Over-the-top success at Gibraltar Mine
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Staff and employees at Gibraltar Mine have once again surpassed their goal for the United Way Campaign, raising more than $70,000. The closing ceremony for the campaign took place at the mine yesterday, when the total was announced.
Organizer Krista Murray, Comptroller for Taseko Mines, said heartfelt thanks were given to the 143 Gibraltar employees who donated during the campaign. The winners of Week-4 prizes were:
- Play Station 3, Akoo Patel
- 7 in 1 Ryobi tool set, Don Aaltonen
- Vehicle Detailing Gift Certificate, Don Aaltonen
- 2 Ski passes & 2 UW toques, Don Aaltonen
- Organizer & shirt, Akoo Patel
- $100 Gift certificate – Tim Horton’s, Ray Morrissette
- $25 Gift Certificate – Petro Canada, Blair Gizikoff
- $25 Gift Certificate – Petro Canada, Duncan Gillespie
- Hunter Dickinson Blanket, Wade Cole
- 1 night stay at Sandman Hotel, Bill Baker
- Laptop, TKO laptop backpack, Akoo Patel
- Fire Extinguisher, Ray Morrissette
- UW Bag – hat, Jacket, $50 gift certificate, Rob Trotter
- UW Bag – hat, Jacket, $50 gift certificate, Ivan Levac
- Clock, hat, UW mug, James Henderson
- MP3 Player, Brad Connor
- MP3 Player, Peter Stacey
- MP3 Player, Richard Bailey
- MP3 Player, Dan Peters
- $125 Gift Certificate, Dan Lawson
- $125 Gift Certificate, Krista Niquidet
- 4 ski passes, Akoo Patel
Krista said that the winner of the Grand Prize was also Akoo Patel, who won two Canucks tickets vs San Jose Sharks on March 18th, 2010 (in the Finning Corporate Suite) including accommodations and round trip airfare from Williams Lake.
"Our campaign would not have been a success without the hard work and planning done by our fantastic United Way Committee,” she said, adding that thanks go to the following:
Krista Niquidet, Human Resources
Claudette Jorde, Human Resources
Taryn Aumond, Human Resources
Katherine Gizikoff, Williams Lake office
Darlene Vomacka, Accounting
James Henderson, Engineering
Jeff Murray, Mill Operations
Chad Beadman, Mill Maintenance
Ron Myhre, Mill Maintenance
Carly McGladdery, Mill Operations
(Employees beginning to arrive for the closing ceremony in the Unite Way theme decorated dry.)
(Claude Aumond drawing a prize ticket from the draw barrel.)
(As the prize for winning the departmental challenge issued at the beginning of the fund raising campaign, Jeff Murray, Mill Operations Manager gets to shave the head of Don Aaltonen.)
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