Several Cresa employees in Portland, Oregon, took to the hills last weekend to help raise money for a good cause.
A team representing Cresa Portland participated in the Providence Health & Services Hood To Coast Relay that started at the top of Mount Hood and ended along the beaches of the Pacific Ocean. Team members each completed 4- to 8-mile legs along the 198-mile course.
The Cresa Portland team took part in the relay to raise money for the Providence Oregon Cancer Institute. The team already had topped its fundraising goal before the event began. "Drumroll please...we did it! Our @cresaportland @htcrelay team surpassed our goal of fundraising" of $12,000, Cresa Portland said in an Instagram post.
Broker Kelsey Machuca, who captained the Cresa team, raised the most money out of her group. "We ranked 13th out of 56 fundraising teams," Machuca said in an email. "We had 109 total donors, and I just added up all of the donations from colleagues of our Cresa network and that contribution totaled $5,285 of total donations."
Dubbed the "Mother of All Relays," the event attracted participants from all 50 states and more than 40 countries.