Dunk Tank!

Every year, MediaOne has fundraising activities for United Way. This year, we had a dunk tank. Nominations for people to dunk could be "bought" for $50. Circulation rallied to get $150 to nominate Blair Whitesides, Jared Mendenhall and Kelly Roberts. Unfortunately, Kelly wasn't available during the time of the dunking so we used that $50 to purchase throws which were available 3 balls for $5. It was a blast! Here are some pictures.

Val Peterson, with Alexis Poynor's son, Aiden. Precious!

(he really wanted to dunk butthead, Val's husband)

Eating cookies before the dunking

Our pitching coach, Tiffany.

Blair, dry. Yes, he did go in his full suit!

Still dry, but heckling us!

Ha! Down he goes! (I love the feet shots- you'll see more of those!)

Wetsuit!

Blair's wife, Christa, ready to take a shot!! (she dunked him on her first throw!)

Proud Husband

Maybe not so happy to be wet?

Everyone else is enjoying it, though!

Jared takes a turn. Just you wait, Jared! You're up next!

Money for United Way!

Killin' time before Jared gets dunked

Didn't have to wait too long! Jared's having a party in that little pool!

Close, but no cigar.

Ha! Gotcha again. Maybe we should start a baseball team?

Not so fun when water gets in your nose.

Aiden's turn!

He's a natural! Look at that form! :)

Can't beat Val though, she's got the atomic arm!

Sara's turn....

And Bry's.....

Aha! Revenge is sweet!

Another turn from Aiden, but first some coaching on the pitchers mound....

You got him, Aiden!

Now it's Alexis' turn

And the NIE heckling begins....

..."oh yeah? try saying that underwater, you guppy!"

Getting ready for the pitch....

....and down he goes!

Christa takes her turn

So does Sara...

Wow! Close, but not close enough.

Even closer, but still not there.

Yeah, just push the button!

You were a good sport!

You'll dry off soon enough, Jared. It was for a good cause.

Cute Tiff.

Big wig, Brent Low....

....and the line to dunk him!

Removing the footwear

Are you sure you want to go in with your sunglasses on, Brent?

Yeah, best not to. Margie will hold your glasses for you.

Colder than you thought?

Oops! I bet Margie will hold your cell phone, too!

Ready to go again.

Dave Curtis has quite the pitching arm!

Down he goes, again. Maybe we should do the dunk tanks more often?

Another feet shot!

And another one. (If you look to the right, you can see the mischevious grin on Tiffany's face. That's because she hit the button! She deserves to dunk, too, after picking up all the balls)

And Val takes her shot....

....but misses. You're still our superstar, Val!

All in all, it was a very profitable FUNdraiser! Looking forward to next year!