Reef Women’s Ugandal Launch Party
Reef and 31 Bits hosted a launch party for the Reef Ugandal Sandal and the soon to be launched Ugandal 2 on Thursday, April 1, at Syrah in downtown San Diego. The party celebrated the collaboration between Reef’s Ugandals (sandals that feature hand-crafted paper beads made by displaced women in Uganda) and 31 Bits, an organization that practices Fair Trade, advocates for fair wages for women and empowers women to learn business practices to expose their craft to the international market. A 40 person bus shuttled Reef crew, retailers and friends from Hansen’s in Encinitas and South Coast O.B. to underground wine parlor Syrah.
(Photos: Leetal Elmaleh, Trever Hoehne)
The ladies of Reef: Therese Diamaano, Andrezza Ricci, Ana Franco, Christina Arroyo
Reef's Kevin Flanagan and Amy Delee, and South Coast's Steve Cowan waiting for the bus back to O.B.
Reef's Christina Arroyo, Lindy Williams, Andrezza Ricci, with DC's Cody Yen.
Reef's Zac Andrews and Dersu Rhodes chatting up Baylee Hassett of Surfline.
Kari Hendrick, Andrea Kaufmann, Tammy Hoops, Chris Suder.
Dance off! Reef's Brianna Marks takes center stage on Syrah's make-shift dance floor.
Shaka's and fist-pumps all around: Reef Product Designer Zac Andrews with party-goers.
DJ Alli Swanson takes over for DJ Mikey Beatz.
Three of the five lovely ladies of 31 Bits: Allie Swanson, Anna Nelson, and Jessie Simonson. Brooke and Kallie are in Gulu, Uganda right now!
