Annual Staff BBQ – The Wild, Wild West! 450 Staff Attended!

On August 15th staff from all across the campus gathered in the Menno Home courtyard for a western-themed summer barbeque hosted by Loradonna Botter and the People & Culture team. Jacob Doss and the Dining Experience Team served up hamburgers, hot dogs, and veggie burgers with all the fixings along with some delicious pav bhaji with rolls. For dessert there was watermelon, ice cream, and rhubarb platz, a perennial favourite. Meals were carefully packed for the night staff and in total 450 staff members attended the event! There were games to play and even a little dancing. It was a lovely, sunshiny summer day.

Event Photos

You can view and download photos from the event here:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/5LqVaRdsRif1ARS49

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Winner, winner!

Did you participate in the games? These folks did and they won!

How many candies in the jar?

WINNER: DENISE O’CONNELL (Housekeeping)

Denise won the Gold Rush game, guessing 96 nuggets in the mason jar. There were 98 nuggets in total. She won a mason jar of candy!

How much does that gold weigh?

WINNER: SMOSANOUK kHOUNMAYTRI (Visitation Host, Hospital)

Somsanouk won the Gold Mine game. No one came close in guessing the total of 0.8lb so we randomly drew a winner from all participants of the game. Somsanouk was the lucky winner. She won a mason jar of candy!

How Well Do You Know the Managers?

This game had three winners, two from day shift and one person from the evening shift.

WINNERS: Our day shift winners included: Hedy Sones and Tonya Neufeld, both tied with an impressive 5/11 correct answers.

WINNER: Our evening shift winner was Laura Niessen, who answered the most correct from the evening shift, with 3/11.

  1. Favorite hobby is riding a motorcycle and photography: Leonard
  2. Favorite food is Sushi: Bas
  3. Favorite flower is wild poppy: Nicole
  4. The best trip taken is visiting family in Europe: Linda
  5. The wildest thing done was getting married in Las Vegas: Loradonna
  6. Who would be an actor if they did not work at Menno? Sujata
  7. Who would help an orphaned girl get an education if they won a $70 Million lottery? Kahan
  8. Favorite movie is Life is BeautifulPooja
  9. Dream car is a Pontiac Fiero: Nik
  10. Favorite song is “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun”: Sharon
  11. Who prefers sunsets over sunrises? Kim

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