Trip to California

The management team at Elevation spent the weekend in Los Angeles, California for an organizational retreat with 50 other managers and assistant managers from around the country. Every year, the organization gets together to spend some quality time together.

The trip kicked off with a poker tournament, which the winner recieved an iPad, the second and third places recieved cash prizes. It wasn't all games for us in LA... Considering that the Los Angeles' beaches have had a problem from the ocean becoming a dump site, we did a little volunteer work too. On Saturday morning, everyone gathered on Santa Monica Beach to help with the Heal the Bay campaign. Over 50 managers came together and picked up over 250 lbs. of trash! After picking up the litter, we participated in team building activities and enjoyed a lunch on the beach.

The team spent Saturday evening on a double decker bus for a professional tour of the city. The driver gave us the history behind the infamous Hollywood sign and many other intersting stories about the city. Everyone had the chance to tour the Chinese Theatre, the Kodak Theatre, Capitol Records, and the rest of the area. The bus also strolled trough Beverly Hills where we learned that fast food restaurants are banned from the city limits. We also had the chance to see where all of the celebrities shop, including Prada, which is so exclusive that it doesn't even have a sign on the store! Their motto is, "If people are able to shop here, they should know where we are."

Saturday night we all had the chance to venture into the city. We went to the Staples Center and enjoyed some fine Mexican food, where they had a person come out and make our guacamole right at our table!

Overall, the trip was a lot of fun as well as a great learning experience! We had the chance to meet with organizational consultants and other successful people. We learned a lot from them and are excited for the upcoming year, which will be filled with expanding the company. We definitely are looking forward to the next trip with the company which will be coming up in January!