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THE DAVEY BULLETIN
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May/June 2018
BOSTON MARATHON RUNNER
Kevin Narbonne, assistant district
manager, Hartney Greymont,
Needham office, picked quite a year
to run the Boston Marathon, his first
marathon. Pouring rain and near-
freezing temperatures gave runners
lots of challenges. But, with support,
Narbonne finished in 4 hours,
30 minutes.
Narbonne was one of 500 charity
runners representing the Dana-Farber
Cancer Institute in Boston. He was
FIELD NOTES
PRACTICAL LESSON
IN BUDGET BUILDING
Sarah Halford, business analyst, Davey Resource Group
(DRG), visited her daughter Maddie's fourth grade class
at East Woods Elementary School in Hudson to talk to
the students about Davey, DRG and what it means to be
a business analyst.
As a business analyst, Halford's job is to monitor the revenue
and expenses to make sure a project is remaining on track.
During her presentation, Halford had the students come
up with a business idea and asked them to calculate the
expenses, revenue and profit for their business.
"It worked well because the class is actually doing an
entrepreneur project later in the year," Halford said. "So
that was a good introduction into what they are going to do."
Sarah Halford gave students a lesson in budgeting during her presenta-
tion to fourth graders at East Woods Elementary School in Hudson, Ohio.
running in honor of his grandmother,
his aunt Phyllis Thompson and cousin
Cheryl Thompson. They've all had
successful treatments for breast
cancer thanks to Dana-Farber's
research. He also was running in honor
of his daughter's classmate that lost
her battle to cancer.
"The marathon physically and
mentally challenges you," Narbonne
said. "I'm very humbled to be part of
a group representing a bigger cause
and for them cheering me on."
The most memorable moment of the
race for Narbonne was at mile 25,
when he ran past the children battling
cancer at the Dana-Farber Cancer
Institute. They were handing out
oranges and bananas to the runners.
"Seeing those kids, who are
suffering, out there helping the runners
pushed me through that last mile,"
Narbonne said. "Running for a charity
was inspirational."
Left: Running in the marathon was not only
about honoring those in his life that have
battled cancer. It was also about the other 500
people he was running with and their stories.
