What a Weekend!

According to all the feedback we’ve received, Osen-Hunter’s 2014 Company Retreat was a great success. Thank you to everyone who came! We loved having you and sharing a great weekend with you and your families.

Here are some of the highlights of the event.

From Saturday morning to Sunday morning, employees and their families enjoyed fun activities that helped employees who infrequently see each other get to know their coworkers better. Because of the nature of our business and distributed workforce, it’s not often that we have the chance to get the majority of you together!

Upon arrival, participants were greeted in a welcome area with

• a penny jar
• a jar of wine corks
• a live bull (yes, really!)

Everyone put in guesses for the number of items in the jar and the weight of the bull. (One employee hit the poundage on the nose!) Then there was a welcome session with icebreaker questions, such as

• Who’s been married the longest — and the shortest?
• Who is the longest tenured employee, and who is newest in our company?
• Who traveled the farthest?

After lunch, we had a group photo and demos of Osen-Hunter Innovative Technologies’ major products. People could go fishing, swimming, or participate in a land navigation course or cornhole tournament. At dinner, we were serenaded by an acoustic guitar player. After dinner, tethered hot air balloon rides were a huge hit into the night, then participants were treated with a bonfire and a s’mores bar.
Some people left to head for the hotel, but those who stayed sat around a campfire and chatted and listened to guitar music until the wee hours. Those who stayed onsite slept in “glamping” tents complete with queen-sized beds, rugs, and lights. After a hearty breakfast, the happy glampers left for home.

Thanks to all for a great and very memorable event!

 

View more photos here from the Corporate Retreat.

[cta]We want to congratulate the following prize winners of the day’s events.

Kids fishing — 1st place, Jordan Alvarez; 2nd place, Wyatt Hansen

Adult fishing — 1st place, Steve Cassell; 2nd place, Todd Haworth

Land navigation course — 1st place, Rob Soles and Kyle Soles; 2nd place, Lizzie Whitmarsh, Gary Young, and Karen Zitz; 3rd place, Cormac Meiners and Piper Meiners

Egg toss — Nathan Lawson and Danielle Brittigan

Cornhole — 1st place, Lauren Cecil and Jason Johnson; 2nd place, Carlos Alvarez and Mike Becraft; 3rd place, Doug Whitmarsh and Larry Griffith

Guess the bull’s weight — Cormac Meiners

How many pennies in a jar — Nick Romano

How many wine corks in a jar — Dora Kale

Longest married employee, with spouse in attendance — Eddie Ferguson

Shortest married employee, with spouse in attendance — Brandon Hall

Employee who traveled farthest — Ted Dellarocco

Longest tenured employee — Rea Everitt

Newest employee — Todd Haworth[/cta]