December 1, 2014 •Kelley MacEwen
About six weeks ago, Summit began collecting donations as part of a fall food drive. Our Philanthropy Committee, also known as "Summit Together," organized and promoted the effort, adding a competitive twist. Summit's six directorates would compete against one another to see which team could gather the most non-perishable food items. With the addition of the Operations Team and the Principals acting as separate groups, eight teams in total were competing for a trophy (and good-natured bragging rights).
Our competition came to an end on November 25th so we could get the donations to local families in need for the Thanksgiving holiday. The results are in, and we donated a total of 348 items. We also had a clear winner: Applied Statistics and Economics! Their team donated 103 items as part of Summit's corporate volunteering initative.
Complete results are below:
| Directorate | Count |
| Mortgage Finance | 6 |
| Program Evaluation | 11 |
| Principals | 21 |
| Federal Credit Modeling & Forecasting | 55 |
| Operations | 73 |
| Litigation | 79 |
| Applied Statistics & Economics | 103 |
The recipient of our donations, ALIVE, was very grateful. Here are a few photos of the counting and packing we did on Wednesday:
Greg and May counting cans, with some help from Sean:
What we were competing for:
One of the many cartloads ready for donation:
