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| Ninja Warrior |
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| Dell EMC took home the Bronze! |
Among our competition events we are also able to participate
in an executive challenge, volunteering, and the Heart & Soul Award. The
executive challenge consisted of 3 assigned C-level, Director or Sr. Managers
checking in at competition events. This was a piece of cake for our crew. Not
only did we have an executive check in at EVERY event, they were also playing
on the teams.
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| Mystery
Event Team completing 10 different tasks while tied together in a circle |
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| Mystery Event Gold Medal Winners! |
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| Broomball Team |
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| Thank goodness pads are required! |
Heart & Soul Award
The Heart & Soul Award was originally started as a “$200
minimum requirement” of donated food and blood to our local banks. Our Utah
office received a very warm thank you for turning this into a real competition.
After 4 consecutive years of earning the Heart & Soul award through thousands
of dollars and pounds donated to the Utah Food Bank and with hundreds of lives
saved through blood donations, we quickly became “the ones to beat." It is
a honor to say that we drove the top 5 companies in the competition to raise
over $15,000 dollars in food donated to the Utah Food Bank and hundreds of
units of blood donated to the American Red Cross. Dell EMC came in a very close
2nd for this year's award. 1st place went to one of our fierce Corporate Games
competitors, NetFlix. In the end, it is with great pride that we all say the
real winners are the Utah Food Bank and American Red Cross!
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| Heart & Soul Competing Companies |
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| Thank you to the Red Cross! |
Volunteer Company of
the Games
The Winter Games could not be held let alone run as smooth
as they do without the participating teams providing volunteers. In true Dell culture our team members
answered to call for help and earned the Volunteer Company of the Games Award.
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| Dell EMC team members Tyler Stevens, Troy Darrington, Windie Darrington, and Stephanie Hill |
Winter Games Wrap up
The Salt Lake Corporate Games moto is ‘friendly competition
boosts employee morale” and for a few short weeks in the winter Dell EMC team
members huddle around the work place replaying the last nights events,
laughing, strategizing and energizing our winning culture inside and outside of
the office. Corporate games brings
together our team members across different business units with the same desire
to “Make it Real."
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| 1st Place overall! |
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