From the President's Desk Archives - Page 7 of 11

Get Back on Your Bike Program – 2nd Year

by John Pidgeon | Aug 23, 2012 | From the President's Desk

Gini Deaton is our web designer and a frequent participant in our employee wellness programs. Thanks for telling your story, Gini! Draper is sponsoring the “Get Back on Your Bike” program again for Draper employees and family members. Last year 80 people participated...

A Slice of Americana

by John Pidgeon | Jul 24, 2012 | From the President's Desk

Last weekend Spiceland celebrated its big event of the year – Freedom Days. Freedom Days is sponsored by the Spiceland Volunteer Fire Department and the local school corporation’s scholarship fund, and takes place on a Friday-Saturday each July. It is a...

Relay for Life 2012

by John Pidgeon | Jul 19, 2012 | From the President's Desk

Eleanor Painter and Sharla Massengale volunteered to lead the company’s Relay for Life team for the 2012 event. They worked hard and the effort was very successful. Here’s their story, and a gallery of photos from the event. – John Pidgeon With the...

Draper Employees Walking to Hawaii

by John Pidgeon | Apr 11, 2012 | From the President's Desk

Draper has one of the best employee wellness programs in the State of Indiana. At last month’s Annual Employee Meeting Mike Broome reported that since we began our wellness program three years ago 40 Draper employees have quit smoking and our Weight Watchers...

Draper Employees Assist Tornado Victims

by John Pidgeon | Mar 19, 2012 | From the President's Desk

On March 2 the small southern Indiana towns of Henryville, Chelsea and New Pekin were devastated by a cluster of EF-4 tornadoes packing winds of up to 200 miles per hour. Draper employees passed the hat and donated $2500 to assist the victims of this terrible tragedy....

Three Prestige Installations

by John Pidgeon | Mar 15, 2012 | From the President's Desk, Gym Equipment

Since this is the opening day of the NCAA tournament, it is a good time to reflect on some of our interesting basketball projects this season. We have had the good fortune recently to secure large gym equipment orders from both of Indiana’s Big Ten universities....