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100

A charity that NCTCOG annually donates to that works to help improve our community.

What is United Way?

100

An opportunity for NCTCOG employees to bring in their hard drives, laptops, and monitors to be scrapped metals reclaimed to be made into other products.

What is the NCTCOG Electronics Recycling Event?

100

The longest tenured employee at NCTCOG that puts together and distributes the monthly employee newsletter.

Who is Kristy Keener?

100

An opportunity for all employees of NCTCOG to tune in on the last Tuesday of the month during lunch to listen to outside speakers on a variety of topics chosen BY YOU!

What is the Toastmster's Guest Speaker Series?

200

A committee comprised of members from the entire agency that help encourage NCTCOG employees to be more environmentally sustainable in the workplace and in their personal lives. 

What is eCOG?

What is the Employee Committee on Green?

200

An eCOG initiative that encourages employees to adopt more environmentally conscious behaviors through earning points and receiving recognition.

What is Green Champions?

200

The department that engages the planning, implementation, and maintenance of an emergency 9-1-1 system for more than 40 Public Safety Answering Points in 14 counties surrounding the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex.

Who is NCT 9-1-1?

200

A committee housed within the Transportation Department that threw events like Movie Trivia for Halloween, Sidesgiving Bracket for Thanksgiving, and Candy Cane Grams for Christmas this past year. 

What is the FUN Committee?

300

A club that has continued to meet virtually on Tuesdays at noon without skipping beat since the start of the pandemic that "provides a supportive learning experience in which members are empowered to develop communication and leadership skills, resulting in greater self- confidence and personal growth".

What is NCTCOG Toastmasters?

What is Toastmasters?

300

The location of a cardboard collection bin for staplers, binders, and other office supplies for recycling.

What is by the elevators on the the third floor of CP 2?

300

A department that accomplishes their goal of addressing common environmental issues and development challenges in our region through material management, natural resources, public works, regional codes, watershed management, and development excellence.

What is the Environment and Development department?

300

A game played with your hands hosted virtually by Kurt Lehan that helped provide a quick 15 min. break for all participants from the anxiety and isolation of the pandemic. 

What is "Paper, Scissor, Rocks"?

400

The PRIDE Awards stands for this.

What is the Peers Recognizing Individual Deeds of Excellence Award?

400
A social enterprise eliminating the idea of waste that works to find a way to recycle and reuse everything we touch to help divert millions of pounds of valuable resources from landfills all over the world.

What is Terracycle?

400

The group of employees that make up slightly over half of all the employees that work at NCTCOG.

Who are tenured less than 6 years?

400

A virtual weekly game hosted by Mike Johnson (when he's not having lunch) to help foster togetherness and competitiveness among coworkers. 

What is NCTCOG Jeopardy?

What is Jeopardy?