Charities

We are proud to be raising money for two new charities- Michigan Special Olympics and Operation Smile! The Michigan Special Olympics has over 18,000 athletes that participate in its events each year, and we are sponsoring an athlete for the State Ply Hockey Finals in November. The Special Olympics provide people with intellectual disabilities with an opportunity to compete in a friendly, yet competitive way. For more information about the Special Olympics, visit their website at http://www.somi.org/index.php.

Our company is also determined to raise $3,000 for the Operation Smile charity by the end of the year! Operation Smile provides free surgeries to repair cleft lip, cleft palate and other facial deformities for children around the globe. Our donations help send doctors to countries where desperate children are waiting to be healed. Keep up with our progress by visiting out Operation Smile webpage: http://bit.ly/bLgjhW.

We have lots of ideas for fun ways to raise money for our Operation Smile challenge. Our next event is a poker tournament where all the buy-in money will be donated to the charity and the winner of the tournament will receive an iPad that will be provided by DBC! So sharpen up your poker skills and get ready for the upcoming tournament!

Chicago Conference

The sales and marketing team, HR department and management team will be traveling to Chicago this weekend for a conference. We will all head west on Saturday and stay at the hotel where the conference will be held. Each department will have special meetings tailored specifically for them, and they will be held by the experts in that field.

We have conferences and meeting throughout the year to help everyone develop individually and as a team. The assistant managers were in Atlanta, GA two weeks ago for training and there are more travel and learning opportunities planned for the next couple of months!