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NEWPORT BEACH, CA-Locally based Buchanan Street Partners, along with Buchanan Children’s Charities, the firm’s charity, hosted its 10th Annual Challenge for Children event in support of four local children’s charities. The event united the firm’s employees and four industry teams in what they called “The Amazing Raise”, a competition inspired by the popular television show that sent teams on a series of timed challenges ranging in athleticism, mental aerobics, street smarts, creativity, adrenaline and endurance. The event raised $100,000 for Talk About Curing Autism, Miocean Foundation, JA’s Finance Park and VH1 Save the Music Foundation.
Team Voit
“This year we went back to our Challenge for Children roots and organized a company-wide event with a few industry teams that made meaningful contributions to enable this year’s donation,” says Robert Brunswick, chairman and CEO of Buchanan Street Partners. “We knew it would be a challenge to host the traditional 500-person athletic event at the Newport Dunes given the economic environment, but we felt strongly that we should continue to support the four selected charities at a time when they need it the most.” He adds that “The Amazing Raise turned out to be a wild success both from a money raising perspective and a culture building experience for our employees and participants.”
Team TCW
Eight teams, a total of 64 participants, started the race in Malibu, CA, where they received their first clue, which was to paraglide over the coastline. The teams received a “mind bending clue” at each challenge that forced them to put their heads together to figure out the next destination and assignment. Challenges included identifying and finding a landmark building and snapping a Polaroid in front of it with the team, hunting for a goldfish and sea cucumber in Chinatown, assembling a clue puzzle in a Los Angeles office building, taking the metro from downtown LA to Long Beach, then biking, running and swimming from Seal Beach to the finish line in Laguna Beach. Each charity was guaranteed a $10,000 donation, but the event’s winning team chose which charity would receive $20,000. With a total of $50,000 raised, each of the charity organizations will provide a match bringing the grand total of donations to $100,000.
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