“Its just what you do.”
When describing his experiences with the Paralympics, longtime Cobalt employee Mark Bathum used these words to describe his fellow athletes and their attitude toward the endeavor. He finds the idea of giving up a piece of your own life to benefit the lives of others an inspiring and humbling act.
Cobalt believes the same thing, a belief that manifests itself in many ways. For the next few months, Cobalt is sponsoring two employees, Mark Bathum and Shane McSimov, in their efforts to do good.
Mark will be racing for the U.S. Paralympics ski racing team, a goal he has had for 20 years and started seriously trying for in 2008. In 2010 in Vancouver, he will achieve that dream, but only after a lot of hard work and arduous training. Mark raced all last season to see how it would feel to do it. This year he’ll still be working, though remotely, while ramping up his ski training schedule in preparation for the big event. Cobalt will be following his efforts closely and supporting him in his bid!
Shane McSimov, the second Cobalt sponsored employee, is organizing his own charity event in a very different way: a charity ping-pong game. Shane has challenged Scott Harrison, the founder of Charity Water, to a $5,000 ping-pong match in New York City with the money going to build a well for a community that needs fresh water.
As Shane says, “A ping pong match in New York City can save lives overseas and give clean drinking water to an entire community for 20 years. That’s a game worth playing.”
The event will take place in early 2010 and will be available live on Ustream.com.
We’ll be writing more about Mark and Shane over the next few months. Until then, you can keep updated on Mark’s progress on his website at markbathum.com; and you can donate to Shane’s ping-pong game here.
Cobalt is proud of both Shane and Mark for their efforts to give back to the world. At Cobalt, we work hard and know that when it comes to what really matters, “it’s just what you do.”
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