The Sodexo Team at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center celebrating diversity during the 2015 Sodexo Employee Appreciation Day

The Sodexo team at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center held the Sodexo Employee Appreciation Day with "Celebrating Diversity" as the theme today in the hospital 4 South East Lobby. A total of ten countries were represented at the event. Here are the names of colleagues who participated at the event today:

1) Cambodia- SoPaul Hem and John Phim
2) China- Lei Li 
3) Dominican Republic- Michella Isaac and Yaritza Isaac
4) Guatemala- Sara Vasquez
5) Haiti- Marie Joujoute and Nadege Joseph
6) Morocco- Kenza Laoufir and Omar Zaid
7) Poland- Zofia Swift
8) Puerto Rico- Maria Maldonado and Zuleima Reyes
9) Taiwan- Tina Lee
10) United States- Wayne Thompson 

Colleagues from the above countries dressed in traditional clothing, prepared arts and crafts and food samplers representing their respective countries. 

The event was open to the public. It was very well received and we got a lot of positive feed back. Most importantly, all colleagues who participated at the event had fun and enjoyed promoting their home country. The event was a great success! 

As we have readers from all around the world, this year, we would like to invite all readers to join us in celebrating our colleague's diversity "virtually". I am including posters, brochures and pictures of the event in this article. Please join us in celebrating our colleague's diversity!

Hope you enjoy it as much as we do! 

Here are the posters, brochures and pictures of the event:

Poster of the event

Brochure of the event (Please click on the brochure to enlarge)

Pictures from the event

Power Point Presentation to showcase ongoing Diversity events at the Hospital since 2011

Left to Right: Zuleima Reyes and Maria Maldonado representing Puerto Rico.

They prepared Arroz Con Gandules (Rice, pigeon peas and Pork cooked in the same pot with Puerto Rican-style Sofrito), Perni (Puerto Rican Roast Pork) , Pasteles and Puerto Rican Flan for the event

Left to Right: Lei Li representing China and Tina Lee representing Taiwan

Tina Lee prepared Banana essence mochi for the Taiwan Table

Left to Right: John Phim and Sopaul Hem representing Cambodia.

The Cambodia table prepared Cambodian shaved Ice for the event 

Zofia Swift representing Poland.
She prepared Polish Deviled eggs and coleslaw (All ingredients (except the eggs) are organic and planted in
her own garden)

Pictures of Traditional dresses and Polish arts on display at the Poland table

Left to Right: Nadege Joseph and Marie Joujoute representing Haiti

Haiti Table served Haitian Chicken Wings and Kola Lakay, Haitian soft drink at the event

Group pictures at the United States Table (Left to Right)- Kimberly Kuda, Wayne Thompson(Ed), Kristen Slejzer, Shaina Volovick and Kenza Laoufir

Group pictures at the United States Table (Left to Right) - Sopaul Hem, Zofia Swift, John Phim,
Wayne Thompson (Ed), Lei Li and Tina Lee

Wayne Thompson (Ed) representing United States of America.
United States of America table served Apple pie and Moxie (A local soft drink)

Dominican Republic Table serving Dominican Style Spaghetti and Domican Republic candies

Sara Vasquez representing Guatemala.
Guatemala table served Enchiladas (Ground beef with assorted vegetables),
Rellenos de platano (Plantains with refried black beans), Plantains and Fresco de Tamarindo (Tamarind drink)

Left to Right: Douglas Filosa, Zofia Swift, Tom Dooley, Chef David Cox, Omar Zaid (representing Morocco) and Linda Clay at the Morocco table

Fruits and Vegetables Art display by Omar Zaid at the Morocco Table

Moroccan pastry and Tea

A special thanks to all colleagues and management team from the Food and Nutrition and Environmental Services department!

Thank you for making everyday a better day for all those we served