Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!

Here at UncommonGoods, we have a Single-Stream Recycling Program which relies on us separating our waste between the blue bins and the black bins.  Additionally, we have compost bins available in the B-side break room and the A-side kitchen area.

Want to see how single stream recycling works?  Watch this video at SIMS Municipal Recycling, located here in Sunset Park at the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal!

B with Us: Ben & Jerry’s and New Belgium Collaboration

Fellow B Corps Ben & Jerry’s and New Belgium Brewing have partnered to release limited batch ice cream and ales. They plan a larger release if demand is high. The collaboration of the two B Corps speaks to B Corp values as they jointly partnered with Protect Our Winters to raise awareness for reducing the effects of climate change (with a portion of the proceeds from the ice cream and beer to be donated to Protect Our Winters). Interested in learning more? Click here.

Within 5: Lunar New Year Celebration in Sunset Park

On February 14 at 11:00 am, The Brooklyn Chinese-American Association is sponsoring a Lunar New Year parade on 8^th Avenue (beginning at 50^th Street and heading North). Continue to celebrate the New Year/ Valentine’s Day by enjoying some of the city’s best Dim Sum.

February Birthdays

Happy Birthday to our team members celebrating in February! 

2/3 Joanne Zhong

2/4 Rudy Mathelier

2/5 Safiya Whitehead

2/6 Tanya Castin

2/8 Ronell Brown

2/10 Caitlin-Marie Miner

2/11 Orlando Geronimo

2/15 Patrick Jean-Felix

2/15 Reginald Philbert

2/15 Esther Akinwande

2/15 Laura Rounds

2/16 Michael Stokes

2/18 Valerie Baloga

2/19 Emily Dryden

2/19 Ayanna Jordan

2/20 Thomas Mascaro

2/20 Edwin Morales

2/20 Nasheira Walker

2/21 Peter Kokis

2/23 Scarlette Simpson

2/24 Teshawn Hardy

2/25 Erica Pepitone

2/26 Craig Belson

2/26 Sean Cullen

January & February Work Anniversaries

Happy work anniversary to our January and February starts! Our celebrating team members would have been present for 228 company lunches. If each of those company lunches were ramen, they should probably read this post.

Carolyn Topp, 120 snacks (10 years!)

Jillian Brendlen, 24 snacks (2 years)

Nikki DeSautelle, 24 snacks (2 years)

Seth Walter, 24 snacks (2 years)

Claire Feuer, 12 snacks (1 year)

Erica Pepitone, 12 snacks (1 year)

Julie Weeber, 12 snacks (1 year)

February Events

February 11th

Company Snack: Cakes and Pastries

February 16th 

Annual Holiday Party 2016

RSVP to Anita (acheung@uncommongoods.com) 

by February 9th

Where? Bogota Latin Bistro (141 5th Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11217)

When? 6:00pm

January Team Birthdays

Happy birthday to our January birthdays! Interested in a Birth Month Flower Necklace? Then pick up a Birthstone Wishing Ball (at 40% off) and wish for one!

1/1         Rebecca Marshall

1/1         Kenneth McCallum

1/3         Dong Cai Chen

1/3         Regine Victor

1/4         Joel Villa

1/5         Jacqueline Gaskin

1/5         Sheronne Peters

1/7         Margaret Coughlin

1/7         Kimiesha Fuller

1/7         Kellon Gay

1/7         Akila Johnson

1/8         Brian Corry

1/9         William Floyd

1/9         AnnMarie Leon-Warner

1/9         Jennifer Orrala

1/10       Jesse Hammock

1/11       LaTeika Armfield

1/11       Lameika Armfield

1/11       Gloria Polanco

1/12       Shane Jones

1/12       Alberto Rodriguez

1/13       Mark Curtis

1/13       Steven Walker

1/14       Negest Chung

1/15       Naisha Miles

1/16       Ines Kumar

1/17       Gerard Connolly

1/17       Alexander Maisonet

1/18       Alexander Aviles

1/18       Shah Murshed

1/20       Jhamile Archibald

1/20       Charlisse Johnson

1/21       Sha'Ron Burden

1/22       Jeff Mayer

1/23       Richard Latchman

1/24       Jayne Healey

1/24       Kevin McDonald

1/24       Crystal McFee

1/25       Andre Clewis

1/25       Virgil Shepherd

1/26       Nicholas Spano

1/26       Seth Walter

1/29       Raymundo Franco

1/30       Alexandra Marshall

1/30       Kywon Nesbitt
1/30       Faron Norwood