Cobra Puma Joins ENGAGE! Program

It was, simply put, a very fun day as Sustainable Surplus launched its ENGAGE! program at Cobra Puma Golf (CPG) in Carlsbad on Wednesday, June 24.

“Our goal was to ENGAGE employees in the mission of sustainability by helping them repurpose their out-of-use items back into the community,” said executive director Sue Prelozni.  CPG made employee engagement incredibly easy because they tied the launch in with its annual Cornhole Game Toss event.

What is Corn Hole Toss, you ask?  So did we!

CPG employees compete in Cornhole

“It’s a bit like horseshoes where you try to throw a bag  full of corn husks through a hole on a wooden box called a cornhole platform,” said Rich Ruzylo, Facilities and Environmental Safety Manager at CPG.

According to the American Association of Cornhole, (yes, there is one!) contestants take turns pitching their corn bags at the cornhole platform until a contestant reaches the score of 21 points. A corn bag in the hole scores 3 points, while one on the platform scores 1 point.

“What a blast!”, Prelozni weighed in. The CPG Cornhole event lasts several days.  The two person teams – from all departments – are excluded at each round.  Stay tuned for the outcome!

While CPG encourages fun events for team building, the company is very serious about its sustainability efforts. They set up a big display in its lobby to remind employee to participate in ENGAGE!.  Employees are encouraged to ‘clear the clutter’ in their closets, drawers, storage spaces and make room for reuse.

True to its corporate culture, the company set up a friendly competition to see who would collect the most for donation and diversion from the landfill.  The winning team wins a pizza lunch.

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Cobra Puma Team Mascot - "CHIEF"