A&W donated cups and supplies

The Foundation was out in force on Thursday the 13th, dishing out root beer floats and peach cobbler at the Universal Lending Corporation’s BBQ to raise money for our initiatives.

The root beer and most of the supplies came from A&W at 1551 S. Havana Street in Aurora.  Ryan, the manager there, was very helpful, donating cups and supplies and offering the root beer at half off so be sure to stop by, mention the Foundation and give him a little business to show our gratitude for his support!

There was a great turnout for the event where Tim Oddo and Brad Groves grilled up burgers, brats and dogs for the eager employees, but desert was left to the Foundation.

Universal Lending Corporation’s BBQ was on the 13th at the corporate headquarters in Denver, and the Foundation setup on the foyer to raise a little cash:

Hank Buschmann is ready to dish out the ice cream

Getting everything lined up and ready

Rachel Cure from Universal Lending donated peach cobbler to the event!  Thank you so much Rachel – we really appreciate your support!  And everyone loved the cobbler!

Rachel Cure donated several pans of peach cobbler

Peter Repka has cobbler and root beer floats ready to go!

With our tip jar in place, we opened for business at 11:30 am:

"If you fear change, leave it here..."

The crowds lined up and soon we were scooping and slicing and pouring root beer!

"Root beer float?"

"Peach cobbler with a scoop of ice cream?"

In the end, we raised $330 for the foundation!

Thank you to everyone who donated or participated.  Thanks to all the guys who hauled tables and chairs for the event. Wasn’t it just a perfect day for a super company picnic? It was great to see everyone having so much fun and taking a “time out”. I don’t know about each of you, but I feel blessed to work for a company who promotes these events and really cares about their employees. So a very BIG THANK YOU to Pete Lansing—we had a great day!

Mary Wells