Weight Watchers Recipe

We are part way through Weight Watchers at Work program. Lots of our employees are getting the holiday munchies. Here's a yummy recipe everyone can enjoy without feeling guilty!

Chocolate-Fudge Cookie Bites

POINTS® Value: 1

Servings: 48

Preparation Time: 12 min

Cooking Time: 8 min

Level of Difficulty: Easy

These delightful chocolate morsels start out crisp and soften upon standing. Get 'em while they're hot!

Ingredients
1 sprays cooking spray, or more if needed
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa
1/4 cup margarine, softened
3/4 cup sugar
4 oz unsweetened applesauce
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp table salt
2 Tbsp powdered sugar

Instructions
Preheat oven to 375ºF. Coat two nonstick cookie sheets with cooking spray.
Place cocoa, margarine and sugar in a medium bowl; beat with an electric mixer. Add applesauce and vanilla; beat to blend. In another small bowl, stir together flour, baking powder and salt. Stir flour mixture into cocoa batter with a wooden spoon.
Shape batter into 48 marble-sized balls. Arrange balls 1 inch apart on cookie sheets. Bake until set, about 8 minutes. Remove from oven and allow cookies to stand for 1 minute. Remove to wire rack and cool; sprinkle with powdered sugar. (Note: Store extra cookies in freezer-safe containers or plastic bags to maintain their freshness.) Yields 1 cookie per serving.

Halloween Pictures

It is a tradition at For Every Body to dress up on Halloween.

We had some fun costumes. Joe, our CFO, decided to be a receptionist. We caught him in the act of answering phones. It looks like he's having fun!

Karen, who works in our logistics department, dressed up as a black fairy! She had fun going trick or treating with her children that night.

We had a mystery goblin during the day as well. Watch out! He looks pretty scary!

Evening in Pink 2007

Kellie May was honored as our Think Pink Honoree.

She received $10,000 and all of the items donated from our sponsors. These items were given to her at or before the event: a blender from Blendtec, skincare products from NuSkin, a book written by Kevin Sharp, shoes from Sole Desires, DVDs from Digital Scrapbook Memories, a gift basket from Kneaders, services from Persogenics, tickets to a football game from BYU Athletics, pearl jewelry from My Princess Pearls, a dozen pink roses, a two-night stay at the Courtyard Marriott hotel, a purse from Bags that Fit, a dress from Shabby Apple, jewelry from Flashy Fingers, a day at the salon with her friend from La Villa Salon & Spa, and tickets to the Nutcracker from Ballet West.

Kellie will also receive items each month for the next year from sponsors.

Silent Auction Recipients

We raised $4,000 for the silent auction last night. Two women will receive $2,000 each from the proceeds of the silent auction. These women were spotlighted at the event and their stories were read. Please visit http://www.thinkpinkforlife.blogspot.com/ to read their stories.

Manjula Maharaj from California. She has had a difficult life. She has experienced one pain after another.

Candy Caponi-Dooley from Florida is a single mother. She works full time cleaning homes. We received a very touching letter from her daughter.

Survivors

We honored one survivor last night with a cruise for her and her husband. Jana Harris is a seven-year survivor. She shared her story at our Evening in Pink.

Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk

We had a great time at the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk on Saturday, October 13. Thank you to everyone who participated!

Here are a few pictures from the day.

Items for our Silent Auction

We are excited about our Evening in Pink on October 30! Here are some of the items in the silent auction donated by our generous sponsors.

THARCO- XBOX 360 Halo 3 Edition

A Lyon Company- Clock, picture frame, vase, jewelry box, candle holder

Genie & Peaktop- A variety of candles (Christmas trees, Santas, etc.)

Libbey Glass- Six glass sets (pitchers, glasses, etc.)

Industrial Container & Supply Co.- A $50 gift certificate to La Vigna Restaurant

Arrylessence- $200 gift certificate to La Caille Restaurant

Kevin Sharp- Tragedy's Gift written by Kevin Sharp

Univar- Two sets of Jazz tickets (One set is worth $130 each and the other is $80 each)

Blanken Golf- Golf bag worth $200

High Deseret chb- Two $20 Gecko's gift certificates, two t-shirts

Ballet West- Two pairs of tickets to Three Musketeers worth $88 each, mugs, signed ballet shoes, CDs and greeting cards

James C. Christensen- An original painting

Monarch Fragrances- $500 gift certificate to Buy Snow for snow boarding gear

PCA- Four $25 gift certificates to Gastronomy

Caught Wearing Pink!

Ken, our director of engineering was caught wearing pink last Friday for our Pink Fridays! Our paparazzi took this picture as he was sneaking out the door. Nothing can get by us!

Every Friday in October our employees are wearing pink to show their support for breast cancer awareness.

Our First Pink Friday!

Our first "Pink Our first Friday" was a success! Over 50 employees wore pink last Friday to support breast cancer awareness. Every Friday in October, employees plan to wear pink to show their support for breast cancer. Each employee received a cute little pink cupcake for wearing pink!

Our "Pink Fridays" are part of our Think Pink for Life project. The whole project is meant to raise awareness of breast cancer and help women who are currently fighting the disease.

So far, we have received about 70 stories from women around the United States who are fighting breast cancer or who have survived it. To read some of these stories, visit http://www.thinkpinkforlife.blogspot.com/.