Gregory Goes There

At Gregory we’re getting into the holiday spirit by reaching out to our local community here in Sacramento and helping a family in need.  About a month ago, our local bike cop (who keeps our hood safe and is often hanging around the office geeking out with us over new gear) told us about a program through the Robertson Community Center where you can adopt a family and help them during the holidays.  With Sgt. Valdez’s recommendation we decided upon a family with a single mom, 3 boys (ages 8, 6 & 4), and one more baby on the way, who were in desperate need of everything from clothing and food, to furniture and general household and kitchen items for their apartment.

So the Gregory Gives Back group rallied employees, our landlord, friends and family and started collecting everything we could (big ups to craigslist and everyone in the office with large enough cars and muscles to help move furniture).  In no time, an empty cube was filled up with tons of stuff to donate to this family, and we’ve been dropping it off as we obtain it for a couple of weeks now.  We were even able to get management to donate some ca$h to buy some of the items we couldn’t find, like new bedding, new clothes, some backpacks for school (obviously) and a brand new bike and helmet for each child.  Employees donated everything else you could think of - rugs, tables, lamps, beds, clothing, toys, groceries, kitchen items and even a stroller!  I’m so proud of everyone here for coming together and helping to make this great donation to a family in need.

And the giving doesn’t stop there.  We’re hoping that we can help this family out a few more times next year by allocating some of the funds we have in the Gregory Gives Back budget to them for any future items they may need.  We hope you all have a great holiday season and if at all possible, consider donating to those less fortunate.  Even the smallest item can go a long way to helping someone else out.