Sara Sheehy

Last Thursday my co-workers and I packed up and headed south to the Hagerman Valley for a team retreat. We call ourselves the “P-Team” (Philanthropy Team, we are so clever). That consists of Jan, our Director of Philanthropy, Perry, the Director of Major Gifts, Elizabeth, the Philanthropy Coordinator, me (Major Gifts Manager), and Rob, our newest addition, who is a Major Gifts Officer. We spent the morning working away in a conference room at Carmela Winery, then headed to Three Island Crossing State Park for a lunch and sun.  Three Island Crossing is where the Oregon Trail crosses the mighty Snake River. We walked through the museum, and I have to say it was pretty awesome. Elizabeth and I, who are the same age, immediately started quoting from the original Oregon Trail game (click this link, you won’t regret it!), which we both played on Apple IIE’s. Our older co-workers, however, had no idea what we were talking about.  The shame! After lunch and sun, we headed back to Carmela Winery to wrap up and do a little tour and wine tasting. A pretty great way to spend a team retreat, if you ask me!