{"id":93163,"date":"2025-12-23T00:43:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T00:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/93163\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T00:43:01","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T00:43:01","slug":"local-star-power-design-gathers-1000-toys-for-charity-at-annual-holiday-bash-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/93163\/","title":{"rendered":"Local star Power Design gathers 1,000+ toys for charity at annual holiday bash"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The holidays are all about giving back, and it\u2019s fitting that one of Tampa Bay\u2019s biggest local companies is also one of the area\u2019s biggest givers this year. Power Design, Inc.<\/a>, the design-build contractor headquartered in St. Pete, just donated more than 1,000 toys to local families in need this holiday season through their company toy drive.<\/p>\n

All 1,000-plus toys were delivered to Johns Hopkins All Children\u2019s Hospital on Monday so that they could be part of the hospital\u2019s annual All Kids\u2019 Wonderland, which helps make Christmas special for hundreds of families in the area. The annual event provides a free \u201cshopping\u201d experience for parents and caregivers of young patients who are hospitalized, allowing them to choose donated toys (everything from stuffed animals to dolls to electronics to skateboards) for their little loved ones.<\/p>\n

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To make the yearly toy drive successful, Power Design ties the charitable giving to its annual holiday bash, Winterfest. The holiday event is Power Design\u2019s biggest party of the year for employees (everything from bounce houses and rock climbing to bumper cars and real snow), and there are no tickets required. Instead, Power Design employees and their accompanying families are just asked to bring a toy for the All Kids\u2019 Wonderland toy drive. From dolls and board games to bicycles and Tonka trucks, they more than delivered this year.<\/p>\n

Winterfest is Power Design\u2019s party of the year<\/p>\n

As St. Pete\u2019s largest private employer, it\u2019s no surprise that the huge gathering of employees and families managed to bring together more than 1,000 toys for kids. It\u2019s also no surprise that Power Design threw such a big party, as always with a charitable twist. The company has regularly been rated as one of the best workplaces in America, and perhaps no evidence makes it more obvious why than the annual holiday party.<\/p>\n

Dubbed Winterfest, it\u2019s the kind of event you might see an entire city park shut down for. This year\u2019s theme was Gingerbread Village, and it was truly a full village\u2019s worth (and more) of experiences and family-friendly fun.<\/p>\n

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With employees and their families filling the area, the Power Design campus was transformed into a full holiday festival. There were ball pits, face painting and gingerbread cookie decorating. There was an entire outdoor theater, bounce houses and trampolines, bumper cars, rock climbing, and a snow playing area with real snow. There was even a candy cane-lined White Carpet welcoming each guest.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, adults enjoyed the Peppermint Parlor, a pop-up speakeasy with cocktails, darts, caricature artists, pool, and even a beer pong tournament. Knowing Power Design\u2019s work ethic, that tournament got plenty competitive.<\/p>\n

The biggest highlight \u2013 especially for one long-time employee \u2013 was Power Design\u2019s car giveaway. Employees who have been with the company longer than 10 years were entered into a giveaway for a new car. The winner, Project Executive Kodi Klotz, just hit the 10 year mark in October. As the winner, he made a stylish choice for the car Power Design gave him: a 1969 orange Chevy Camaro. Well done, Kodi.<\/p>\n

Power Design sets an industry standard<\/p>\n

As for the work of the company itself, Power Design has grown into something of a one-stop shop for construction developers. Their engineering and design-build expertise has made them one of the go-to companies across the country.<\/p>\n

Specifically, they focus on electrical, mechanical, plumbing, and systems technologies buildout for construction projects. By specializing in so many different areas (a rarity in the field), Power Design helps streamline construction processes by doing the work of what typically requires multiple contractors.<\/p>\n

\"ThePhoto courtesy Power Design, Inc.<\/p>\n

Of course, while it\u2019s their professional services that make them important to their clients and partners, it\u2019s Power Design\u2019s role in the community that makes it special to St. Pete. It\u2019s a rarity in so many of Florida\u2019s growing cities to have such a large company not only headquartered locally, but founded there. Power Design is entrenched as an economic driver for the individuals and families who actually live in St. Pete and the surrounding areas.<\/p>\n

Learn more about Power Design, and look for careers at St. Pete\u2019s largest private employer, at\u00a0powerdesigninc.us<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The holidays are all about giving back, and it\u2019s fitting that one of Tampa Bay\u2019s biggest local companies…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":93164,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-93163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93163\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}