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And the
door decorating winner is ...
jledoux@potomacnews.com
Julia LeDoux
Monday, January 7, 2008
Every
year since 2004 ProLogic-Inc. in Manassas has sponsored a
contest that encourages staffers to decorate their doors for
the holiday season as a team building exercise.
This
year, Angie Hawkins, the company’s director of corporate
security, decorated her door with a patriotic flair and came
in second place in the contest.
“This
year I decided that my theme would be based on supporting
our troops and their families,” explained Hawkins, who has
worked for ProLogic for five years and has oversight of the
company’s entire corporate security infrastructure. “I
encouraged staff members to donate time, money and
encouragement to these organizations.”
White
wrapping paper with blue and green snowflakes served as the
backdrop for a photo of a HUMVEE, a Christmas tree made out
of construction paper decorated with yellow ribbons and
information about how the public can support the nation’s
military on Hawkins’ door.
Employees judged each door during a punch and cookies
ceremony at the end of the two-week competition in December.
After the votes were counted each winner was given a
monetary gift based on their placement in the contest.
Hawkins
donated her $75 in winnings to the Landstuhl Hospital Care
Project and made a dollar-for-dollar match of the winnings.
When combined with other contributions Hawkins’ collected,
she donated a total of $250 to LHCP, a non-profit
organization that provides comfort and relief items for
military members who become sick, injured or wounded from
service in Iraq, Kuwait, and Afghanistan.
Donated
items are distributed to military patients at Landstuhl
Regional Medical Center in Germany, the largest American
military hospital outside the U.S.; to field hospitals in
Afghanistan and Iraq; and to VA facilities throughout the
United States.
“I have
never met Ms. Hawkins, but there is no need to to know we
are connected,” said LHCP president Karen Grimord. “I have
six family members that have served in the
Middle East, one serving his second tour now. We both know what it
means to the troops to know they have our support. I just
put a thank you note on our Web site [landstuhlhospitalcareproject.org]
from a troop that received some of our packages and in part
it says, ‘I want to say a huge thank you to those who have
been supporting Seabees, Marines, Sailors, Soldiers, and
Airmen here and abroad with unbelievable gifts. You have
reminded not only us here but the gals and guys in uniform
that we treat that we matter to you. We’re so grateful for
that support.’ Ms. Hawkins and her group have made it
possible to continue our mission of support into the New
Year.”
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