DOING THE RIGHT THING

The latest in our series on employees who help the community

Kudos to another member of the Roots family for contributing to their community. Recently, Vancouver Outlet Store Manager Daniela Bosa was awarded a Certificate of Appreciation by the Polaris Employment Society for her store’s participation in a special job skills program.

Polaris provides job-seeking assistance to people with a mental disability who live in Vancouver and surrounding areas. This includes career counseling; job matching; on-the-job support and retraining. There are no fees for either the job candidate or employer as the provincial and federal governments provide the funding.

This year, Polaris approached Daniela to see if Roots would employ one of their candidates for a 6-month term, the length of the program. She agreed to the proposal, and is happy she did.

“It is an amazing experience,” says Daniela, who recently took on a second employee from Polaris. “Every community should have this program and participate in it.”

Daniela also says the outlet stores are a great environment for this job training program because they are less stressful than company stores, and that makes it beneficial to everyone involved. – Sarah Foster