Holiday Party & Support Ian’s Big Climb
A Message from Ian Rogers
Please join me in supporting The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) by making a donation to my fundraising campaign. Thanks to your support, my efforts, will help fund the therapies and treatments and help save lives today. I will be participating in the LLS Firefighter Stairclimb on Sunday March 9th, 2025 and will be seeking to raise at least $3,000 in donations on my behalf. The event will take place at the Columbia Tower here in Seattle where 2,000 firefighters will climb 69 floors (1,356 steps) in full gear (about 75 pounds).
LLS's continued advancements over the years, are responsible for the blood cancer survival rate doubling and tripling; in some cases, the survival rate has even quadrupled. And many LLS supported therapies not only help blood cancer patients but are now used to treat patients with rare forms of stomach and skin cancers. They're even being tested in clinical trials for patients with a range of cancers including lung, brain, breast, pancreatic and prostate cancers. LLS funded drugs are now being tested for patients with other non-cancerous diseases like Diabetes, Rheumatoid Arthritis and Multiple Sclerosis.
We really are changing the face of blood cancer!
All donations are greatly appreciated and are tax deductible. They'll not only support LLS research but patient services, advocacy, public and professional education, and community services as well.
Please visit the link below and share with friends who would also like to donate!
On behalf of blood cancer patients everywhere I thank you for your support!
For more information about LLS, please visit lls.org
Holiday Company Party 2024
Mark Your Calendar for the Company Holiday Party!
Who: You’re Invited!
What: Holiday Party 2024
When: Saturday, November 23rd
Where: Lavish Roots Head Quarters
15320 Ambaum Blvd SW, Burien, WA 98166
Please dress warm! This is an outdoor event. There will be some cover and outdoor heating options available. There will be food & drinks, a coat drive with highline schools (same as last year), food drive, raffle, giving tree, Santa and more. We will have a Turkey giveaway that is first come, first serve. RSVPs will be sent soon! Keep a look out and we’re excited to see you there!
Hi, Lavish Roots Team!
Get ready to spook-tacularly strut your stuff in our annual Halloween Costume Contest! 👻🎃 Dress to impress at work in your most wickedly creative, hilariously haunting costumes on Halloween Day, October 31, 2024 (which is a Thursday). You might just win a boo-tiful prize! 🏆👑.
Take a photo of your costume at work and send it to our Creative Director, Sarah Dorfler at sarahdorfler@meta.com by 5pm on October 31. Cast your vote in the Lavish Roots Newsletter during the first week of November for your favorite costume in the following categories:
Best Costume Overall
Scariest
Most Original
Best Homemade
Funniest
For anyone that chooses to wear a costume, please follow all the Halloween Shift Rules!
Remember that we are serving food.
Please keep it work-appropriate. Please keep it safe!
Anyone that is working in the kitchens will still need to be able to wear their Chef Coat over their costume and be able to maintain proper sanitation and food safety while doing so.
If you have any parts of your costume that may be a hazard (fall into food, etc.) do not wear them during your shift. Some parts of your costume may be best left off during your shift, and then you can wear them for your picture submission.
No weapons or items that could be used as weapons should be brought to work.
Nothing obstructing vision, mobility or hearing, etc.
No fake facial hair or wigs while performing work.
Photos should be taken only in the dining rooms making sure no Metamates are in the background.
Photos must be taken at work.
Not sure if your costume is appropriate? Please reach out to Joel Mertens at joelmertens@meta.com if you have questions or need any clarifications on your work-appropriate costume design.
About the Learn Courses: A Message from Joel
Hello everyone!
2024 Learn Course Trainings are out from Meta. For those of you who know already, these online course trainings from Meta are a requirement by Meta that each of us completes in order for our badges to continue to be active. These absolutely need to be completed by 10.17.
Some of you may have already completed, and if so, thank you so much! About 20% of our team has done so so far!
For those that haven't, please search your emails for an email from noreply@learning.facebookmail.com and follow the instructions to access and complete your course. Sometimes this ends up in your junk folder so please check there as well.
When team members or leaders do not complete these on time, there is a very good chance that their badge will be turned off. When leaders or team members who have Meta issued equipment (phone or laptop) do not complete these by the due date, your access to your device is shut off AND your badge is shut off.
We don't want that to sound to scary, but do want to make sure it doesn't happen.
https://www.lavishrootsteam.com/meta-learn-courses
These courses are currently only available in English from Meta, but if you are having trouble completing, please talk to one of your managers and they can help!
If you can't find the email, you can also use this link https://facebook.csod.com/login/render.aspx?id=defaultclp make sure you click badge only if you do not have Meta issued phone and laptop. You may need to follow the instructions for resetting your passwored.
Please feel free to reach out if you have questions or if you have trouble getting logged in etc!
Thank you everyone!
The email should look like this:
Meta Learn Course Raffle: A Message from Stefanie
Hey all! Guess what!?! You have all heard by now that the 2024 Meta Learn Courses are due. We are going to be picking 2 random names over the next 3 Fridays from team members who have completed their Learn Courses and they will receive a $50 gift card each 🥳. The winners last round were......... David Kam & Julia Ronyai, congratulations and we will get these gift cards to you soon! #spreadtheword next drawings will be October 4th and 11th. Happy learning!
About Hiring Referrals: A Message from Beka
Hey All!
If anyone on the team has some talented, qualified Cook 1 and Cook 2 referrals, we’d love to hear from you! Have your referrals apply through Paycom.com with the link below. Also remind them to add their name as a referral. 🙂
Team Appreciations 🎉
Credit Where Credit is Due: A Message from Riley
This last Thursday, all five Bellevue cafes were inspected by the King County Health Department. Each cafe passed their inspections with flying colors! Not a single violation at any cafe! All the credit should go to our wonderful Team Members. Dishwasher teams, Experience Teams, line cooks, prep crews, pastry gang, admins, and the receiving team all came together to make this possible. Our chef teams did an excellent job working to keep their teams and each other accountable to our food safety program here at Lavish Roots. Our logs and TAC cards were properly filled out, the kitchens and walk-in coolers were clean and organized, with all products clearly labeled. This goes to show that if we all work together towards a common goal, we can achieve great things!
I am looking forward to maintaining this standard of excellence in all of our cafes. It fills me with a sense of pride that we have such a great team here in Bellevue. Way to go y’all!
<3 Safety Chef Riley
We have some new benefit offerings available to Team Members with CancerCare:
The CancerCARE Program is a free, fully integrated cancer solution included in YOUR health plan that supports you from the first day of your diagnosis well into the stages of aftercare. CancerCARE coordinates care and benefits for patients with new or existing cancers.
CancerCare experts can help with:
Day one help: The day you receive a diagnosis, their experts can answer any questions you may have and help you evaluate your treatment options.
Personalized Care: Treatments vary by cancer type, stage of spread, and genetics. Experts can help get genetic testing, even when not often a covered benefit.
National Resources: CancerCare Expert team have the resources to the findings of excellence care and ability to suggest care at a center where new treatments maybe more effective
Expert Medical Team: Register online or by phone promptly (within 72) of diagnosis for the highest care impact. CancerCare medical team will support you throughout your treatment journey and will be able to answer any questions you may have!
To take advantage of CancerCare call or reach out at: 1-877-640-9610 or www.cancercareprogram.com
Below are two member overview videos to get to know more!
English: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npbwtzsRUd4
Spanish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4HieUQfM-A&feature=youtu.be
