IS employees donned costumes for the haunted house to “frighten” their coworkers. Front row: Justin Krueger and Roger Arnesen. Second row: Judy Plautz, DJ Bluma, Katie Rosnow, and Jason Roloff. Third row: Wendy Repka, Sherri Scalish, Brandon McCullough, Kinnon Schreiber, Keith Springer, and Arlen Tsao.

On Oct 24, the Information Systems department hosted a Halloween haunted house to raise money for the MACC Fund — Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer — reports Product Analyst DJ Bluma.

Mary Schulz, Stacey Sabel, and Bertha Huerta sample some of the treats at the haunted house. IS employees prepared the goodies.

Corporate employees donated $5 to walk through the department, see all the decorations, and be “spooked” by various IS employees. IS employees baked many desserts and treats, and prepared caramel apples for additional donations. There was a raffle for several different items, too.

Cindy Hundt and Lynn Strothenke, clearly chilled to the very bone.

“It went very well,” DJ says. “This is the thrd time that we have done this. Some areas were near pitch-black, creating quite a spooky atmosphere and allowing for some very good frightful screams — especially when the data center ogre pounded on the dark glass lit by a strobe light.”

Monica Ulatt and others from financial services check out the refreshments.

“Best haunted experience yet,” said AVP Cindy Hundt. And AVP Lynn Strothenke told IS, “Your haunted house was awesome! You did a great job of freaking me out!”

Besides successfully scaring their coworkers, the IS department raised $800 for the MACC Fund. Nice job, team!