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Take Our Daughters & Sons to Work Day
Posted 4/28/2008 in General by Krista Weaver
The CFI family grew by 15 on Thursday, April 24 when the company participated in Take Our Daughters & Sons to Work Day 2008.
The day has been a nationwide tradition for more than 15 years. “We just had a lot of fun with it and tried to give the kids a first hand look at real-world work by letting them shadow their mom’s & dad’s for the day,” says Kimberly Byers of CFI human resources.
The day began in true corporate style with a meeting in the conference room over donuts and juice. Company president Mike Czop moderated this meeting of the minds where safety goggles and proper ECA attire were hotly debated before the group was given a plant-wide tour.
CEO Dick Weaver broke a sweat while addressing this tough crowd who, plied with sugar, was ready to take over the plant after seeing all the “cool stuff” they could do.
Taylor Huntley, whose mom Lisa works in inside sales, couldn’t help but wonder, “What does the Sales Engineer do anyway?”
Well, today, sales engineer Nathan Sokolowski was lending a hand to 
nephew Dayton Haddrill and to Jordin Hayes while they designed and built super hero costumes fit for the X-men.
“I’m going to sleep a lot easier now knowing “Multi-Color Man” and “Water Man” are out there, somewhere, fighting off evil and standing up for the little guy,” says Sokolowski. “And you can to.”
The kids heard presentations from Accounting, IT, Sales, Engineering, Quality, and Manufacturing before having lunch with mom or dad then spending the day shadowing them at their job.
Arnetta Ingram’s daughter Jacqueline Lewis may have preferred to be in school, “My Mom worked me HARD!”
Everybody had their hand in the action. 7-year-old Eva Darling shredded top-secret documents while 18-year-old Dejai Craine worked on new product development for the engineering department.
Logan Jokisch got up to speed on CFI’s ISO procedures while Holly Stemm followed in mom Heather’s footsteps pulling sales orders. Catherine Knoch may have a future as a carbon fiber engineer and, rumor has it that Melanie Sizemore has quite the eye for quality control.
Melanie’s mom Sharon Sizemore thought the day was an eye-opening exp
erience, “I think the kids really learned what we do… and why we’re so tired at the end of the day!”
15-year-old Jared Fittante helped Shelly Reek paint parts while Nikki Morin was helping her mom Julie Fitzpatrick at the cutting table. When jokingly asked if she’d be willing to work back up if her mom couldn’t make it, an exhausted Nikki said, “NO WAY!”
Taylor Spach assisted her mom Wendy with CFI’s many labeling needs and Sarah “Triple Time” Kellett proved she is an ace with a tape measure when helping her mom, Ruth, check parts.
Sabrina Seymour proved she’s more than just a pretty face when it comes to sales. Said Czop of her performance, “Sabrina had the most quotes submitted. She was our top salesperson today!”
This just may be the start of a new tradition at CFI!
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