Going for gold: Staff compete in annual Unity Games appreciation event

September 13, 2024
Unity House board president Ken Knight speaks while holding the ceremonial torch for this year’s Unity Games

Approximately 60 staff members participated in this year’s Unity Games at Fillmore Glen State Park in Moravia. This annual employee appreciation picnic and corporate challenge focuses on retention and teambuilding.

Teams competed in fun challenges, donning their best-decorated shirts for a chance to be crowned 1st-place Olympians. Teams also participated in Unity Feud, a Family-Feud inspired bracket-style competition.

Here are the final results from this year’s competition:

🥇1st-place overall: The Billables (Brittany O’Connor, Tim Mitchell, Melissa Cronin, Elspeth Peterson)

This year’s coveted Unity Games trophy

🥈2nd-place overall: Weekday Warriors (Stacy Barrows, Meagan Rookey, Kenia Baez, Doreen Wagner)

🥉3rd-place overall: Gold Medal Girls (Barbie Miller, Sandie Huffman-Baez, Mary Willett, Ryan Wilcox)

Unity Family Feud winners: Grace House Gold Medals (Lisa Forshee, Jimmy Snyder, Joanna Viggiano, Alex Nezda)

Unity Family Feud runner-up: Weekday Warriors

T-Shirt Contest winners: Recovery Renegades (Lauren Michels, Cuza Gales, Sherri Campagnola, Natalie Germano)

Chalk Contest winner: Ithaca Day Hab (design by Tracy Hollenbeck)