Dave Rogers hangs on for United Way
Dave Rogers at Annin kept a smile on his face through most of his time being duct taped to a plywood wall and having whipped cream pies thrown at him by employees. This was the company’s unique way of raising money for United Way of Coshocton County. Josie Sellers | Beacon
COSHOCTON – Annin likes to keep its fundraising for United Way of Coshocton County interesting. Last year a manager kissed a pig when employees hit a fundraising goal and this year one of them was ducted taped to a wall.
“Our goal is to suspend him, but I don’t know how it’s going to work,” said Bobbi Parks. “We have 15 roles of duct tape though.”
Parks had the pleasure of kissing a pig in 2015 and this year’s challenge went to Dave Rogers. Employees paid money for the opportunity to help duct tape him to the wall and then throw a whipped cream pie in his face.
“He’s such a great support when it comes to this kind of thing,” Parks said.
When Rogers’ platform was removed he did manage to stay attached to the plywood on the wall for a minute or two before the tape slowly pulled away.
“I felt very vulnerable just standing there and having no control,” he said.
The company has raised $5,600 so far for United Way and hopes to raise a total of $6,300 when they are done with their fundraising activities.
“It makes you feel great that the employees want to be involved and that makes it easy for me to be involved in fundraisers,” Rogers said.
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