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CELEBRATING OUR SUCCESS...SAFELY

Throughout the pandemic, we’ve all had to learn for their team. In Fort Wayne, the celebration will take place on
how to keep some sense of normal life while often September 23 over an extended lunch break. In the warehouses,
having to do things very differently. The same can be said for this celebrations will be scheduled over three days during staggered
year’s team appreciation and profit sharing banquets. It’s been lunch breaks in mid-September.
a big year - between our 75th anniversary, record warehouse President & CEO Dan Starr will deliver a message to our team
sales, and the continued dedication of our team serving our
members during the pandemic, there’s certainly been a lot to members at every location, and service award winners will be
recognized in an appropriately socially distanced way. Finally,
celebrate. “We believe it’s important to keep with our tradition of
celebrating the year and recognizing the service achievements of during these amended celebrations, team members will receive
their profit sharing packet and 75th anniversary commemorative
our team,” says VP of HR Gary Furst.
gift.
“Our team members always work hard to serve our member- “We know that the team appreciation and profit sharing
owners, and the pandemic has put a bright spotlight on that
dedication,” says VP of Logistics Tim Miller. “It would be remiss banquets are a fundamental part of the staff experience here
at Do it Best and it’s important to all of us that we continue
of us to not properly celebrate our collective efforts from the past
year, even if we have to make some adjustments to ensure we’re honoring that tradition,” adds Gary. “We have put together
a plan that allows everyone to celebrate while also being safe
doing it safely.”
during the pandemic. We are excited and confident that we have
The core aspects of our team appreciation events will remain a good alternative in place.”
consistent, but they will be held in a way that keeps the health
and safety of everyone top of mind. Every location will enjoy More details will be shared as we get closer to September.
a socially distanced meal together in a way that is best suited

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Record warehouse sales

75th Anniversary Recognizing service achievements

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