December 2022 CAI-NJ

F.A.S.T. — A Year in Review JESSICA BAKER, ESQ. 2022 F.A.S.T. COMMITTEE CHAIR

A s my time as chair of the Future All Star Team (F.A.S.T.) Committee comes to an end, it is very exciting to reflect on all that the committee accomplished this year. From amazing events to supporting local organizations, the F.A.S.T. committee had a busy year. Due to the pandemic, many activities were put on hold for the past two years. But with the support of the CAI-NJ membership, we had an out This year the F.A.S.T. Committee worked alongside the CAI Women Leadership’s Committee to collect items for Womanspace at the Annual Conquer + Connect Retreat on April 6th. Womanspace is a nonprofit agency in Mercer County that provides services to individuals and families impacted by domestic and sexual violence. Through your generous donations, we were able to donate many boxes standing year filled with signature events: Supporting Womanspace, Inc. After two years, the committee was thrilled to bring back the Olympics at Thompson Park in Monroe! This event was a fun filled day of friendly competition between teams com peting in “field day” games. The F.A.S.T. committee spent countless hours organizing this event, from picking, designing, building and even of needed items to Womanspace. Olympics & Board Challenge

testing the games. The committee worked hard to bring new games to this year’s event and were proud of the new additions such as Tissue Box Twerk, Jumping Jeopardy, Pool Noodle Javelin and Wacky Waiter. The event was held on July 13th, with 120 competitors and many more spectators. As a Judge for a particularly challenging game this year, I can say the competition was very tough – but everyone had a blast. A big congratula tions to Morris Engineering, LLC who took the gold! Special recognition to our second-place team, Corner Property Management, LLC, AAMC and our third-place team, Cowleys Pest Services! All funds raised from this event were donated to Make-A Wish New Jersey at the end of the year. The Olympics raised a total of over $13,000! The F.A.S.T. Committee would like to extend a huge thank you to all the sponsors of the event, spectators, judges and participants. We were also lucky to have representatives from Make-A-Wish New Jersey at the event to speak about the organization that we are so proud to support. It was a great day of fun team building activities, networking, and raising money for a great cause. A special thank you to CAI-NJ Board Treasurer, Steven Mlenak, Esq. for graciously being slimed as the ‘Winner’

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