SFSF Video wins top honors 

in Hyland Software competition

 

Andrea Bucci, SFSF Board Member, along with Mike Quinn, both employees of Hyland Software, joined forces, brain power, creativity, and promotional skills to create a SFSF video for Hyland's Non-Profit Video contest this past December, with hopes of SFSF winning the competition and receiving a portion of the profits of Hyland's Holiday Prize Raffle.  Brian Sabin, Mike's friend and a STACK Magazine employee who has produced videos on a professional level, donated his time and expertise to produce the video. Brian and Mike are also FMU workout buddies and good friends with Coach Theo, an avid and convincing SFSF supporter.  Andrea, Mike and Brian's hopes became a reality, as the SFSF video was one of the winners and received a whopping $14,093 donation, providing great excitement and appreciation from SFSF.

 

Each year, Hyland offers employees the opportunity to create a short video featuring a worthy non-profit charity to be one of the beneficiaries of the contest.  From more than a dozen videos that were created, Hyland chose the top seven, allowing the top three choices to be selected by online voting of Hyland employees. The three winning videos shared in the profits of the raffle ticket sales, purchased by Hyland employees for the variety of twenty, very desirable holiday prizes, such as vacation packages, professional Cleveland sports tickets, and housecleaning services.

  

"Established in 1991, Hyland Software is one of the leading providers of deployable enterprise content management software in the state of Ohio...It markets products throughout North America, Latin America, Europe and Japan." (YP.com) Based in Westlake, OH, Hyland employs over 2000 individuals.

 

Watch the winning video using the password "SFSF2." Visit the site, not only to view the winning video, but to learn a little about The Foundation.

 

SFSF is so very grateful to Andrea, Hyland services employee, Mike Quinn, Hyland sales employee and Brian Sabin for the joint effort, hard work, and dedication to SFSF, and for securing the largest fundraising donation this year.

 

SFSF Board members since 2008, Andrea and her husband Dan, along with their daughters, Kayla and Mia, have been constant and dedicated SFSF supporters since its inception, and have been instrumental in several, major SFSF fundraisers.

Lakeland High, in White Lake, Michigan, sponsored its first-ever "Gold Out Against Cancer" to benefit SFSF, Friday, Sept. 23, 2016; it was not only a huge success, donating a total of $3270 to SFSF, but its effects were felt throughout the district and even managed to spread to Lakeland's competition. Sportsmanship at its best!

The brainchild of Brad Farquhar, Lakeland's Building Liaison for Athletics & Activities, and the husband of Kathy, a Trenton High School friend of Sarah Smith's and Emily Quayle's, and Scott Rolando, Lakeland's Student Activities Director, the Gold Out originally began as a united effort of the students to show support by buying and wearing gold t-shirts to the Sept. 23rd KLAA division battle between Lakeland and Walled Lake Central's football teams, with profits from the t-shirt sale earmarked for SFSF. All donations were to be made in the honor and memory of Lakeland Senior Spencer Hale who passed away this past summer from childhood cancer.

 

Quickly word of the Gold Out fundraiser spread and other high school groups and sports teams, as well as Lakeland's feeder schools joined in the fundraising effort, with White Lake Middle School, Oak Valley Middle School, and Lakewood Elementary not to be denied, holding their own Gold Out on Friday. Even the Walled Lake Central students purchased the t-shirts and wore them to the game.

 

Among the many efforts, coordinated by the Lakeland Leadership Class in conjunction with the athletic department were: the Pom Team held a raffle, the JOII Club sold gold glow stick necklaces to wear at the game, the hockey team bought and hung up gold balloons, the football team donated the proceeds of the 50/50 raffle, and the sophomore class sold gold clappers and gold beads to add to the game flair. A gold out powder puff game between the juniors and the seniors at 2:30 p.m. that afternoon served as the kick-off.

 

Emily Quayle, SFSF president, attended the game and sat on the field with Kathy and Spencer's family. Spencer's parents delivered the game ball, and following a moment of silence and the National Anthem, Emily was presented with a bouquet of golden sunflowers .

 

The following Saturday, the Lakeland Cross Country Team participated in the 34th Annual Linden Classic at Linden High School; once again the competition joined in as Linden made a charitable donation of $160 to SFSF on behalf of Lakeland and in lieu of a first-place trophy. It was clear that news traveled quickly throughout the area, and even the rival schools were on board with the cause.

 

Brad said that he hopes the Gold Out is even bigger next year and that more neighboring schools get in on the action...he's wanted to do it for years and finally got the opportunity to help organize the event with his job as the athletic director building liaison.

 

SFSF is very grateful for Brad, Scott and Lakeland's hard work, and thanks all of Lakeland High School, their students, and their faculty for the united effort (and that of its competitors).

Coach Theo and some of the Ninja Athlete competitors.