Now that we have had a chance to recover from all of the Maple Grove Days events, we can now proudly tell you about Prime’s outstanding showing at the First Annual Bed Race for the 40 Winks Foundation. The 40 Winks Foundation provides beds & mattresses to children and families who can not afford them for themselves. This year marked the First Annual Bed Race on Saturday, July 12th.

Each team consisted of 5 people, and a bed! You could build your own (which we quickly discovered was the better of the options) or you could use one of the donated beds that Slumberland provided. You were encouraged to have a theme, dress up & decorate your bed. There were a variety of prizes from Fastest Bed, Best Decorated Bed, Best Costumes (which we are proud to say Prime won!!) and many other categories. Our theme was “The Prime-Mates: 5 little monkeys jumping on the bed!”  Along with our costumes and bed decorations, I think that item that sealed the deal for best costumes was the radio on our bed playing…”Hey Hey We’re the Monkees” (the theme song from the 70’s hit show!!).

After 2 runs through the course…we were quickly eliminated (I am not sure, but I think we were the ONLY team to not win a single race!!) But who cared…we were having fun & raising together we all raised $1905 for charity! We are already planning for next year…we will BUILD our own bed, improve our costumes (if that is even possible), and possibly begin a training program to get the team in tip top running shape!! (I am kidding on the training, but not the rest!!)

Not only was this a fun event, but all of the money raised went to the 40 Winks Foundation! All of us at Prime Advertising are committed to giving back to our community & we will continue to find new (and fun) ways we can do that!