CLE-BEE Corporate Spelling Bee
September 8th, 2016 was our inaugural Corporate Spelling Bee, sponsored by KeyBank and Lubrizol. 24 teams from Northeast Ohio competed against each other to see who would be the spelling champion. It was a great night, full of fun and raising awareness about the importance of literacy.
This event would not have been possible without the support of The Lubrizol Corporation and KeyBank. We just want to say thank you for sponsoring this great event!
To prepare for the bee a number of the teams had mini-bees to find their team members
At the Corrigan Krause Mini Bee! #CLEBEE pic.twitter.com/40KISazW2X
Had a great time at our mini-bee yesterday with Corrigan Krause and DMS Solutions to get their team for our #CLEBEE! pic.twitter.com/5MDAmNkaye
Corrigan Krause and DMS Management Solutions team for our #CLEBEE on September 8th! It is going to be a fun night! pic.twitter.com/sJqAyRggTV
We were very lucky to have some great people involved with the spelling bee! Chief Meteorologist Betsy Kling from WKYC was our celebrity Emcee! A big thank you to her for helping us make the event a great one!
Bob and @BetsyKling are planning for a great #CLEBEE on Thursday 9/8 @TheCityClub @wkyc pic.twitter.com/tV3EUj7KSj
The #CLEBEE words are out of the vault and will be delivered to the Readers today! pic.twitter.com/hySOCdEJku
Delivering the words to #CLEBEE Reader Mike Snyder @snyder1100, @wtam1100 pic.twitter.com/N3oVlLDQR3
Monyka Price is taking the #CLEBEE Reader oath of secrecy! pic.twitter.com/iqx4X1RP5c
A few weeks before the big event we had some fantastic volunteers help us rehearse
Having fun rehearsing for our #clebee in a few weeks!! pic.twitter.com/itJ5dNzua8
Our #CLEBEE team is gearing up for tomorrow’s event and excited to celebrate #InternationalLiteracyDay! pic.twitter.com/dKacgkWmka
After months of work and preparation September 8th finally arrived!
The #CLEBEE is tonight & we’re excited to participate on the ABLE team. Bee there or bee square! @literacycoop pic.twitter.com/f8Z1VqWSW0
The stage set and ready for our spellers tonight!! #CLEBEEpic.twitter.com/pyIUNROQ7B
.@TheCityClub getting things set for @literacycoop 1st Annual Corporate #CLEBEE! #CLEreads2016 pic.twitter.com/VmHhuVfTjh
We had a number of special guests attend the event. Mayor Frank Jackson, County Executive Armond Budish and The Honorable John. J. Russo who was our spelling judge for the night!
The Mayor is here to celebrate The Literacy Cooperative!#CLEBEEpic.twitter.com/6l7szwP6Xz
.@ArmondBudish & @CityofCleveland Mayor Jackson ready to share remarks for @literacycoop #CLEBEE pic.twitter.com/R1IzZpIgSt
.@cuycommonpleas Judge Russo says he’s not afraid to use his gavel on tonight’s spellers #CLEBEE #LiteracyDay pic.twitter.com/n6cvxnZeeJ
Our teams arrived ready and excited to compete to become the spelling champion!
Team#ngkf ready to compete @leb_cre @JeffKennedyNGKF @literacycoop#CLEBEE pic.twitter.com/6aMRl5PrUT
Go United Way…the team to bee-t! #CLEBEE pic.twitter.com/YzpSAGDskS
The only word you need to know is #slay. @TheCityClub is ready for #CLEBEEpic.twitter.com/RLfdXVfYTf
Some teams really got into the spirit and dressed up for the event!
Go team NEO Able! #CLEBEE pic.twitter.com/AgnCrFdIaf
Let the fun begin!#CLEBEE pic.twitter.com/kbOcjTBiDJ
WKYC peacocks at the #CLEBEE pic.twitter.com/pzYH2YD16B
Here at the @literacycoop Cleveland Corporate Spelling Bee. Should be fun. #CLEreads2016 pic.twitter.com/2mqKUXcAyQ
September 8th was also International Literacy Day. The Corporate Spelling Bee was not only a fun fundraising event but also an event to raise awareness about illiteracy and what can be done to fight this crisis.
The 1st annual CLE-BEE Corporate Spelling Bee started with a welcome and a few speeches.
Betsy Kling welcomed everyone and read the rules for the night’s competition.
Channel 3’s Betsy Kling kicks off the 1st annual #CLEBEE at the City Club! Go Team WKYC!@wkyc pic.twitter.com/SWFbDNEms8
@BetsyKling welcoming everyone and reading the rules of our #CLEBEE! Going to be a fun night! pic.twitter.com/i1TxXv9HV5
@BetsyKling, Chief Meteorologist from @wkyc hosts the Cle-Bee! Good luck, Case Elementary! #cmsd #literacy #CLEBEE pic.twitter.com/pN9mjaXm5D
Our Executive Director, Bob Paponetti, welcomed everyone and spoke about the significance of the event and International Literacy Day.
Our executive director welcoming everyone!! #CLEBEEpic.twitter.com/BMTHkGrjR4
Our Board President, Beth Grove, was next to speak. She spoke about the history of The Literacy Cooperative and the work we do as well as premiering a short video about our work.
Our board president talking about the work we at The Literacy Cooperative do! #CLEBEE pic.twitter.com/BBuo2Ijy7n
Mayor Frank Jackson shared his own struggles with illiteracy and spoke about how important literacy is to an individual and community. He also presented a proclamation to our Executive Director
It’s beautiful to hear @CityofCleveland Mayor Frank Jackson speak about the power of #literacy #CLEBEE pic.twitter.com/BUkdPg7zQ4
Mayor Frank Jackson presenting our executive director with a proclamation!! #CLEBEE pic.twitter.com/bOHnu8PEnc
Congratulations to The Literacy Cooperative on 10 years!! #CLEBEEpic.twitter.com/AhTe9gb7td
County Executive Armond Budish addressed the importance of early education and how “together we learn, together we thrive.”
@CuyahogaCounty executive Armond Budish speaking how important early education is!! #CLEBEE pic.twitter.com/9dabCxNBfD
Once the speeches were over it was time for competition to begin. Swarm one was the finance teams which included: Ciuni & Panichi Inc., Corrigan Krause CPAs/DMS Management Solutions, KeyBank, Newmark Grubb Frank Knight, Oswald Companies, and United Way of Greater Cleveland.
The winner of swarm one was Oswald Companies
The winner of swarm one was Oswald Companies
Truth be told, in this first round, I’m pulling for our auditors at C&P #CLEBEEpic.twitter.com/AyI6I45DLm
Swarm one is up, the finance round! #clebee pic.twitter.com/KrlL6dqjji
The buzz was so great that we started to trend #2 on Twitter and stayed in that spot throughout the whole event!
Trending #2 right now!! Keep the tweets show your enjoying this great event!! pic.twitter.com/v9vHDp7nK0
Next up was swarm 2, the Legal Teams. This swarm included: Baker Hostetler, Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff, Frantz Ward, Thompson Hine, Ulmer & Berne LLP, and The City Club of Cleveland.
The winner of swarm 2 was Baker Hostetler
The winner of swarm 2 was Baker Hostetler
Time for swarm 2. The legal teams! #CLEBEE pic.twitter.com/X5UdKk4HPs
Swarm 3 was the Corporate Teams and they consisted of: Eaton Corporation, Goldfarb Weber Creative Media, Cleveland Leadership Center, Lincoln Electric, The Lubrizol Corporation and WKYC Channel 3.
The winner of swarm 3 was Eaton Corporation!
Swarm 3! Corporate round!! Who will make it to the finals!? #CLEBEEpic.twitter.com/1rwYn9AS3Y
Let’s spell WKYC! Channel 3 team competes for the Literacy Coop #CLEBEEpic.twitter.com/v6qarjdSvB
The final qualifying swarm was the Community Teams: Broadway Slavic Village MyCom/P-16 (Supported by Third Federal Foundation), Case Elementary, CMSD (supported by Jones Day), Cleveland Metropolitan School District (sponsored by KeyBank), Cleveland State University (Sponsored by Lubrizol), Cuyahoga Community College and Northeast Ohio ABLE.
The winner of the Community swarm was Cuyahoga Community College.
And the final qualifying round is our community round!! Good luck! #CLEBEEpic.twitter.com/KJWE0MlsAb
The team to beat is from where futures begin, @TriCedu. They are bringing it! #cleBee #slay pic.twitter.com/DHEkiXy3HD
After a short break it was time for the final four to compete. The four teams competing to become the 1st CLE-BEE spelling champions were Baker Hostetler, Eaton Corporation, Cuyahoga Community College and Oswald Companies.
Our final four teams! Who will be the champion? #CLEBEEpic.twitter.com/V2cpiroiBK
And our final teams begin the final round! Good luck! #CLEBEEpic.twitter.com/ciEGec3dxt
Betsy Kling read the rules for the final round, which was a sudden death round. One wrong answer and you were out.
No event is complete without a few surprises though. The Honorable John. J. Russo called for a change of the rules and overruled the final round rules. It was no longer sudden death, but two-strike elimination, as it was for the earlier qualifying rounds.
Anything can happen at our #CLEBEE! Judge Russo overruled the rules for the final round! pic.twitter.com/QRXO36wCGU
After some tough words and competitive spelling, Baker Hosteler emerged the victors of the 1st annual Literacy Cooperative CLE-BEE, Corporate Spelling Bee!!!
Such a fun night!! Thank you to all our teams!! #CLEBEEpic.twitter.com/FxWlypyZzr
Great job Baker Hostetler 1st time #CLEBEE champs!! pic.twitter.com/lMb3gnCeRu
And our 1st annual #CLEBEE spelling champs are Baker Hostetler!! Congrats!! pic.twitter.com/CE2cgyF2NJ
So much fun!!! Congrats to first #CLEBEE winner @BakerHostetler https://twitter.com/literacycoop/status/774009768876924928 …
It was a great night, full of some fantastic teams who put their all into the competition. We want to thank every team that was a part of this memorable event
Way to…BEE! Oswald employee-owners & super spellers @literacycoop#CLEBEE 9/8. 1st in category & 2nd overall. pic.twitter.com/9kfHqkJBbG
We couldn’t BEE more proud of Team Tri-C who took 2nd Place at the #CLEBee! pic.twitter.com/nHpbTCZnjy
The CLE-BEE Corporate Spelling Bee was an event to bring the community together to not only have fun but to also to raise awareness about the importance of literacy. We hope everyone had a fun night and we thank you for your continued support in helping us to fight the illiteracy crisis in our community!
Good buzz abt literacy for last night’s #CLEBEE, even if our defeat does sting (ok, I won’t drone on with bee puns). pic.twitter.com/eqUyqzfaEs