August Anniversaries

Happy anniversary to our August hires. If for each company lunch the August starts knocked back sushi rolls from our DIY Sushi Kit, then together they would have consumed roughly 10,368 pieces of sushi. My goodness.

Jennifer Grim, 168 snacks (14 years)

Anthony Carella, 60 snacks (5 years)
Sha'Ron Burden, 60 snacks (5 years)
Matthew Monsees, 60 snacks (5 years)
Matthew Disla, 60 snacks (5 years)
Jason Walters, 48 snacks (4 years)
Kywon Nesbitt 36 snacks (3 years)
Ken McCallum, 24 snacks (2 years)
James Morrison, 24 snacks (2 years)
Jhamile Archibald, 24 snacks (2 years)
Ramon Jimenez, 24 snacks (2 years)
Wen Huan, 12 snacks (1 year)
David Reading, 12 snacks (1 year)
Kenneth Myers, 12 snacks (1 year)
Nikki Davis, 12 snacks (1 year)
Andrew Hayias, 12 snacks (1 year)

July Anniversaries

Happy anniversary to our team member's that celebrated in July. If for each company lunch these team members had a serving from our DIY Tamale Kit than together they would have consumed 432 kits worth (1,728 tamales).


Jessica McDonough, 84 snacks (7 years)
Brad Allen, 84 snacks (7 years)
Tiffany Jyang, 60 snacks (5 years)
Mark Curtis, 48 snacks (4 years)
Rachel Orlow, 36 snacks (3 years)
Jamie Hoffman, 36 snacks (3 years)
Komal Pardasani, 24 snacks (2 years)
Andy Jacques, 24 snacks (2 years)
Frank Xiao, 24 snacks (2 years)
Jacqueline Manley, 12 snacks (1 year)

August Birthdays

Happy birthday to our team members celebrating in August. We hope you have a berry good one!

Brian	Hashemi	8/1
Veralle	Witter	8/1
Elisha	Janas	8/2
Samir	Talbi	8/3
Robert	Colon	8/8
Christian	Fisher	8/9
Glenn	Canavan	8/10
Zdravko	Cota	8/11
Jessica	Haas	8/12
David	Redding	8/13
Jade	Broomfield	8/14
Erica	Lehrer	8/15
Jose	Mercado	8/16
Frank	O'Connor	8/22
Casey M	McCarthy	8/24
Heather	Thompson	8/25
Katie	Scimeca	8/25
Keshia	Kellman	8/27
Kenneth	Cooke	8/28
Chanell	Bracker	8/30
Jamara	Thomas	8/31
Tommy	Vega	8/31

July Birthdays

Happy belated birthdays to our July births and to America.

Cassel	Wills	7/2
Theodore	Dessipris	7/2
Rebecca	Doyle	7/3
Sofia	Maspons	7/3
McGary	Johnson	7/6
Chantel	Capers	7/9
Suad	Muratovic	7/9
Lauren	Rasnake	7/10
Erika	Guaman	7/11
Fabian	Garcia	7/12
Tiffany	Jyang	7/12
Arnold	Pittman	7/13
Francis	Evelyn	7/13
John	Delbalso	7/13
Komal	Pardasani	7/14
Eugene	Shagenov	7/15
Tawana	Chung	7/15
Philomena	DelGiudice	7/16
Daniel	Dixon	7/17
Isabelle	Hughes	7/18
Vijay	Mungroo	7/18
Alexander	Tolentino	7/19
Monique	Henry	7/19
Jacqueline	Manley	7/20
Michael	Cadet	7/20
Kori	Crosson	7/24
Nequana	Rollings	7/24
Mickell	Carr	7/25
George	Perini	7/26
Phillip	Rogers	7/26
Nanyamka	Patterson	7/27
Elizabeth	Whitehead	7/28
Simone	Barker	7/29
Arabia	Amari	7/30
Eileen	Skinner	7/31
Sawandi	Allen	7/31
Vera	Thompson	7/31

Midsummer Festival: June 23

Photo: Tim Soter/Consulate General of Sweden in New York

On Friday, June 23, the annual Swedish Midsummer Festival will once again take place in Battery Park City in downtown Manhattan.

At this unique celebration, adults and children come together to picnic in the grass, decorate the midsummer pole, make flower wreaths, play traditional games and dance to authentic fiddle music. The festival includes both Robert F. Wagner Park and the adjoining Pier A Plaza.

The program features traditional music by Paul Dahlin and fiddlers from the American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis, folk dances with Barnklubben Elsa Rix, pole dancing led by Scandinavian folklorist and singer Ross Sutter, and a musical performance by Oskar Stenmark Trio. Food stands offer delicacies from New York's finest Swedish restaurants and food purveyors, including FIKA, Nordic Preserves, Red Rooster Harlem, Smörgås Chef/Crêpes du Nord, Sockerbit Sweet & Swedish, The Shop at Scandinavia House, and Pier A.

For more information click here.

June Birthdays

Happy birthday to our June Births:

We hope your b-day rocks!

Hurley	Jacques	6/2
DaQuan	Gardner	6/4
Devin	Richardson	6/5
Nicole	DeSautelle	6/5
Darion	Addison	6/6
Jessica	McDonough	6/6
Shylia	Williams	6/6
Jacqueline	Udden	6/7
Randy	Clinton	6/7
Abraham	Rabinovits	6/9
Thomas	Romero	6/9
Anthony	Carella	6/10
Kiki	Kazickas	6/10
Genesis	Medina	6/13
Hayley	Douglas	6/13
Devin	White	6/15
Jesse	Jacobsen	6/15
Michael	Williams	6/15
Johnny	Santos	6/16
Kenneth	Myers	6/17
Christopher	Ocasio	6/22
George	Wirt	6/26
Hadley	Leary	6/26
Jonathan	Medina	6/26
Jamie	Hoffman	6/27
Fritzgerald	Degraff	6/28
Sharon	Chin	6/29
Chantelle	Turnbull	6/30

June Anniversaries

Happy Work Anniversary to our June starts. Did you know that Shao and Kourtney started on the same day 4 years apart? You do now!

You've been here for how long? Time flies.

Shao Li, 60 snacks (5 years)
Jay Bui, 60 snacks (5 years)
Eric Jackson-Forsberg, 36 snacks (3 years)
Randy Clinton, 24 snacks (2 years)
Kourtney Mack, 12 snacks (1 year)