Last Thursday, Nov. 10th, Tom and I drove to Oakland to help with the ALIGN conference spearheaded by Elder Thomas Brighton, Visitor Center Director. Elder Brighton had invited all the religious leaders in Oakland to meet at the Inter-Stake building with the nonprofits in the area to talk about and learn about how they could share resources to help the residents of Oakland. There were over 200 participants and the feedback indicated they felt it was worthwhile and they wanted to have this opportunity on an ongoing basis.
Tom and I were first assigned to the front table with name tags from A-M and then I helped Sister Brighton in the kitchen prepare chicken for 150. At 6:00 pm we attended the dinner, which was actually catered, but the caterer felt he could only handle one entree so we prepared the other.
It was a fun change. The day felt more like my work at the bank...meeting and greeting the business men and women and professionals in the community.
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