MOD Moms Receives Community Recognition
The 2nd annual Crayons to Calculators Corporate Challenge attracted thirty-one corporations
who provided backpacks of school supplies, loose supplies, cash and employee volunteers
to help assemble backpacks. These corporate contributions enabled Crayons to Calculators
to provide backpacks of school supplies valued at $52,695 to 889 students.
Thanks
to substantial support from sponsors like Boulder Rotary Club, Western Disposal Services,
Corporate Express, Boulder County Business Report, the Camera, the Times-Call, MOD
Moms North and donations from thousands of community members and corporations, last
month Crayons to Calculators provided over 4,812 backpacks of school supplies to
economically disadvantaged students in Boulder Valley and St. Vrain school districts.
Hooray to all of our generous and dedicated Moms who made this possible!!! Here is
our own Shannon Knobel, picking up the award given to MOD Moms North for our incredible
donation of backpacks.
CRAYONS TO CALCULATORS ANNOUNCES 2009 CORPORATE CHALLENGE WINNERS
Crayons to Calculators, a collaboration of non-profit organizations that provides school supplies to Boulder Valley students in need, announced the winners for the 2009 Crayons to Calculators Corporate Challenge at a celebration honoring all 38 participants at the Western Disposal Services headquarters in Boulder, Colorado. MOD Moms North and Chavez Calibrations International, Inc. were awarded trophies for providing the most assistance and the most assistance as a percentage of the employee population, respectively.
Corporate Challenge: Each summer Crayons to Calculators engages local businesses to support its mission by participating in a fun contest to raise awareness and school supplies for our public schools. In 2009, nearly 49 businesses donated close to 800 backpacks full of much need school supplies over 5,900 students!
Each business designs its own participation using many creative methods. In October, trophies are presented to the top producing businesses at celebration party.
MOD Moms North President, Shannon Knobel, accepts the trophy
for "Overall Winner" trophy for MOD Moms North. Thanks to all of the MOD Moms that donated to make this happen!
