Eagle Creek and Clive, a subsidiary of Eagle Creek concluded their six week food drive with a grand total of 50,759 pounds of food collected. The company gathered an equivalent of close to 600 pounds of food per employee. All food, and funds collected during the food drive is turned over to the San Diego North County Food Bank, which feeds nearly 100,000 families.
“The employees really stepped up this year, during difficult economic times when many people were keeping donations to a minimum, our employees came up with creative methods to gather food and funds for these families” said Nona Barker, co-founder of Eagle Creek and Clive.
Every October, the employees of Eagle Creek and Clive are split into several teams, and engage in spirited competition to see which team can gather the most food. Competition is based upon the total weight of food collected by each team. After six weeks of finding unique ways to gather food, and raise funds the company conducts a “weigh-in”, the team with the most food has bragging rights until next years food drive. The unique method employed by Eagle Creek builds teamwork and at the same time helps the community in which they live and work.
