Whitco – Proud Sponsors of Local Youth Baseball

Whitco is now a proud sponsor of Buckhead Baseball.

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Aside from helping children develop their baseball skills and learn good sportsmanship, an important goal of Buckhead Baseball is to help them build strong character traits. The league is for children ages 4 to 12.

Whitco’s own James Wiley (Account Executive) grew up with Buckhead Baseball.  Wiley was named the Atlanta Journal Constitutional Player of the Year, 1st Team All-Atlanta, GA Dugout All-Tournament Team, and the Atlanta Braves elected him to the 400 Club. He was also named Lovett’s Player of the Year and broke the school record for strikeouts in a season. Wiley remains close with the local baseball community and a mentor to the youth.

 

Lucky Jackpot Bonus Winner

Congrats to Michelle Odom for winning the Whitco Lucky Jackpot Bonus!

Winner

Michelle Odom who works in the Service Department for Whitco took home the grand prize of $950.00. Xavier Silva and Justin Staton both were runner ups and took home $50.00.

A cool story that involves many touching events lead up to Michelle taking home the grand prize. If you know Michelle please feel free to ask her about her story.

 

 

 

Atlanta I-85 Bridge Collapse

Unfortunately a bridge on I-85 caught fire yesterday causing the road to collapse. This happens to be near our Corporate HQ’s located in the Armour Yards District. Luckily it appears that the fire department did a great job of keeping everyone safe, but unfortunately I-85 will likely be closed for several weeks to months.

*UPDATE – some sources are now estimating that parts of I-85 will be closed for six months to a year. 

This will have a major impact on the city of Atlanta!

Several of our employees were caught in the traffic and took several interesting photos and videos. It was complete chaos! Other employees that lived as far as 10 miles away could see the black smoke as if the fire occurred right in front of them.

Atlanta I-85
Atlanta I-85

Whitco’s Corporate is open today and back in business. Most of us arrived late today and had to adapt to new and unfamiliar alternative routes. Fortunately everyone at Whitco had a safe commute.

If you were unable to reach our office in the early hours this morning we apologize for the inconvenience.