{"id":2358,"date":"2012-06-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-20T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gridalt.wpenginepowered.com\/the-current\/ditch-your-ties-and-roll-up-your-sleeves-a-sponsored-workday-with-dole\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T12:02:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T16:02:48","slug":"ditch-your-ties-and-roll-up-your-sleeves-a-sponsored-workday-with-dole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/the-current\/ditch-your-ties-and-roll-up-your-sleeves-a-sponsored-workday-with-dole\/","title":{"rendered":"Ditch Your Ties and Roll Up Your Sleeves!: A Sponsored Workday with Dole"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In February of 2012, GRID Alternatives Greater Los Angeles completed our first sponsored workday event in Ventura County! Volunteers from the Dole Foods world headquarters in Westlake Village joined GRID Alternatives staff and volunteer Team Leaders and installed solar for the Montelongo Family of Thousand Oaks. This small 1.2 kW solar electric system will reduce almost 40 tons of C02 in its lifetime, the equivalent of planting over 100 trees, and will cut the Montelongo family\u0092s monthly energy bills in half.<\/p>\n<p>These energy cost savings are a meaningful contribution to the family\u0092s long-term financial stability, especially in the current economic climate, where 1 in every 248 housing units received a foreclosure filing in Ventura County and the unemployment rate increased to 9.7% in January.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/GRIDAlternatives\/GLADoleCorporateInstallation#5712467052082859250\" target=\"_blank\">Rosaura Montelongo and her daughter Valeria <\/a>hosted the installation team. &#8220;The Grid Alternatives team and the Dole volutneers were amazing,&#8221; Rosaura said. &#8220;It was a plessure having worked with them, they did the work very fast, and all of them are very nice, and it was a great experience having them in my home.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This installation also provided valuable installation experience for long-time GRID Alternatives volunteer Team Leader, <a href=\"https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/GRIDAlternatives\/GLADoleCorporateInstallation#5712472097668448002\" target=\"_blank\">Mitch Tatro<\/a>. GRID\u0092s Team Leader program allows volunteers who participate in five installations and demonstrate a mastery of a checklist of skills to obtain advanced training and learn leadership skills on site. 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