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Hot dog! Mid-Atlantic Corporate raises $1,150 for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals
The Corporate’s first hot dog-eating contest is a success
MIDDLETOWN, PA (August 4, 2014) — It was a hot day. With temperatures in the 90s and over 23 hot dogs consumed, Mid-Atlantic Corporate Federal Credit Union’s first-ever hot dog eating contest was a sizzling success.
Employees from Mid-Atlantic Corporate, the Corporate’s CUSOs and local credit unions, along with family and friends, gathered on Wednesday, July 23, 2014 (National Hot Dog Day) to watch the contest and raise money for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals (CMN Hospitals).
The contest had five contestants, including Rodney May of Mid-Atlantic Corporate; Howard Stein and Tiffany Williams of Mid-Atlantic Corporate’s wholly-owned CUSO, MY CU Services; Mike Gutshall of Heritage Valley Federal Credit Union and Andrew Johnson of Members 1st Federal Credit Union, compete in a five-minute face-off to see who could devour the most hot dogs.
Mike Gutshall of Heritage Valley Federal Credit Union in York, Pa., won the contest, eating 5.5 hot dogs in five minutes!
The event raised money through sponsorships, pledges, donations and food sales.
Frankfurter Sponsors included:
Belco Community Credit Union
Feather CU Services, LLC
First Capital Federal Credit Union
Hershey Federal Credit Union
Members 1st Federal Credit Union
Mid-Atlantic Corporate Federal Credit Union
LANCO Federal Credit Union
*Contest Sign donated by ACS Printing
“We are so pleased with the amount of participation and support we received for this event,” said Erin Doan, Administration and Community Relations Director for Mid-Atlantic Corporate. “It was a group effort between our family of companies and our local credit unions that made the hot dog contest so successful.”
In all, the contest brought in $1,150 to be given to our local CMN Hospital, Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital!
To watch the highlights from Mid-Atlantic Corporate’s hot dog eating contest, visit finection.midatlanticcorp.org or go to the Mid-Atlantic Corporate FCU YouTube channel.
Thank you to all of the sponsors, contestants and volunteers for your donations!