(Pictured L-R: Athziri Cocilion, the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society rep, Anna Endres, Kathleen Lopez, Sarah Bernardi, Kristen Satkas, Myette Frances and Jennifer Stephens)
by Alex Frederick, marketing supervisor, Orbus Exhibit & Display Group
Orbus Exhibit & Display Group, one of North America’s leading wholesale suppliers and manufacturers of display, exhibit, graphic and event solutions, is proud to share that it has spent the last six months fundraising for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and recently presented the organization with a donation of $9,270. Fundraising efforts included company-wide casual dress buy-in, shamrock grams and a chili cook-off. 
In order to make fundraising efforts successful, Orbus’ Social and Cultural Committee organizes events throughout the year in support of a designated charity. The second half of 2019, Orbus will be fundraising for the Ann & Robert H. Lurie 
Children’s Hospital of Chicago, the Andrew Grene Foundation (to help those in Haiti) and host its annual Toys for Tots drive. Events and activities will include casual wear buy-in, manager dunk tank (pictured left: Dan O’Connor, sales consultant manager, awaiting his dunking; pictured right: at the 2019 Orbus employee appreciation picnic, employees had the opportunity to pay to dunk 11 managers), an ice cream social (pictured below), a silent auction and a 50/50 raffle. Orbus employees can also look forward to annual, just-for-fun Halloween celebrations including a costume contest and desk decorating conte
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“It is so rewarding to be able to fundraise and provide assistance to these outstanding charities,” says Giles Douglas, president & CEO of Orbus. “The team is thrilled to contribute as they are able and we try to make the events and activities as enjoyable as possible for everyone involved.”
Orbus Exhibit & Display Group is a market-leading, privately owned group of companies that specialize in the manufacture and trade only supply of portable modular and custom modular exhibit and display products, graphics and solutions. Companies and brands within the group include The Exhibitors’ Handbook, The Promo Handbook, Nimlok and SignPro Systems. Orbus is a proud member of the ISA, SGIA, ASI, PPAI, UPIC and SAGE; the company boasts G7 Master IDEAlliance certification and is registered to ISO 9001:2015 for the highest manufacturing quality standards and ISO 14001:2015 for its environmental management system and “green” efforts. Orbus’ supply and manufacturing facilities reside in Woodridge, IL and Las Vegas, NV. For more info, visit www.orbus.com.
This story originally appeared in the September/October issue of Exhibit City News, p. 30-31. For original layout, visit https://issuu.com/exhibitcitynews/docs/ecnflipbook_septoct_2019_web
