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Article: Area office workers face off for 'Chair-ity' Elgin
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- Courier News (Elgin, IL)
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- October 27, 2007
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It was like a scene from The Office and Dunder Mifflin T-shirts weren't the only reason. The scene was reminiscent of the episode in which characters on the NBC sitcom gather to play basketball in the warehouse, except the real-life tournament didn't require employees to come in on a Saturday.
Twelve Fox Valley businesses participated in the chair hockey tournament to raise money for Easter Seals DuPage and the Fox Valley Region's Positioning and Mobility Clinic. Employees from area businesses rolled around on chairs, some even wearing helmets, for the Tuesday, Oct. 23, event, sponsored by Rieke Office Interiors.
The quiet office front of ROI disguised the sounds of clashing sticks and ...