The Eighth Annual Lloyd-Bennett Gwinnett Corporate Challenge kicked off Sun., Sept. 9, with a picnic game competition at McDaniel Farm Park, and continued on Monday with golf at Summit Chase Country Club and Tuesday with kickball at Bethesda Park.  

The competition runs for the next two weeks, with a closing awards ceremony on Sept. 21. This year 17 companies are competing in 12 activities including golf, kickball, rock climbing, tennis, trivia, bowling, a 5K run, team building exercises, table tennis, laser tag, and sand volleyball. First place winners so far include: 

Picnic Games      

Div. A 1st place: Sage Software 

Div. B 1st place: Planners & Engineers Collaborative 

Golf

Div. A 1st place: Scientific Atlanta

Div. B 1st place: Kenney & Solomon and Rhodes, Young, Black & Duncan 

Kickball

Div. A 1st place: WIKA

Div. B 1st place: Planners & Engineers Collaborative 

Lloyd-Bennett Professional Services Group returns again this year as the Corporate Challenge’s title sponsor, along with other supporters including the Gwinnett Daily Post and Scientific Atlanta.

Monies raised from the Gwinnett Corporate Challenge go toward recreation scholarship that allow children, and now senior citizens, an opportunity to participate in summer camps, swim lessons, and other recreation classes who may not have been financially able to do so. 

To get remaining schedule for the Lloyd-Bennett Gwinnett Corporate Challenge or for those interested in getting involved in next year’s Corporate Challenge call 770-822-8840.