Sailing with appreciation event
We believe in having deepened and lasting relationships with the network of individuals, groups and organizations that we work with. So once in a while we like to organize an event that is just about appreciating those people who are so vitally important to our work in some way. On April 4th we held an event at the OCSC in the Berkeley Marina to celebrate and appreciate the people who help make People’s Grocery’s accomplishments possible.
The event was held in a beautiful room overlooking the bay. The room was generously provided by Anthony Sandberg, President of the OCSC sailing school. We had the great privilege of a guest talk by Anuradha Mittal from the Oakland Institute, who is an extraordinarily articulate organizer and leader in the sustainable food systems movement across the world. The OCSC sailing school also took our guests out on sail boats on the bay.
Alot of building and networking took place. We were fortunate to have many of the great people we are working with attend the event, including YVOD (our web designers), Design Action (our graphic designers), Plan Resonate (our business planning consultants) and many others such as David Roach of Mo Better Foods and Ted Nordquist of Wholesoy. It was also the first time that our recently hired managers made a public apprearance: Juhandry Dessames, Office Manager, and Jason Uribe, Farm Manager.
