Left to right: James Whitmore, Brian Cate, Dustin Carter, Jonathan Hofberger, Tim Moss and, in front, Director of Food & Beverage Melissa Gonzales
Vickie Hamilton
Congratulations to the PebbleCreek Food & Beverage team who won the third Robson Step Challenge! The competition was launched in March to all Robson employees. Over 100 participants in 23 teams competed on teams ranging from two to six people representing all the Robson Communities. All teams combined traveled over 4.4 million steps or the equivalent of approximately 2,200 miles.
Brian Cate, PebbleCreek Beverage Manager, was the chief motivator of the PebbleCreek Food & Beverage first place prize winning team. The winning team consisted of Melissa Gonzales, Jonathan Hofberger, James Whitmore, Brian Cate, Tim Moss and Dustin Carter.
Each participant wore a pedometer or similar step counter while both working and not working. Brian put together the team and encouraged each member with suggestions such as parking at a distance from the buildings, walking as much as possible while working, taking stairs where applicable and adding extra physical exercise to help meet the challenge. Each week he reported the total steps clocked by the team per person and the team total. For the first three weeks the F&B team came in second place. The last week of the competition each team member, with Brian’s motivation, strived for even greater excellence which pushed the team over the top and into first place! The team’s total average was 139029 steps per week! Wow!
Way to go F&B team – first place winners who demonstrate a positive attitude and team spirit! The F&B team is already looking forward to participating again in next year’s Robson Step Challenge!