By Daily Press staff
Employees of Pacific Park on the Santa Monica Pier recently came together to help others at their annual year-end employee celebration and raised $1,500 from a silent auction to benefit the American Red Cross of Santa Monica Hurricane Katrina relief campaign.
An end-of-summer tradition, more than 250 Pacific Park employees celebrated by donating monies raised through the silent auction while bidding on more than 50 items ranging from digital cameras and cellular phones to local restaurant gift certificates and gift baskets. The employees raised approximately $750 while Pacific Park staff matched the amount for a total of $1,500.
“The idea to donate the funds from this year’s silent auction to the American Red Cross of Santa Monica was embraced by the team from the moment it was suggested,” said Jeff Klocke, director of marketing at Pacific Park. “This was an opportunity for them to make a difference.”
Lloyd Morgan, 48, security supervisor at Pacific Park, who was the highest bidder on a Sony Cybershot Digital Camera at $205 (a $400 retail value), said: “In the process I was able to help out people affected by the disaster in New Orleans.”
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on September 22, 2005. Read the original PDF.