An Update On Our Top Performer's Retreat

A few months ago we announced our Top Performer’s Retreat to Miami that will be taking place this summer in August! Back in April we announced the contest as well as the requirements to be qualified to attend this trip, and we have started to work out some of the details and are excited to share them with you!

Our Top Performers will be traveling to Florida and staying at the Shore Club Hotel in South Beach, a beautiful ocean-side hotel with stunning views.  There they will be attending dinners overlooking the city, a VIP beach party and even an awards ceremony. The itinerary is still not complete though, and the possibilities are endless with a destination like Miami! It’s still too far away to determine for sure who will be attending, but those team members who are on track so far are gearing up to step up their game and make this dream a reality!  Our HR Administrator Sam is staying motivated by hanging stunning pictures of the beach and hotel at her desk as a reminder of her goal to attend this once in a lifetime trip.

The deadline to qualify for this contest is July 20th, so stay tuned to our blog and social media for more updates and the final results!

Scarlet Management Group Donates to Cancer Research

Yesterday evening was a beautiful summer evening, with temperatures hovering at about 75 degrees and the sun shining through scattered clouds. Several members of the SMG staff enjoyed that weather on the patio of EndZone for a fundraiser for cancer research called Pelotonia on the Patio. Rob, Lindsay, Sam and Ashley all attended this event and had a blast listening to their live music and meeting a ton of new people who all had the same goal- finding a cure for cancer.

Pelotonia is a grassroots organization that raises money to support cancer research through their annual bicycle ride. 100% of all funds raised for this event are donated to The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center. Pelotonia on the Patio was a fundraising event to help registered riders, virtual riders and volunteers reach their fundraising goals. Riders are required to raise a certain amount money that is determined by how many miles they choose to ride.

We were definitely impressed with the amount of people who turned up to support this awesome cause, and we were very excited to be there to support it as well. We had the chance to meet with several of the riders and they shared their stories from previous races and who had inspired them to ride in the Pelotonia race. This year’s race will take place on the weekend of August 8th, 2014.

For more information on this year’s Pelotonia race or to find out what other fundraising events are being held before the big day, you can visit their website at http://pelotonia.org .

Scarlet Management Group to Attend Pelotonia on the Patio

This upcoming Thursday, June 12, 2014 several members of the SMG staff will be attending a fundraiser called Pelotonia on the Patio in downtown Columbus.

Pelotonia is a grassroots organization that raises money to support cancer research through their annual bicycle ride. Thanks to their sponsors they are able to donate 100% of all funds raised through this event to The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center. Participants in the annual ride are required to raise a certain amount of money in order to participate. The amount of money to be raised is determined by how many miles they wish to ride; 25, 50, 75, 100, 155 or 180 miles. This year’s ride will take place on the weekend of August 8th.

Pelotonia on the Patio is a fundraising event to help registered riders, virtual riders (people who wish to fundraise without the commitment of the bicycle ride) and volunteers reach their fundraising goals. The event will be held at EndZone on Vine Street in Downtown Columbus on Thursday from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Tickets to Pelotonia on the Patio are $15 a piece and $10 of that entry fee will go directly towards the fundraising goals of the person that you choose. That $15 entry fee includes unlimited beer and wine as well as live music.

As always, we are very excited to help support the great cause of cancer research and are looking forward to Thursday! We are sure it will be a great time, and we encourage those who are able to meet us there.

For more information on Pelotonia 2014 or Pelotonia on the Patio you can visit their website at: http://pelotonia.org/

Tickets to Peletonia on the Patio can be purchased at: https://pelotonia.ticketbud.com/pelotonia-on-the-patio

Inspiration of the Day: Jim Carrey

When we came across this photo on the internet this afternoon we felt it had a great, inspiring message that we had to share. Simply put, follow your dreams.

Why is this so important, you ask? Because following your dreams can be one of the most rewarding, fulfilling experiences out there. So many people are scared of following their dreams because often times it means taking the road less travelled, taking chances and taking risks, but the end result is so worth it. We get in our heads and tell ourselves “It’s impossible!” but how can we know until we truly give it our best efforts?

As much as our family and our loved ones can be our best supporters, sometimes they can also be guilty of holding us back. It is not something they do intentionally, as they only want what is best for us, but they can encourage those of us with big dreams to give them up in order to do what is “safe”.  Parents, grandparents, siblings, significant others, they all understandably have opinions on our life choices, but at the end of the day you are the only person who knows what the best path for you will be.

Jim Carrey illustrates this so well here. Follow your dreams. Do what will make you happy and what you will enjoy doing for the rest of your life. We only live once, and so we should live life to the fullest, doing what makes us happy. And on the other side of that coin, if you are going to fail at something, wouldn’t you rather go down knowing you took risks and tried your best rather than wishing you hadn’t let that opportunity slip through your hands?

So a big thank you to Jim Carrey for not only providing us with plenty of laughs (Bruce Almighty is a favorite movie here in the SMG office!) but also for giving us our daily dose of inspiration!