‘Tis the season for tradition, and to us that means our annual Holiday Scavenger Hunt! Each year at Dobies Health Marketing, we team up with our friends and associates at Group 3 Solutions to celebrate the holidays with an afternoon away from the office and around our great city. While we tend to share A LOT of laughs at each celebration, we also make sure to incorporate the values we hold dear. This year, we met three main goals for our 2014 holiday scavenger hunt: unleashing our creativity, giving back to our neighbors in need, and enjoying the centennial celebration inside Kansas City’s favorite holiday destination.
And, because we love what we do and can never really get enough of it, we even themed our festivities this year around our three-part process for healthcare marketing that inspired our new logo – Discover, Connect, Promote.
Discovering our Creative Sides
We use our creative brains every day (after all, that’s why we work here), but this time we competed with each other for some creative bragging rights. We started off the afternoon by splitting into three teams. Each group received its own sack of items to complete the tasks at hand in the most creative ways possible.
Team 1 built a snowman from cotton, fake snow and rubber balls (and learned some practical life lessons about skin and craft glue along the way). Team 2 wrote a new holiday song using tiny musical instruments for inspiration, and Team 3 designed a gingerbread house using an array of cavity-causing sweets. In the end, judges crowned Team 1 the winner.
Promoting Goodwill & Cheer
We believe in giving back all year long, but we always make a point to help others in need during our scavenger hunt. Each team received money to donate to a Kansas City nonprofit organization of their choosing.
Team 1 donated to the Mayor’s Christmas Tree Fund to provide gifts for local children, rent and utility assistance for struggling families, food for the hungry and more. Team 2 donated to Grace and Holy Trinity Outreach, which provides a variety of programs to serve hungry Kansas Citians as well as aid children in foster care and provide diapers to low income families. Team 3 gave to Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Kansas City, an organization that pairs impoverished or at-risk youth with positive role models.
Connecting with Christmas
Continuing our traditional holiday festivities, each team received a clue for a Kansas City landmark. This year’s clue led us to Union Station and the Mayor’s Christmas Tree at Crown Center. We marveled at the beauty of our city and shared good times with our coworkers.
It was a great day capped with a white elephant gift exchange and holiday food and drinks at our annual holiday party later that evening. Check out our Facebook page to see more photos of our 2014 holiday cheer. Seasons Greetings, everyone – and here’s to a happy, healthy New Year!