{"id":9657,"date":"2018-08-27T13:23:47","date_gmt":"2018-08-27T17:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=9657"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:05:48","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:05:48","slug":"backpack-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2018\/08\/27\/backpack-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"ITS v. HITS Backpack Challenge has its winner: the kids!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"metaslider-id-9661\" style=\"max-width: 600px; margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-109-0 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-9661 ml-slider has-dots-nav ms-theme-default\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"1808 Backpack Challenge\" data-height=\"450\" data-width=\"600\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_9661\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_9661\" class=\"flexslider\">\n            <ul class='slides'>\n                <li style=\"display: block; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-9669 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2018-08-23 17:26:43\" data-filename=\"IMG_0261-e1535059489891.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_0261-e1535059489891.jpg\" class=\"slider-9661 slide-9669 msDefaultImage\" alt=\"&quot; &quot;\" rel=\"\" title=\"IMG_0261\" style=\"margin-top: 4.1666666666667%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_0261-e1535059489891.jpg 600w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_0261-e1535059489891-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_0261-e1535059489891-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Andy Palms (ITS) and Lyn Victorio (HITS) hard at work stuffing backpacks. (Amy Peters, ITS)<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-9670 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2018-08-23 17:26:43\" data-filename=\"HITS-ITS-Backpack-Challenge-28-e1535059270306.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/HITS-ITS-Backpack-Challenge-28-e1535059270306.jpg\" class=\"slider-9661 slide-9670 msDefaultImage\" alt=\"&quot; &quot;\" rel=\"\" title=\"HITS-ITS Backpack Challenge-28\" style=\"margin-top: 4.1666666666667%\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Michigan Medicine CIO Andrew Rosenberg and CISO Jack Kufahl pitch in for a good cause. (Tim Nolan, HITS)<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-9674 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2018-08-23 17:26:43\" data-filename=\"HITS-ITS-Backpack-Challenge-2-e1535059145657.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/HITS-ITS-Backpack-Challenge-2-e1535059145657.jpg\" class=\"slider-9661 slide-9674 msDefaultImage\" alt=\"\" rel=\"\" title=\"HITS-ITS Backpack Challenge-2\" style=\"margin: 0 auto; width: 50%\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">School supplies waiting to be packed. (Amy Peters, ITS)<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-9672 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2018-08-23 17:26:43\" data-filename=\"HITS-ITS-Backpack-Challenge-13-e1535059300996.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/HITS-ITS-Backpack-Challenge-13-e1535059300996.jpg\" class=\"slider-9661 slide-9672 msDefaultImage\" alt=\"&quot; &quot;\" rel=\"\" title=\"HITS-ITS Backpack Challenge-13\" style=\"margin-top: 4.1666666666667%\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Brittni Prehn (ITS) checks her packing list. (Tim Nolan, HITS)<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-9671 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2018-08-23 17:26:43\" data-filename=\"HITS-ITS-Backpack-Challenge-22-e1535059286623.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/HITS-ITS-Backpack-Challenge-22-e1535059286623.jpg\" class=\"slider-9661 slide-9671 msDefaultImage\" alt=\"&quot; &quot;\" rel=\"\" title=\"HITS-ITS Backpack Challenge-22\" style=\"margin-top: 4.1666666666667%\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Completed backpacks ready for delivery. (Tim Nolan, HITS)<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-9673 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2018-08-23 17:26:43\" data-filename=\"IMG_5625-e1535059532725.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_5625-e1535059532725.jpg\" class=\"slider-9661 slide-9673 msDefaultImage\" alt=\"&quot; &quot;\" rel=\"\" title=\"IMG_5625\" style=\"margin-top: 4.1666666666667%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_5625-e1535059532725.jpg 600w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_5625-e1535059532725-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_5625-e1535059532725-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">(l to r) Linda McGuire and Amy Peters (ITS) with Jo Ella Coles (ITS retired). Coles was the inspiration for the first Backpack Challenge in 2016. (Tim Nolan, HITS)<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-9675 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2018-08-23 17:26:43\" data-filename=\"HITS-ITS-Backpack-Challenge-45-e1535059044972.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/HITS-ITS-Backpack-Challenge-45-e1535059044972.jpg\" class=\"slider-9661 slide-9675 msDefaultImage\" alt=\"&quot; &quot;\" rel=\"\" title=\"HITS-ITS Backpack Challenge-45\" style=\"margin-top: 4.1666666666667%\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Better together. Amy Peters of ITS (c) with HITS volunteers (l to r) Bryan Martyn, Jack Kufahl, Andrew Rosenberg, Sue Boucher, Britney Mallya , Lyn Victorio, Joey Maki. (Tim Nolan, HITS)<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A friendly challenge ITS issued to HITS this summer became a huge win for local school children! The goal was donate 100 backpacks filled with school supplies. The challenge results far exceeded the goal, resulting in 160 fully loaded backpacks for local grade and middle school students.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HITS had an amazing first year with the Backpack Challenge, surpassing ITS in both the number of items donated and cash donations. However, the REAL winners of the challenge are the children and families served by the two organizations they supported:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/peaceneighborhoodcenter.org\/wordpress\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/peaceneighborhoodcenter.org\/wordpress\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1535140355212000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG_AOaRrHx7SJ-ofHklEP-_y6DmFg\">Peace Neighborhood Center<\/a>\u00a0serves children and families in the Ann Arbor area.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.journeyoffaitha2.org\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.journeyoffaitha2.org\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1535140355212000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG1vJLrHJHEmqsRzdshXdLxo5qcnw\">Journey of Faith<\/a>\u00a0serves homeless children and families in the Ypsilanti area.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Packs were assembled by ITS and HITS staff and leaders on Friday, August 10, and delivered to both organizations for distribution. The final tally for items and cash:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>ITS donated 3,110 individual school supply items and $810 in cash donations.<\/li>\n<li>HITS donated 4,281\u00a0individual school supply items and $1045\u00a0in cash donations.<\/li>\n<li><strong>For a total of 7,391 individual items and $1855 in cash donations!<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The challenge started in 2016, when former ITS Infrastructure staff member Jo Ella Coles retired,&#8221; explains<strong> Amy Peters<\/strong> (ITS), one of the event organizers. &#8220;Jo Ella didn\u2019t want a retirement gift, but instead invited her colleagues to donate school supplies to her favorite charity, Journey of Faith.&#8221; The team built 25 fully stocked backpacks as a gift.<\/p>\n<p>In 2017, Infrastructure expanded the project to all of ITS, and stuffed 40 backpacks for Journey of Faith. This year, with the addition of the HITS team and higher goals, the challenge organizers decided to also donate packs to Peace Neighborhood Center.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was a great event,&#8221; says <strong>Sue Boucher<\/strong> (HITS). &#8220;We had fun working with ITS, and we were proud of each department for their generosity that will benefit so many.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the many staff members who donated items or funds, the ITS and HITS leadership teams, and Interim VP\/CIO Andrew Rosenberg for their support of the friendly competition! Special thanks and kudos to <strong>Amy Peters<\/strong> and <strong>Linda McGuire<\/strong> (ITS), and <strong>Sue Boucher<\/strong> and <strong>Lyn Victorio<\/strong> (HITS) for their coordination of the event and some masterful shopping to maximize the number of backpacks the groups could donate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A friendly challenge ITS issued to HITS this summer became a huge win for local school children! The goal was donate 100 backpacks filled with school supplies. The challenge results far exceeded the goal, resulting in 160 fully loaded backpacks for local grade and middle school students. HITS had an amazing first year with the Backpack Challenge, surpassing\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2018\/08\/27\/backpack-challenge\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":9662,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[18,176,249],"class_list":["post-9657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-news","tag-community-service","tag-hits","tag-its"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/HITS-ITS-Backpack-Challenge-45-e1535059044972.jpg",600,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/HITS-ITS-Backpack-Challenge-45-200x133.jpg",200,133,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/HITS-ITS-Backpack-Challenge-45-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/HITS-ITS-Backpack-Challenge-45-768x512.jpg",665,443,true],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/HITS-ITS-Backpack-Challenge-45-700x467.jpg",600,400,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/HITS-ITS-Backpack-Challenge-45-e1535059044972.jpg",600,400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/HITS-ITS-Backpack-Challenge-45-e1535059044972.jpg",600,400,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/HITS-ITS-Backpack-Challenge-45-200x140.jpg",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/HITS-ITS-Backpack-Challenge-45-60x42.jpg",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/HITS-ITS-Backpack-Challenge-45-658x300.jpg",658,300,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/HITS-ITS-Backpack-Challenge-45-665x443.jpg",665,443,true],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/HITS-ITS-Backpack-Challenge-45-e1535059044972.jpg",375,250,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Eric Levitt, HITS Marketing &amp; Communications","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/ericle\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"A friendly challenge ITS issued to HITS this summer became a huge win for local school children! 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