May 20, 2016

Sakata Contributes to Local Communities

Sakata Seed America is increasing its efforts to improve local communities and charities. In recent months, Sakata has made multiple donations to local organizations and events that support the Salinas Valley and extending regions.

Salinas Valley – Sakata sponsored the second annual Paws for Pets event in Salinas this April. Paws for Pets raises funds for City of Salinas Animal Services and local shelter pets by selling plant material at the Hitchcock Road shelter location every April. This year was Sakata’s second year participating. Sakata was the number one contributor of plant material for the event, which raised $8,000 for City of Salinas Animal Services, the company said.

Sakata also donated plant material to the Salinas Valley Fair. A long-standing tradition, fair volunteers loaded up trucks full of Sakata flowers to landscape the fairgrounds for the upcoming Salinas Valley Fair. In addition to the floral donation, Sakata purchased three animals at the fair auction, supporting FFA (Future Farmers of America) students in both Paso Robles and King City: two hogs and one lamb.

Gilroy – Sakata recently donated four large SunPatiens containers to the Spring Fling fundraiser for Leadership Gilroy. Leadership Gilroy is a program founded in 1998 by the Gilroy Chamber of Commerce as an extensive nine-month community leadership program. The $600 raised by the SunPatiens containers will go to their class scholarship program.

Morgan Hill – Recently, 15 Sakata employees donated their time to upgrading and planting drought-resistant plants in the Morgan Hill community, which surrounds Sakata’s headquarters. On May 18 Sakata was honored for their contribution to the community at the Morgan Hill City Meeting.