On Sunday, March 15, 2015, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) of Orlando held their 1st Best Cycling Jersey contest. The rules were simple: submit your cycling jersey to the ADA Facebook page. On May 31, 2015, the winner is the one with the most votes.
The Contest
The morning of May 30, 2015, started with TeamOne’s SAIC cycling jersey only having 70 or so votes. The Team Captain started contacting everyone to go look at all the participants and vote for what they thought was a better cycling jersey. One person took the task on as a personal quest. She commenced contacting everyone she knew. This is when it became a neck and neck race to the end between TeamOne and The Earth Dogs. Each taking their turns at being at the top. When it was all said and done, TeamOne’s SAIC cycling jersey was the victor of this epic battle, capturing 234 votes over Earth Dogs’s 175 votes.
WINNER – TeamOne | SAIC
RUNNER UP – Earth Dogs
Bob Fecteau (Chief Information Officer, SAIC) was in Orlando from SAIC headquarters, McLean, VA to receive the award from Cesar Cesareo (Associate Director, Special Events for the American Diabetes Association Central Florida Area) for the team’s accomplishments.
Other team ADA accomplishments this year:
- Achieved in Donations: $18,520
- Number of
Champions: 14 - Placement among all Corporate Teams: #4
- Placement among all Orlando Teams: #5
- Number of Riders: 19
- Average per team member: $975
Our team statistics towards the Orlando ADA goal:
- Our team of 19 riders accounted for 1.66%* of all the ADA riders
- Our initial goal was to raise 2.28%* of the Lake Nona funds
- We raised 3.37%* of the Lake Nona funds
- Averaging approx. $21.79 per mile in donations
- We have approx. 11.67%* of total ADA Champions
- 73.7% of our riders are Champions
- 73.7% of our riders are
The cycling jersey made such a splash that SAIC published a picture of the team in (images below):
- SAIC’s 2015 Fiscal Annual Report (page 7)
- SAIC’s Facebook Timeline (Mar 27)
- SAIC’s Twitter page (Mar 27)
Photos
Thank you,
TeamOne
