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Growing SAGE: Campus Garden at River Oaks Baptist School
Gardens, SAGE Community, One-on-One, Featured Venue
Spring has sprung! At many SAGE venues, we’re getting our campus gardens ready for planting. 70% of the communities we serve have a type of garden – from small herb boxes to small farms – and we enthusiastically harvest from them for our recipes. We know how important it is for young people to be exposed to gardening. Research shows that gardening experiences from childhood through young adulthood affect the amount of fruits and vegetables that young people eat. So...
One-on-One with a SAGE Team Member: Margaret Scott
SAGE Community, One-on-One
Meet SAGE Team Member Margaret Scott. She's been with SAGE for 10 years, all at Calvert Hall College High School in Maryland! How did you get into food service? It’s always been something I like to do. I started with home economics in middle school—I liked sewing, homemaking, and cooking. During high school, I started in fast food at Roy Rogers. What’s your role in the kitchen? My main role is working in prep—baking, roasting chicken and turkey for the...
One-on-One with a SAGE Team Member: Patricia Wolcott
One-on-One
Long-time Team Member Pat Wolcott has been with SAGE since 2002, and with Calvert Hall College High School since 2016. In this interview, Pat talks with us about her love of math, how she keeps her cool when things get stressful, and what she does in her spare time. How did you find your way to food service, and to SAGE? I earned B.S. in Secondary Math and taught school for five years before starting to waitress at a...
One-on-One with a SAGE Team Member: Wendy Lambert
SAGE Community, One-on-One, Featured Venue
Team Member Wendy Lambert has been with SAGE at St. Andrew’s School in Boca Raton for 21 years this November. His incredible work ethic, respect for those around him, and contagious sense of humor make a difference in his community every day. Student Geoffrey Atulo even wrote about Wendy in an essay on character: “Wendy was the jolliest and most positive being I had ever seen. I decided to be like [him]. Through [his] exuberant character, I was able to...
One-on-One with a SAGE Team Member: Kevin Borelli
SAGE Community, One-on-One
Kevin Borelli, Chef at The MacDuffie School in Granby, MA, has been in food service since 1979, and with SAGE since 1991. Here, Kevin talks about his long history in food service, his leadership strategy, and what keeps him happy in work and at home. How did you become interested in food service? I was originally interested in mechanics, so I went to a trade school. When I saw all the baked goods in the culinary arts program [at the...
Q&A with SAGE Cofounders Tina & Paco Rodriguez
One-on-One, Leadership
SAGE was founded on May 22, 1990. To celebrate SAGE’s birthday, we sat down with cofounders Tina and Paco Rodriguez to talk about changes in the food industry, their most memorable achievements, the characteristics that have made them successful, and balancing work with parenting four kids! How did you get into food service? Tina: My grandmother was a spectacular chef and baker, and my love of cooking and food started there. Paco: My dad was a chef, waiter, maître d’...
One-on-One with a SAGE Sales Executive: Paul Berry
SAGE Community, One-on-One
After 15 years with SAGE, Northeast Sales Executive Paul Berry is retiring. We’re so grateful for the energy, dedication, and integrity Paul has brought to our community over the years—not to mention the 46 venues he’s brought into our fold! We’re celebrating Paul’s SAGE career with a special one-on-one where he reflects on service, partnership, and the importance of keeping promises. How’d you get started with SAGE? I made one copy of my resume, one only, because I wasn’t crazy...
One-on-One with a SAGE Dietitian: Sarah Wechsler
Nutrition, One-on-One
Meet Home Office Dietitian Sarah Wechsler, who’s celebrating her ninth year with SAGE this month. Sarah shares her thoughts on staying satisfied at work, getting your fruits and veggies, and finding reputable sources for nutrition info. How did you get into the field of nutrition? I went to college for biology, but two things happened. One, I became a vegan and then ran a marathon, so I got really interested in nutrition. Two, I did an internship at an animal...
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