Lemon Trees Donated to Sequoia School In Pleasant Hill

Yalla, a new Mediterranean restaurant in Pleasant Hill, donated two lemon trees to Sequoia Elementary School on Thursday -- as lemons are an important ingredient in Mediterranean cuisine.

The donated lemon trees were planted in the Pleasant Hill school’s garden for the students to enjoy.

Yalla – meaning “Let’s go!” in several Mediterranean-area dialects – opened in downtown Pleasant Hill in December. A new locale will open in Walnut Creek this spring.

Michael Mitsoglou, vice president of new restaurant openings operations for Yalla, was on hand to donate the trees to Dr. David Franklin, principal of Sequoia Elementary, and the students assisted with planting!

Yalla is at 55 Crescent Drive, Suite F in Pleasant Hill. See the eatery’s Facebook page here.

Photos:

• Kindergarteners at Sequoia Elementary welcome one of the two new lemon trees that Yalla donated to the school.
• A lemon tree donated by Yalla Mediterranean to Sequoia Elementary.
• (From Left to Right) Kelly Hansen, director of marketing for Yalla, Michael Mitsoglou, VP of new restaurant openings operations for Yalla and Dr. David Franklin, Principal of Sequoia Elementary.
• Michael Mitsoglou, VP of new restaurant openings operations for Yalla, plants a lemon tree with assistance from kindergarteners at Sequoia Elementary.
• Kindergarteners at Sequoia Elementary plant a lemon tree donated by Yalla Mediterranean.

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