Commitment to Community
In October of 2007, FDI sponsored the 24th Annual Leap Sandcastle Classic at Ocean Beach in San Francisco. We teamed up with a local architecture firm and the fifth grade class from Sunset Elementary School. Our team sculpted a giant sandcastle based on this year’s theme: Nature Rocks!
Leap is a non-profit organization that raises money to help fund art programs in Bay Area public schools.
FDI sponsored Share our Strength’s Taste of the Nation, a premier benefit held in June at Acme Chop House in San Francisco. The dinner and live auction honored Chuck Williams, founder of Williams Sonoma, Inc., for his pioneering work in the culinary arts. “Share our Strength’s mission to eradicate childhood hunger is ambitious and profoundly necessary,” said Ken Pickart, FDI’s Chief Executive Officer. “We’re proud of our affiliation with this fine organization and salute Chuck Williams for his significant contributions to the nation’s culinary landscape.”
FDI is a member of the United States Green Building Council (USGBC), a national non-profit composed of leaders from every sector of the building industry working to promote buildings that are environmentally responsible, profitable and healthy places to live and work. FDI currently is currently working on projects seeking to achieve LEED certification, which means that a project must meet the stringent building standards set forth by the USGBC. FDI has several LEED accredited professionals on staff, and that number is steadily growing.
To learn more about green building, visit www.usgbc.org.