Within Five: Brooklyn Botanic Garden

The Brooklyn Botanic Garden is located within 5 miles of UncommonGoods and is the perfect place to stop and smell the roses. The BBG has gardens and an ecologically sustainable visitor center. They also host classes, workshops, and events for both adults and children.  Click here to visit Brooklyn Botanic Garden on the web.

BBG Visitor Center.

Now Introducing...UG Groups!

This month, UncommonGoods' Community Building Team launched subgroups to help improve fitness and bring team members together during breaks and after work. The following groups are now available for all team members to join:

The Walking Group
If you're looking for a group that watches The Walking Dead, this is not your group. If you want to go for a stroll while exploring our neighborhood one hour at a time, then this group is for you! The walking group meets on Tuesdays from 1:00 - 2:00 PM. Contact Maleeza Grey for further information.

The Running Group
Are you trying to get in touch with your inner StevePrefontaine? Then you should join the running group, which meets on Tuesdays from 6:30 - 7:30 PM. Contact Kenneth Cooke for further information.

The Fitness Group
Improving your health 15 minutes at a time? Then you should join the fitness group, which meets Tuesdays from 3:00 - 3:15 PM Contact Shah for further information. Note: touching feet in a circle with other team members is not required.

The Riding Group
Do you want to ride your bicycle? Then join the riding group, which meets on Wednesdays from 12:30 - 2:00PM. Contact Roman for further information.

Within Five: Melody Lanes

Chris Paul bowling.

If you enjoy bowling in your spare time, then Melody Lanes has a Friday deal right up your alley. Located less than two miles away, Melody Lanes offers unlimited bowling for three hours on Fridays beginning at 7pm. The price is $22 per person and includes shoe rental. If you are interested in bowling with the UG Team (meaning members of our organization, we don’t have a bowling team…yet), then send Anita Cheung an email.

Meet Our Newest Team Member: Randy Clinton

Randy Clinton is our new Data Analyst who joined our AnalyticsTeam on Wednesday, June 24. In his new role, Randy will be working on data-driven projects across departments, as well as helping us find new insights and trends to guide future business decisions.

Randy served in the Marines for eight years as a public relations specialist / photographer / videographer / social media marketing manager before going back to school for a degree in economics. Randy blogs about statistics, computer programming, and news showing the convergence of data and everyday life.

Randy’s Uncommon Fact? He is well-trained. Randy has ridden to 15 of the end-of-line subway stops (5, 1, E, R, N, D, F, Q, 2, 5, L, J, E, Z, and D) two Metro-North end-of-lines (Poughkeepsie and New Haven) and one LIRR final stop (Long Beach).

July Birthdays

A very happy birthday to our team members that share the same birth month as the U.S. of A.:

Binky was very excited for his party.

July 1: Jean Pierre-Louis, Operations

July 2: Stephanie Jonsson Coffee, Creative

July 3: Rebecca Doyle, Operations

July 5: David Anderson, Operations

July 6: Hannah Weber, Merchandising

July 7: Christopher McRae, Operations

July 10: Lauren Rasnake, Human Resources

July 11: Delia Arteaga, Recruiting

July 12: Tiffany Jyang, Product Development

July 12: Fabian Garcia, Operations

July 13: Arnold Pittman, Operations
 
July 15: Eugene Shagenov, Technology

July 15: Tawana Chung, Costumer Service

July 16: Philomena DelGuidice, Purchasing Associate

July 20: Michael Cadet, Operations

July 24: Nequana Rollings, Merchandising

July 27: Rebekah Krikke, Product Development

July 28: Claire Whitehead, Creative

July 31: Eileen Skinner, Drop Ship

July Anniversaries

We have seven team members celebrating anniversaries during the seventh month of the year. Thanks to each of you for your time and service to our team and community. Our celebrating team members would have been present for a total of 252 company snacks (if all of the snacks were tacos, that’d be a lot of tacos):

Jessica McDonough, Creative: 60 snacks (5 years)

Brad Allen, Operations: 60 snacks (5 years)

Tiffany Jyang, Product Development: 36 snacks (3 years)

Christopher McRae, Operations: 36 snacks (3 years)

Mark Curtis, Technology: 24 snacks (2 years)

Stephanie Jonsson-Coffee, Creative: 12 snacks (1 year)

Rachel Orlow, Creative: 12 snacks (1 year)

Jamie Hoffman, Merchandising: 12 snacks (1 year)

B With Us: Method Products

Method Products is a fellow B Corporation which brings non-toxic, naturally-derived, and environmentally and socially-conscious cleaning products to consumers at an affordable price...and in swanky bottles! Method offers supplies for home cleaning, dish cleaning, hand and body wash, air care, and laundry. Their products are available at a variety of grocery stores, but you can also join their email list and get 15% off your first purchase on their website.