Healthcare Food Services Worker Week 2015 (October 5-11,2015)

Starting next Monday, October 5 to Sunday, October 11, healthcare workers across the country will be celebrating Healthcare Food Services Worker Week.

At the Sodexo account at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, we have planned a week of fun filled events to celebrate the occasion, and most importantly to thank our colleagues for all their hard work and dedication.

In commemoration of the event, I would like to share some pictures of our colleagues at work throughout the year. They are always here with a smile ready to assist others - rain, shine or snow (sorry for saying this forbidden word). 

Thank you for always putting patients at the heart of everything you do! We appreciate you! 

Happy Food Services Worker Week to all Healthcare Professionals! Thank you for all that you do!

Pictures of Food and Nutrition colleagues at different events

Left to Right: Alexander Wright and Alexander Gracia at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center
Employee Appreciation Cookout

Left to Right: Herb, Maria, Ravi, Kevin and George

Left to Right: Taylor, MS, RD and Brandon

Left to Right: Doug, Zofia, Tom, Chef Dave, Omar and Linda at the Morocco table during Sodexo Employee Appreciation Day

Diane and Herb celebrating  Cinco De Mayo at the Cafeteria

Chef Dave with Silas presenting "A taste of Brazil" cuisine at the Cafeteria

Jason, Rich and Ayoub- Service with a Smile at the Cafeteria 

Left to Right: Lanita, Shaina and Lindsay at Jazzman's Cafe

Nassim and Linda at the grill at the Cafeteria (We are never too busy to thank our colleagues for their hard work. Here Linda Clay, Director of Food and Nutrition handing a Kit Kat to all colleagues to thank them for their hard work)

Left to Right- Joan, Maria and Zofia at the Cafeteria

Left to Right Joe and Elise from Jazzman showing their Kit Kats that they received from Linda

Our Registered Dietitians (Left to Right)

Left to Right: Taylor Gillis,MS, RD,  Catherine Fanning, Dietetic Intern, Elaine Lyons,MS, RD,  Allison Herrick,RD, LDN,  Rebecca Bradley,MS,RD,LDN,CDE and Taylor Pierce,MS,RD

Patient Services Team- Ryan, Matt, Laura and Anthoy

Ravi with Chef Dave during the Nepal Diversity Special at the Cafeteria

Pictures of our colleagues that worked during Winter Storm Juno

Sanitation Team- Rudy, Tim, Dan, Steve and Marc.

Our Team- Always ready and provide Service with a Smile



Happy Healthcare Food Services Worker Week 2015!

Hispanic Heritage Month celebration at the Cafeteria at Lahey Hospital and Medical Center (September 15-October 15)

In conjunction with the Hispanic Heritage Month celebration from September 15-October 15, 2015, the Sodexo Food and Nutrition team will feature three Latino cuisine from Peru, Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic.

With the assistance from Chef David Cox and the production team, the latino cuisine will be served during lunch from 11am-2pm on the following days:

1) Wednesday, September 30-  Betty de la Crus, cook, will be presenting cuisine from Peru
2) Thursday, October 1- Alex Gracia, retail worker will be presenting cuisine from Puerto Rico
3) Friday, October 2- Emi Rizik, Sodexo Operation Manager will be presenting cuisine from Dominican Republic

If you happened to be at  the Burlington campus around the above dates, please stop to speak with our colleagues to learn more about the Latino culture while enjoying sumptuous cuisine.

Here are the menus and biography of our colleagues.

Happy Latino Heritage Month!

How's your Friday so far? Need an inspiration?

Happy Friday everyone!

I guess most people in Boston are taking the day off today as we are having the last hurrah of warm weather(High 81 Fahrenheit today followed by mid seventies tomorrow) before facing the chilly September fall weather next week.

The drive to work was a breeze. A usual one hour journey only took me 40 minutes today and with the warm weather, I know I am starting my Friday right :).

Work has been very productive this morning and one thing leads to another, it's been almost two hours since I arrived at work.

Maria Petkiewich, Food Services worker at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center stopped by at my office with a beautiful smile on her face asking me if I am free? Of course I am. Always have time for Maria :). What happened next blew my mind away. She stopped by as she wanted to show me her family picture which she took 9 years ago when her daughter, the beautiful Dayanara was just a baby. Time passed by so.....fast!  Not sure about you. I always felt like once we hit 21, time flies. Perhaps we didn't see ourselves getting wiser each day but when we see little kids grow up, you can't deny the fact that time flies. So, don't forget to take time to appreciate everything around you.

If you are currently at work, write down the names of five people whom you have not spoken with in the last month or perhaps the names of people whom you should thank. Stop by at their desk, spend two minutes each. It will only takes 10 minutes and trust me, your Friday will be more rewarding.

Have a great weekend everyone! Happy Friday!



Picture of Maria, Bobby and Dayanara taken 9 years ago



Picture of Megan and Tony, children of Debra Francis (Patient Services lead) taken when they were 11 and 5. Now they are 17 and 11

Happy Environmental Services Week!

This year, we celebrate the Environmental Services Week from September 14-18. 

During the Environmental Services Week celebration at Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, the management team plan a week of fun filled events to show our appreciation for our colleagues' hard work and dedication throughout the year. 

We celebrated the event with gifts, raffles and lunch.  

Thank you to all colleagues and the Management team that was involved in planning the event. The event was a great success!

To all Environmental Services colleagues everywhere, Thank you for all that you! 

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

Happy Environmental Services Week!

Here are pictures from our Environmental Services Week celebration.

Left to Right: Jain, Sonia, Sara and Dilia

Left to Right: Mariano, Jeantilia, Luis and Rick

One of the lunch served during the celebration

A variety of hot food items served during one of the luncheon

A variety of hot food items served during one of the luncheon 

A variety of sandwiches, chips and sodas served during one of the luncheon

John Rota, Director of Environmental Services giving a speech thanking Environmental Services colleagues

Left to Right: Maria Villafuerte, Jain and Sheila

Left to Right: Sara, Dilia, Mariano and Jeantilia with their winning raffles

John reading names of the raffle's winner

Gifts from one of the raffles