By Wendy Thomas
Communications Supervisor

Part of our mission as SEIU 721 workers is to partner with county employees across all departments and unions as well as our local community groups. This year, I wanted SEIU 721 to make a big splash at the Riverside Sheriff's Family Picnic held in late September. And we did!

We held an SEIU 721 informational booth for our brothers and sisters in the Sheriff's Department to learn about what we do and why it's so important for unions to partner with public safety as we strive to serve our communities in Riverside County.

During a very hot Saturday, more than 1,000 members of the Sheriff's Department and their families had the opportunity to learn about the critical services that more than 200 SEIU 721 members in the Department provide such as dispatchers, forensics, coroner's, courts and corrections.

SEIU 721 members also provide a large network of other crucial support to the law enforcement family in the form of social workers, nurses and doctors.

A big purple thanks to Sheriff-Coroner Stan Sniff for inviting SEIU 721 to participate in such a great family event that links together public services and public safety.