Current Events
Holiday Party
Save the date: December 9th at Howl at the Moon in Washington D.C. More details coming soon!
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Past Events

Summer Picnic
Thank you for attending the Family Picnic- it was a huge success! To view ALL the photos from the picnic please go to Kendra's Photography page. Download your favorites by via computer by clicking on a photo and selecting download from the top middle. Or if you are using a mobile device, select a photo and click the download icon on the bottom right. If you have any questions, please contact Kendra.
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D.C. United Soccer Game
What a game! The Valiant team watched the DC United Soccer team beat Charlotte FC (3-0) and witnessed Christian Benteke score with a bicycle kick!! Thank you to those that attended - we hope you enjoyed yourself!
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Fitness Challenge for Charity (Spring)
Thank you to all those that participated in our Spring 2023 Fitness Challenge for Charity. In only 10 days, we were able to achieve 3234 total miles!
- Please give a round of applause for: Richard Adarkwa won Most Bike Miles and Most Combined Miles with a total of 295 miles averaging 29 miles/day! He also won the photo drawing of an additional $5 that will go to his charity, St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital! Kannan Chithiraputhiran won Most Steps with a total of 252 miles averaging 25 miles/day! Jenn Waters won Most Strength minutes with 590 minutes averaging 59 minutes/day!
- Big High fives to Leo Trendowicz, Meredith Gander, Brittany Gload, Kendra Bittle, Seth Pennington, David Foli, Tom Torkildson, Katy Workman, Deb Asetta, Maria Forsyth for such a strong output in all categories!
- Please fill out this 2-minute Survey so we can continue to improve upon this event
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Chess Tournament
The Valiant Chess Tournament has concluded and we had an epic run by Virgilio Grande Garcia who won every match until the final match where he lost to Shri Agashe. Therefore, Shri Agashe is the 2023 Chess Champion.. For fun, we had Shri play the Grandmaster, Marcus Bowie, in the advanced final match and Marcus won the Advanced Chess Trophy. Thank you to everyone who participated!
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March Madness Bracket Contest
Congrats to the UConn fans (Deb Asetta)! Thank you to all that participated in the March Madness bracket challenge. There were no perfect brackets this year but our Valiant bracket winners were CJ Holtzapple (Lauren's son), Matt Raydo, Leyton Raydo (Matt's son) and Fred Agyepong-Yeboah!
Congrats to the prize winners and we can't wait to do it again next year!
Prizes:
1st: $200 gift card / 2nd: $100 gift card / 3rd: $50 gift card / 4th: $25 gift card / Everyone: Game of Games Raffle Ticket
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Smartini Hour
Valiant hosted a virtual Smartini Hour where we socialized and played OpinionNation Trivia, a game where you guess the most popular answer from surveyed Americans. It was neck and neck for the first few questions but eventually a couple teams pushed ahead with their best guess! Our winners received an Amazon gift card and extra chances to win in the BIG quarterly drawing! We plan to host another Smartini Hour later in 2023, so stay tuned. If you attended, please fill out this quick survey!
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Poker Tournament
The Valiant Poker Final game ended with Eric Chinn as the winner - he received a $100 gift card and the Poker Trophy! Congrats to Matt Raydo who took 2nd place and Kendra Hatfield in 3rd place. Also let's mention all the finalists that played - Nate Raydo, Daonte Lowery (Kendra's son), John MacDonald (Sarah's husband), Tom Zarycki, Leo Trendowicz, Robert Fales (Mikelle's fiance).
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Game of GAmes
Trophy Winners

Leo Trendowicz
EVP, Corporate IT
Game of Games Winner (Year 1)
Chess Champ 2020, Poker Champ 2021, Codenames Team Champ 2021

David Ellis
Senior Archer engineer
Family Feud Champ 2020

Geoff Gregory
Chief Operating Officer
Family Feud Champ 2020

Marcus Bowie
Security Engineer
Mayor of Chess 2020 & 2022 & 2023

Tom Zarycki
Incident REsponse Analyst
Jeopardy Champ 2020, Smartini Hour Team Champ 2022, Poker Champ 2022

Cat Buchanan
EVP, Talent &
Culture Strategy
Fitness Challenge for Charity Champ Fall 2021

Katy Workman
Technical Recruiter
Fitness Challenge for Charity Champ Spring 2021

Tim PUTZ
director, Security
Advancement & Operations
Fitness Challenge for Charity Champ Spring 2021

Brittany Gload
EVP, Strategic Initiatives
Fitness Challenge for Charity Champ Fall 2021 & Winter 2022 & Fall 2022

Mark Williams
It & QA Support
Codenames Team Champ 2021

Nate Raydo
Government Solutions
Lead
Chess Champ (Novice) 2022
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Kannan Chithiraputhiran
Sr. DevSecOps Engineer
Fitness Challenge for Charity Champ Winter 2022, Fall 2022

Sara Wenke
Culture & Marketing
Manager
Fitness Challenge for Charity Champ Spring 2022, Smartini Hour Champ Spring 2022 &Fall 2022

Drew Fields
Technical writer
Jeopardy Champ 2021 & 2022

David Foli
Technical SEcurity
Assessor
Fitness Challenge for Charity Champ Spring 2022 & Fall 202

Shrikant Agashe
Network Systems Lead
Chess Champ 2023
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Do you have a suggestion for an upcoming game or event? Email Sara Wenke or Shea Raydo

