Thursday, July 9, 2009

Meet The WFS Crew - Installment 2


Now that you've been introduced to our manager, Michelle, it's time to get familiar with our next crew member, Leilana. Leilana hails from the beautiful state of Hawaii but she's been a resident of Altadena for a long time now. If Michelle is my right hand, Leilana is my left, and all our regular customers know that Leilana is knowledgeable, capable and will go out of her way to take care of them.

Friends and family are important to her and she likes to spend what time she can with them. Unfortunately for her, there's very little time for that as she recently went back to school to continue her education (yay, Leilana!). In addition to work and school, she also volunteers time to do service work in the community twice a week. She keeps her equilibrium by remaining positive and making people laugh. She's a great prankster and loves nothing better than a good joke. Her favorite thing to do is talking with her young grandson, who lives in Texas, over the phone and sharing laughs with him.

Leilana plans to finish college and get her degree in social services. She'd love nothing more than to continue helping people by becoming a counselor of some sort. I'm content to have her work for WFS forever because she's the best and I know that I'd be hard pressed to find someone as skilled. She also hopes to marry her long-time boyfriend, buy a home and in her words "live happily ever after".

When asked what she likes most about working for WFS, she replied, "I love that WFS isn't just a dreary office products store anymore. There's different elements in the store now, like the home accessories, children's toys and games and fine social stationery that make my job more challenging and interesting. I also love working for a company that gets involved with our community. We've run fund-raisers for The Quality of Life Center and Five Acres, both worthy Altadena non-profits. WFS has donated so much to St. Elizabeth Church and Pasadena's Union Station. Lori and Scott are members of the Altadena Arts Coalition and are working toward revitalizing the North Lake Business District. All this makes me feel like we're helping give back to our area and I know that we'll continue to try to make a difference. That makes me feel good."

Thanks, Leilana, for all you do, both at work and off....we want you to always feel good about us. We couldn't do what we do without you!

Look for Installment 3 coming soon and meet Violetta (Betsy) Lopez.

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