 | Ottawa employees hit the beach for HOPE Volleyball SummerFest Photo by Ruth Watt, Ottawa, Canada
SummerFest fun — Rockwell Collins employees in Ottawa, Canada, participated recently in the annual HOPE Volleyball SummerFest. Pictured (front, from left) are: Sarah Taylor-Falcioni and Scott Hasson; (middle) Ben Zarboni, Gwen Beauchemin, Paul Beauchemin, Maxime Lepage, Steve Dickey, and Chris Campbell; (back) Matt Woods, Matthew King, Mike McDonald, Steve Tencarre, and Nigel Cook. About 20 Rockwell Collins employees from our facility in Ottawa, Canada, hit the beach earlier this summer to participate in the 26th Annual HOPE Volleyball SummerFest. Established in 1981, this annual outdoor beach volleyball tournament, which is held at Mooney's Bay in Ottawa, combines recreational volleyball and live rock music in an effort to raise money for local charities. For the second consecutive year, Rockwell Collins was one of more than 200 corporate teams competing in what has been deemed the world's largest one-day beach volleyball tournament. Each year, more than 25,000 players and spectators attend. "SummerFest is a huge event in Ottawa – thousands of people attend, and it's a lot of fun," said Matt Woods, a software engineer at Rockwell Collins. Wearing T-shirts adorned with the Rockwell Collins logo, the team participated in the Ottawa Citizen Corporate Challenge. Each team in this division paid an estimated $850 (USD) entry fee that was donated entirely to charity. To date, the event has donated about $3.2 million (USD) to more than 100 charities across Canada. "I participated last year, and I will definitely participate again next year," said Woods, who joined our company via the September 2006 acquisition of IP Unwired. "I had a great time, and it feels good to do something for the community in which I work." | |
