Tysons Corner and Friends Pull Together For The Special Olympics

Since D.C., Tysons, and Rockville are all neighbors they decided to "pull together" and get better acquainted. What better way than to benefit the Special Olympics and do a Plane Pull for a good cause? That's right, pull a 150,000 lb., FedEx Cargo Plane!! On September 8th, Special Olympics held its 8th Annual, Dulles Day Plane Pull. In a nut shell, teams of 20 people competed against each other for prizes in different categories to include the farthest, the fastest, etc. In order for "Team GB" to be able to compete in the event, we needed to raise money! So why not go for the gold and shoot to be a Premier Sponsor at $8,500? Between the three stores, we put a game plan together on paper and decided to raise $2,850 from each location. Over a three month period, we did it! We raised money through tapping parties, selling "Stars" for Special Olympics, competing in bowl-a-thons, and much more!

Our plane pulling team consisted of each of the GM's along with 5 servers from each of our stores chosen on the basis of their teamwork skills, participation and through sales goals such as Passports. We were also chosen by their Shopper Report scores and by their good standings with the company.

Pull team weight: 3480
Pull time: 10.85 seconds

Great job D.C., Tysons, and Rockville! Can't wait for you to reach your 2008 goal of $25k!