2011 Winners

Thank you to the 18,417 commuters who participated in Fall Wheel Options, October 16-29, 2011. Your commute choices are part of a collective solution for managing congestion on our state's roadways and reducing our contribution to climate change.

Grand Prize Winner:

Congratulations to Christopher Rainey from REI-Headquarters in City of Kent. 

He's the Grand Prize winner of $2,500!

How did Christopher Rainey find out he was the Fall Wheel Options grand prize winner? His ETC at REI asked him to log into the Wheel Options website and check the list of winners. At first he didn’t believe it. “Were I not speechless when I learned that I was the grand prize winner, I would have had words to explain how shocked I was. It is an honor to represent alternative commuting at REI. I’ve never won anything before, so this is truly an amazing way to end the year! Christmas at the Rainey household will be a little brighter for my wife and kids this year.”
 
The news happened to arrive on Christopher’s birthday which made the day even more special. The first thing he did was call his wife. He wanted to surprise her, so he asked her to log onto the Wheel Options site to check his commute calendar. He then told her to click on the list of winners and she was just as shocked as he was.
 
Thanks to REI’s flexible schedule and telework program via their Customized Work Environment, Christopher has teleworked two days a week for the last four years. According to Christopher, winning the grand prize is a pleasant bonus for living his values of environmental stewardship. For him, alternative commuting  “just seems like the right thing to do”.

Congratulations also go to our other prize winners:

• The Coeur d'Alene Resort Getaway, courtesy of WSRO - Kurt Rufener, MorphoTrak, King County
• Ocean's Edge Bed and Breakfast Getaway, courtesy of WSRO - Margaret Joy, Intercity Transit, Olympia
• $100 American Express gift card, courtesy of Microsoft - Joy Balogh, Franciscan Health System, Pierce County
• $100 American Express gift card, courtesy of Microsoft - David Cooper, Marsh USA Inc., King County
• $100 Fred Meyer gift card, courtesy of Northwest Administrators, Inc. - Michael Dahle, Department of Revenue, Thurston County
• $100 Home Depot gift card, courtesy of General Plastics - Becky Peterson, Group Health, Tukwila
• $100 Home Depot gift card, courtesy of Northwest Hospital Medical Center - Susie Heritage, Holy Family Hospital, Spokane
• $100 Home Depot gift card, courtesy of Symetra Life Insurance - Philip Warren, Alaska Airlines, SeaTac
• $100 Kohl's gift card, courtesy of Pro CNC, - Matt Kenney, Spokane Authority, Spokane
• $100 Lowe's gift card, courtesy of CH2M Hill (Bellingham) - Jean Nelson, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle
• $100 Macy's gift card, courtesy of CH2M Hill (Bellevue) - Dona Pattullo, C-TRAN, Clark County
• $100 Macy's gift card, courtesy of Stoel Rives - Tyler Free, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond
• $100 Nordstrom gift card, courtesy of Propel Insurance - Ronald Thur, Sacred Heart Medical Center, Spokane
• $100 REI gift card, courtesy of Amgen - Ric Gaunt, Sterling Savings, Spokane
• $100 REI gift card, courtesy of KPFF Engineers - Olivia Finney, Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, King County
• $100 REI gift card, courtesy of Parsons Brinkerhoff - Leslie Petty, City of Bellevue, Bellevue
• $100 REI gift card, courtesy of REI - Jessica Ouimet, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond
• $100 Safeway gift card, courtesy of Safeway - Fred Smith, Physio-Control, Redmond
• $100 Safeway gift card, courtesy of Safeway - Ish Gab, Big Fish Games, King
• $100 Safeway gift card, courtesy of Safeway - Scott Hildreth, King County-Cedar Hills, King County
• $100 Starbucks gift card, courtesy of Starbucks - Anthony Kinsey, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond
• $100 Starbucks gift card, courtesy of Starbucks - Shannon Stone, Intellectual Ventures, King County
• $100 Target gift card, courtesy of Greater Redmond TMA - Roberta Goodwill, City of Everett, Everett
• $100 Target gift card, courtesy of Symetra Life Insurance - Mark Bozlee, City of Tacoma, Tacoma
• $100 VISA gift card, courtesy of Anvil Corporation - Ben Koske, Zillow, King County
• $100 VISA gift card, courtesy of PeaceHealth - St. Joseph Medical Center (Bellingham) - Deanna Sanderlin, Evergreen Healthcare, King County
• $100 VISA gift card, courtesy of Sterling Life Insurance Company/Windsor Management Services - Nancy Muir-Clouse, Department of Fish and Wildlife, Olympia

Winners are subject to verification.