Altair Global - Frisco Feeds the Grinch

We are proud to share that we will be hosting our 3rd Annual Grinch Food Drive next Saturday, 12/10/22, from 9am to 1pm in Whoville and we invite you all to join us! 

 

While the location, timing and details of the event are easy enough to see on the flyer, the part you can’t see is the MAGIC of the community behind it!

 

HISTORY

 

2020

At Altair, in the midst of the pandemic, we tried to come up with a way to give back, while keeping our team members safe - thus, the idea of a drive-thru/virtual food drive was born! 

 

We started small with a few (socially distanced) team members and some brave volunteer “Whos” from a local soccer club that wanted to dress the part and join us for some fun! In a parking lot near our building, we staged some homemade decorations, fancied our hair, threw on a fuzzy green costume, and invited our team members, partners, friends and family to bring their nonperishable food items to Whoville. The results - 1,563 pounds of food and $1,500 in donations which provided 3,700 meals to our local community.  To say that we had way too much fun while doing it, doesn’t even begin to cover it.

 

2021

Joined by some of our partners, a few more decorations, and A LOT more (adorable) Whos, we set a goal to beat our prior year’s haul and got back to work in Whoville. We unloaded cars, sang carols on the corner of Gaylord/Tollway, saw old friends and met new ones.  The results – EVEN MORE FUN, 1,900 pounds of food and $2,200 in donations, providing more than 7,200 meals to our local community!

 

THIS YEAR - December 10, 2022

Let’s just say you’re going to be able to see (and hear) Whoville before you even exit the tollway, turn into Hall Park and step out of the car.  The donations and support from our partners and our community has been overwhelming – and with their help, Whoville will be the best it’s ever been:

 

Fidelity Residential Solutions

Prime Lending

CORT

ReloQuest

Hall Park

Nelson Westerberg

Market Street

Raising Canes

FISD - Reedy High School’s Theater Department has created props that look like they fell right out of “The Grinch That Stole Christmas” movie set

 

And the best part…remember those adorable Whos we talked about?  The Renegades Soccer Club, which has 100 local soccer teams has partnered with us, not only with crazy-haired-volunteers, but on behalf of their entire organization, parent groups and friends throughout the community by helping us collect nonperishable food items for donation to North Texas Food Bank and online donations in support of Move For Hunger. 

 

If you forget your flyer or can’t seem to remember where Whoville is, tune in to the radio, next week, to STAR 102.1 and (many other stations in the DFW Metroplex) for reminders and details of our event.      

 

For those who haven’t joined us yet, it’s not too late!  We’ve still got 9 more days to set our goals high and keep up the hard work that brings all of us together…and shows our community what we can do when we combine our efforts to extend our reach. Can you imagine the fun we’ll have?

 

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