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The CK Daily – A Night at the Gala!
Happy Monday,
On Friday I had the privilege to attend the Light The Way Gala sponsored by Lightway Recovery, which is a nonprofit women’s residential addiction recovery center and ministry. CK sponsored a table and our president, Chris McCoy and his wife, and a close friend consultant and contractor of CK, Jason Scott Montoya and his wife were also able to attend to represent CK at our table. It was a fun night, the MC was hilarious, and the org raised a good bit of money through donations, silent auction items, and the selling of beads (which was used in a silly game of heads or tails). What was most remarkable about this event were all the personal stories shared at the event and how Lightway Recovery, with the grace of God, was able to help transform lives that were utterly destroyed and fallen apart. Addiction is such a catastrophic force that can impact not only the person facing it, but friends and family members too. It’s absolutely fantastic that there are places like Lightway that facilitate healing and transformation.
One of the founders of Lightway Recovery and their sister organization, Navigate Recovery, holds a special place in CK’s heart and history. Susan Barge was CK’s first HR director and on a personal note, over 10 years ago, Susan was the one I first spoke to about working at CK and was present through the entire hiring process at CK. She left the company a few years after that to follow her dream of starting a non-profit, and boy did that dream flourish. I’m so proud of her accomplishments and the great work she’s done. Sometime during the night Farley, Susan’s husband, and also a co-founder came up to me looked directly into my eyes, and said, “You know, I still remember being in your warehouse that day, that was the day that we received our first check from CK, our first real donor, that’s something I’ll never forget.” I remember that day as bittersweet, an ending of one chapter and the beginning of another, and I’m still amazed at what Susan and Farley have accomplished with a dream, the Grace of God, in such a short amount of time.
Please check out Lightway Recovery’s website for more information about the services they provide. I hope you have a great and wonderful Thanksgiving week and a great Monday!
Cris
Product Spotlights & Updates
The Meraki MR33 is an entry level, quad-radio, cloud-managed, 2×2:2, 802.11ac Wave 2 access point with MU-MIMO support. It provides a maximum 1.3 Gbps aggregate frame rate with concurrent 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz radios. It also features a dedicated third radio that provides real-time WIDS/WIPS with automated RF optimization. In addition, an integrated Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) radio delivers beacon and scanning capabilities.
Learning Center Article – StackWise-480 and StackWise 1T Explained
When it comes to extremely powerful switches, Cisco is an industry leader and has been for some time. The company pushes the envelope with switch stacking and high-end performance. From those endeavors, two stacking architectures stand at the top of the industry: StackWise-480 and StackWise-1T.
Today’s News to Start Your Day:
- “Choiceful” is CEOs’ new favorite word to describe consumer spending behavior and their own companies’ strategy. So far in 2023, “choiceful” has appeared in 15 quarterly earnings calls for S&P 500 companies, up from just two in 2021.
- Airlines expect the most air travelers ever this holiday season. Cheaper airfare than last year is providing some relief to consumers after prolonged inflation.
- Early Black Friday discounts were far higher this October compared to prior years, a signal that retailers could be worried about holiday demand. Both the depth of discounts and the total amount of items on sale were higher in October compared to the last four years.
- TGL’s Florida dome suffered a collapse due to a power outage earlier this week. The damage and the timelines are still being assessed.