Owner at Fat Olives supports Back2Basics alcohol and drug recovery cause and hires on current program client.
Twenty-six-year Flagstaff, AZ entrepreneur and owner of local hotspot dinning Salsa Brava and Fat Olives, John Conley, hires on Back2Basics Outdoor Adventures client Robert Marini, as a cook. This partnership has further developed the Back2Basics mentor program.
Knowing Conley’s respectable influence both in the sober community and Flagstaff in general Back2Basics founder and CEO Roy DuPrez anticipated the partnership.“Roy came to me with a list of questions about my sobriety, business and how Back2Basics could partner with my restaurants,” said Conley. “[Marini] now has three weeks under his belt [at Fat Olives] and has become someone we can rely on.”
“Right now we are focusing on self-sufficiency in all aspects of his life like hitting 12 step meetings, time management and taking care of domestic responsibilities at the house,” said DuPrez.
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Explore What We Can Do →Due to his position at Fat Olives, Marini can’t make the outdoor adventures trips – during the day he works the program and at night he attends his work shifts.
“Many of these young men that I’ve sponsored [in sobriety] are looking for a leg up, and to build some confidence — try on their new pair of glasses,” said Conley. “Robert was ready to get out in the real world, in an environment that’s not surrounded by sobriety.”
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Get in Touch →“There’s a point in your sobriety that you have to get back into the real world, and that process should happen gradually,” said Conley. “I think Roy’s contacts within the community, along with Back2Basics, give these young men that opportunity.”