Saturday was the 3rd annual Westside Super Soap Box Derby in our hometown of Pittsfield, MA!

The derby is hosted by Westside Legends, a community group focused on improving the quality of life in the West Side section of town. As partners with WSL, Blue Q and other local companies hosted car-building workshops for 90 local kids to assemble and decorate their cars a few weeks ago … and then a bunch of the kids came back this weekend for the big race!

Of course Blue Q participated in the race too, with our own car – and yes, it’s a bag of Cheetos. As you might expect we go for style not speed, and it paid off – we won Best in Show for Adults! Our daredevil driver Jana, from the New Product Development department, proudly displayed the trophy on her desk first-thing Monday morning.

This event just gets bigger and better every year. The turnout was great, including tons of Blue Q-ers who showed up to cheer and help out. We even had TWO cheetah costumes – Jana behind the wheel, and our Warehouse Manager Serg tossing out little bags of Cheetos to the crowd. Everyone had a great time, especially the kids – and that’s what it’s all about!