On Tuesday, June 27th, Kansas City's AEC community "Raised the Roof" at the McCownGordon building located at 422 Admiral Blvd. The goal of this event was to bring awareness to the AEC industry of the state of education in Kansas City and to mobilize our community to support the UMKC Campus Facilities Management Team and their efforts to provide scholarship opportunities to Kansas City's youth. With that end in mind, the event was a huge success.

Attendees spent the first part of the evening socializing while enjoying a delicious spread of food. Later, a scavenger hunt was introduced that was designed for participants to learn about students at risk of not completing high school or continuing their education beyond high school. The solutions to the scavenger hunt can be viewed by clicking here.

Three companies were acknowledged and presented certificates of appreciation for their support of the UMKC CFM scholarship efforts; they were: Honeywell, Trane, and Burns & McDonnell. Since the event, additional support has been pledged by the York group made up of York Service, Johnson Controls, JCI, McQueeny Group and PC Service.

Finally, attendees moved to the roof where the Loose Change Band continued to "Raise the Roof" with an outstanding performance that was enjoyed by all. The Raising the Roof party was a "warm-up" for the UMKC CFM Scholarship Fund Benefit Dinner to be held this fall. Details for the fall event will be made available in this area of the sys-tek web site.

Thanks to everyone who "Raised the Roof" with us! We enjoyed seeing old friends and making new ones. We will post photos here as soon as they are made available to us.