As summer starts to wind down and we enter the months of autumn, the greatest tradition in the history of sports (sorry Olympics) is set to begin: NFL season. What better way to kick it off than stuffing our faces with the best football food there is:
HOT WINGS!!!
On Thursday, September 9th (first day of the NFL season), 8 regional offices will have 3 gladiators participate in the competition.
The rules are simple: In 3 minutes, eat as many wings as possible. No drinks, no napkins, no condiments. The wings have to be HOT flavored and each office will nominate a judge to confirm the wings have been fully devoured. No meat left on those bones.
In preparation for the event, each office should purchase 100 wings from Buffalo Wild Wings. (Receipt provided confirming wings are indeed ‘Hot’) While these contenders eat their heart out to win a personal prize, we wanted to throw a philanthropic twist on this event in collaboration with our LLS Support. For some Thursday afternoon entertainment, you will have the option to donate money to the Collabera Hot Wing Challenge page to gain access to the Hot Wings Viewing Party ($5 minimum donation)! All proceeds go directly to the winner’s donation page for a little added motivation alongside the laughs we will have along the way.
4:15 PM EST: you will receive your zoom link info from Dawn/Talent and Culture for the Wing Challenge that will take place at 4:30
4:30 PM EST: Sound the starting gun. 3 minutes, eat as many wings as you can and discard the bones in a large bowl. After the 3 minutes, an official wing count will take place and we will determine our champion.
Winner of this event gets a football jersey from whatever team they would like. Second place gets a $50 Amazon gift card and third place gets a gallon of milk. You're going to need it.
Without further ado, here are the participants from each office...
- Reston: Gibson Hawk, Mike Stearman and Meagan Martin
- Toronto: Cassie Dietz, Stephanie Kingsbury and Jacquelyn Taylor
- Boston: Brian Dolan, Matt Evans, Drew Franzosa
- NY/NJ: Jeff Bonci, Ryan Hollborn, Julia Stella
- CLT: Allison Ramsey, Mitchell Krisfalusi, Sean Jeffries
- Raleigh: Claire Rich, Chris Barletta, and Brian Brennan
- Tampa: Shannon Claflin, Kerby Moore, Andres Arbelaez
- Atlanta: Bilal Khan, William Standard, Brennan Cooke
A huge Thank You to Michael Stearman, Teresa Vizcarra, Paul Ciavarro and James Bailey for coordinating this event!