In October 2019, riding the wave of dopamine that follows the September Games, our team took some time to reflect on the year's successes. After reminiscing about our numerous charity-focused Off-Season events, we decided it was time to give each of our charity partners an event of their own! With Slo-Pitch, Laser Tag, Horseshoes, Rowing, a Board Game Night and more scheduled, we were ready.

While the year had other plans for us, we were still able to host our annual Brain Freeze Trivia Night and Human Bonspiel!

We were looking to make the 25th September Games the most memorable year yet and, congratulations to us, it happened! No one is likely to forget 2020.

As news of COVID began to take over our televisions and social media feeds in March of 2020, we began to look into introducing more virtual options "just in case".

Our first attempt at a virtual event came when we celebrated CCC's 25th birthday with a trivia night via Zoom. We deemed it "Quiz Me Thru the Phone" and crossed our fingers for a fun night. Our participants did not disappoint! Not only did we have over 60 teams, they showed up with some of the best trivia team names to-date: Panic! At the Costco, Quentin Quarantino, Children of the Quarn, Social Quiztancing, and more.

Despite the success of this event, we continued to hold out hope for a "return to normal". Unfortunately, it soon became clear that we would need to take the over-sized couch of a year and pivot. On May 25, we sent an email with a new plan:

The first-ever fully virtual, 3-month long Calgary Corporate Challenge Games.

All things considered, our team was very happy with the outcome of the 2020 Games. We reached a whole new demographic of participants and were beyond grateful for the support we continued to receive. As we entered 2021, we were glad to have developed a new slate of events and were ready to bring one or two of them into the mix with our in-person events.

As we know, because we're all here in the future together, that didn't quite go as planned. On March 22, just over a year after we first started working from home, we announced a socially-distanced, largely virtual 2021 September Games.

We continued with the Summer Challenges, hosting the Suncor Step (July), ROSEN Run, and Nutrien Cycle (August), and did another edition of the BDO Bingo Challenge. In contrast to 2020, we re-introduced points, medals, trophies, and a handful of safe, distanced, in-person events.

The last couple years have been tough on everyone but, as usual, our companies showed up in a big way for our local charity partners. They helped raise more awareness on social media, they ran bottle drives and raffles, hosted an outdoor concert and blood drives, attended virtual lunch & learns, donated goods, volunteered as Mentors and more!