Charitable and NGO Work
Grey contributed to Sarah Brown’s book for Piggy Bank Kids, Moving on up, raising awareness about mentoring for single parent families. Grey has also contributed to Project Open Hand in San Francisco, a charity for meals on wheels for aids sufferers, and to the Edible Schoolyard Project for Alice Waters in Berkeley, California.
Grey is a founder member of the South Coast Design Forum along with Wayne Hemingway.
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