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Volunteering & Giving Back

More Than One Warm Coat

December 30, 2022 by Marie Jobling

Coat Drive Report by Olivia Franco and Nicky Trasvina, December 13, 2022

On Thanksgiving Day, 2022 (November 24th) I commenced with the Coat Drive program. I have witnessed many families with small children and teenagers who are unaccustomed to the cold SF weather, even when there is sun. They are not expecting the temperatures to dip as low as they do and they often arrive to our programs or to school ill-prepared for the weather. I wanted to provide them with the basics to keep them warm and healthy. With my experience in multiple non-profits, I listed my contacts and put to life the Coat Drive program! Since Thanksgiving we have collected approximately 200 jackets! They will be distributed to kids from several shelters and low-income families on Tuesday, December 13th , nineteen days after the program’s inception. The list of organizations include Buena Vista Shelter, Providence Shelter, Coleman Advocates, Harbor Lights, and the Latino Task Force. Thanks is given to the following groups for their acts of generosity in making many donations: Community Living Campaign neighborhoods Sunnyside, Midtown, and the Merced Extension Triangle and their Connectors; Bay Area Community Resource; Latino Task Force; and other private parties.  

The motivation for this project, besides the obvious of helping the children, is to model to others in my organization (CLC) and demonstrate the value of organizing service projects to help others. I encourage others to do similar projects when they see people in need, especially children. I think this is a great activity for our seniors, especially those who are not necessarily in financial need, but in need of emotional connection and to fulfill their own desire to feel needed. As my colleague has indicated when we have co-coordinated other service projects, seniors do well and thrive when they are able to contribute and feel part of the process of giving, in any capacity.

On Tuesday, December 13th, we assembled at 3 pm to set up the coat giveaway at CASA AYUDA at 4834 Mission Street in the heart of the Excelsior District, the district with the highest population of kids in all of SF. At Casa Ayuda we gave away over 250 jackets in two hours!

I expected to see the look of joy on all the kids’ faces and watch them having fun trying on the jackets for their parents to see. I expected laughter and smiles as they modeled the jackets to each other and their parents. What I saw instead was a line of mostly single parents waiting with several children in a long line against the dim lit storefronts of mostly closed stores, doors away from a large construction site. The parents looked tired, but patient. The children were pretty quiet and nice. Their demeanor led me to believe they were grateful that this program was made available to them. The helpful volunteers kept the crowd moving in a time-efficient way. All this made their considerable long wait in line worth it for the sake of saving twenty or thirty dollars on a jacket their child would outgrow in a year. As a witness to this process, it made me wonder what other lines these families have to face as the week progresses, simply to attain their basic household necessities, such as the food line at the Latino Task Force site every Friday. Lines have become a way of life for many. The irony of coordinating a project that helps people is that it actually triggers a sense of sadness not lost on me. “It is better to give than to receive” is questionable as this experience brings to light the disparities many of our community members come face to face with in our own city, in our lives, and we can only impact in soft, short-term ways. Giving is two-fold. It produces pleasure in the giving but also releases pain as we can never give enough. The lesson learned is that we can never stop giving and there is nothing as being too generous.  

I want to thank CLC for their part in this project. Please look for the photos I will send so you can really feel the love! And thank you for your continued support and promotion of the programs I love bringing to CLC. 

Sincerely, 

Olivia Franco 

Filed Under: Action & Advocacy, Building Community, People & Stories, Volunteering & Giving Back

Over 1600 Turkeys Fly to Good Homes

December 30, 2022 by Marie Jobling

The Community Living Campaign, in partnership with Glide and a host of local organizations in the OMI, Parkmerced and Bayview neighborhoods, delivered over 1600 frozen turkeys and all the fixings to household across the neighborhoods.  In the OMI, we are grateful to Catholic Charities, who once again become the site for the distribution.  In the Bayview, thanks go to Meals on Wheels, which also supports our weekly grocery deliveries.  A special thanks goes to Deb Glen and her family in the OMI and Vernice.  And to other CLC staff who turned up to lend a hand.   

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Filed Under: Building Community, Resources, Volunteering & Giving Back

CLC Chinese Language Programs Grow

December 3, 2022 by Marie Jobling

Community Living Campaign (CLC) works together with San Francisco neighbors to build the connections, skills, and resources we all need to age and thrive. Engaging our older adults and people with disabilities whose primary language is Cantonese or Mandarin has been part of this work since we started teaching computer classes in 2008.

During the pandemic, our Chinese-language trainers, led by Chinese Community Program Coordinator Wan He (Wanda) Liu, significantly increased the number classes and types of programming
to better meet these neighbors’ needs and interests. Jin Ying (Fiona) Ren, Cai Na (Donna) Li, Amy Yu, and Jin Ting (Leon) Zhang. These classes and activities are now consistently over-booked and we are seeking funding to further increase our capacity.

 The Growth of CLC’s Chinese Community Program

CLC’s effort to serve Chinese-speaking older adults and people with disabilities has benefited from Wanda and her team’s energy and commitment. From 2008 to 2019, CLC’s Chinese language computer trainers offered training and tutoring in senior centers across the San Francisco. When the pandemic hit in March 2020, these senior centers and libraries all closed, leaving students isolated at home. Wanda and her team called their students and found that more than half did not have internet at home. Our Chinese-language team has spent the past two and half years helping individuals bridge the digital divide, a most challenging proposition as most of the students use WeChat to communicate and did not have email address or experience with sites like Zoom. The team also helped provide devices and internet access as needed. There are now over 300 Chinese-speaking neighbors who regularly participate in the over 220 hours of online training and technical assistance each month.  As they developed confidence online, this growing base of students wanted more engagement. Wanda and her team responded with new activities.  First were quarterly cultural celebrations, which computer training students showcasing their other skills in singing, dancing, and playing Chinese musical instruments.  Students so enjoyed the early celebrations and so they asked for a singing class. After reaching 150 students in one class, we added a second one to try and meet the need. As student tech skills (and the community evolved), the cultural celebrations have evolved to include more student made videos expressing joy of the season and appreciation of their teachers. Throughout, the gratitude of participants is compelling.

Piloting Additional Classes and Activities

Last Year, the CLC Board of Directors opened a Microgrant process to staff in the organization, using a donor gift to launch. The goal was to encourage staff to identify and help address issues and
create opportunities that advance CLC’s Mission. Wanda proposed a Chinese and American Language and Cultural Exchange. The Board committee was enthusiastic about Wanda’s proposal and encouraged her to start planning. The project aims to close barriers between people of different language and cultural backgrounds, bringing people together and teaching the language and culture to one another. Each group would teach the other about their language and culture, and celebrate the cultural holiday together. Wanda has recruited volunteer ESL and Mandarin teachers plus native English-speaking colleagues. Using a combination of break-out groups on Zoom and a simple curriculum, individuals are given time to learn and to practice in small groups.

The target communities were the Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin) and English-speaking seniors who are interested in learning the other language and culture.  Wanda’s proposal stated her motivation for this project was “to bring the people of different culture and who speak different language together. They can learn from each other and we hope they can understand and support each other as the community”. Participants’ desire to learn the language and culture of their new home country is strong.

Wanda and a team of English tutors launched the class on Wednesday, October 12 with nearly 100 participants.  With Wanda’s leadership and support from her team of Chinese language trainers and CLC colleagues, the program gained structure and more specific topics each week. This Chinese and American Language Exchange has the potential to grow beyond its current size if we can fund additional trainers. More funding and organizing support is needed to fulfill the Chinese-language team’s vision for a range of opportunities for Chinese seniors and people with disabilities.

This additional funding would enable Wanda and her team to:

 

  • Add a part time Chinese Community Connector to coordinate in-person and virtual classes in Cantonese and Mandarin such as writing/memoir, photography and video, and other topics, as well as to ensure a range of welcoming and inclusive activities at Community Connector locations as we add back in-person activities.
  • Increase the number of people who can participants in the Chinese-English Language Cultural Exchange
  • Increase the levels of support for individuals seeking to keep their devices working and connected to the internet.
  • Grow the staffing for the Chinese language computer and technical assistance efforts to serve more individuals in person.
  • Increasing monolingual Chinese community members’ access to the Essential Trip Card, NTC Computer Program device lending, home delivered groceries, and other CLC programs through better outreach and translation.

Filed Under: Building Community, Computers & Digital Literacy, Diversity in Aging, Events & Celebrations, Volunteering & Giving Back

Celebrating Good Neighbors

November 29, 2022 by Kate Kuckro

Video: Celebrating Good Neighbors. Making San Francisco a Better Place to Age and Thrive in Community. By Community Living CampaignEach year, our Good Neighbor Awards honor some of the dedicated neighbors who volunteer their time to help seniors and people with disabilities get the resources and support they need to age and thrive in their own homes and neighborhoods. During our 7th Annual Good Neighbor Celebration, we honored an impressive group of dedicated San Franciscans. Please join us in thanking them for the impact they’ve had in their communities. Read on to learn about some of the ways they’ve made a difference.

Connie Baker-Cohn, Bayview Grocery Network

Connie Baker-Cohn volunteers every Thursday with the Bayview Home Delivered Grocery Program. She says, “I am very grateful to be here today and I take each day as a blessing. I have had my ups and downs in my life and I’m very fortunate now to be able to be in a position to help others. I’ve always tried to do that in whatever ways I could. Now I’m able to do more and I really truly feel called to do so.  I’m grateful for the experiences that I’ve had and look forward to working with others, as much as possible, to take care of each other as best we can in this world.” And we at CLC are grateful for all that Connie does to help her neighbors.

Carol Brownson, Sidewalk Search Party

The Sidewalk Search Party honors Carol for her endless commitment to ensuring safely accessible sidewalks throughout San Francisco. Carol was reporting dangerous sidewalks long before joining the Sidewalk Search Party. She introduced us to 311 on Twitter and is a co-presenter in our 311 trainings. Carol comes to every meeting and neighborhood waddle to hang ducks on trees to inform neighbors how to report treacherous sidewalks to 311. Carol is willing to help.

Rosario Cervantes, Latino Cultural Events (Virtual Community Connectors)

Rosario Cervantes has participated in many of Latino cultural events hosted by CLC coordinators Olivia Franco and Nicky Trasviña. She worked with Nicky to bring on a “heavy hitter” to Dr. Anna Chodos’ 80/80 Project and the related 80/80 Latino-Style virtual program. Rosario reached out to her friend Orlando Cepeda to request that he join in. With kindness, persistence, diligence Rosario called and visited in person to set up an interview with this remarkable North American and Latin American baseball hero, retired SF Giant and 7-time All Star. She sets the standard for communicating and bringing people together.

Rosario is very committed to making her community a better place by serving as Board President to Coleman Advocates and her position as VP in the SF District 11 Democratic Club. She has walked miles on behalf of  campaigns that impact her neighborhood and city. Rosario not only talks the talk, she walks the walk!  We are happy to honor Rosario for all that she does.

Kate Clements, Miraloma Park Community Connectors

Kate is an integral part of the goings on in Miraloma Park. An MPIC board committee member for Publicity and Advertising, Kate is a long-time editor of our Miraloma Life Newsletter. She makes sure our Miraloma Community Page is updated before it goes to press. Kate has volunteered for many events around our neighborhood and we are glad to have her on board with our Connector program. Miraloma Park Connectors Coordinator Darlene Ramlose recounts that she’s not sure what we could have done without her at the Miraloma Park Tea Party.

Susheela Farrell , St. Francis Square Co-Op

Susheela has lived at St. Francis Square Co-op in the Western Addition with her daughter for just six and a half years. She’s been an active member of the community from the beginning.  Susheela is co-coordinator of St. Francis Square’s Neighbor-to-Neighbor program, where she finds volunteers from the co-op community to help seniors and others with shopping, going to doctor’s appointments, gardening, dog walking, and whatever other help is needed. She is also a member of one of the senior choirs in San Francisco. Susheela plays guitar and leads us in folk songs for many of our parties at the Square. This election season she also coordinated the Square’s Get-Out-the-Vote campaign. Susheela is such an activist and loving person  whom we cherish here at St. Francis Square.

Veronica Harlin, OMI Grocery Network

It’s our pleasure to introduce Veronica Harlin as our good neighbor of 2022. Veronica has grown up in the OMI Lakeview community and is extremely familiar with our neighbors, working in the community and volunteering with several neighborhood groups.  Veronica has been showing up each Tuesday asking how she could assist and has become a valuable asset to our community. It’s a great blessing to have individuals like Veronica that offer to assist as a volunteer. The OMI CLC program is blessed to have Veronica volunteering with our Home Delivery Grocery Program

Anne Herbst, Senior Power

Anne Herbst supports her neighborhood through Far Out Gallery, an art gallery that she owns and operates in the Outer Sunset. She is truly a good neighbor. Over the past year, she has hosted two Senior Power meetings at her gallery–a good and warm experience for all! It’s given another perspective to neighbors who come to Senior Power meetings. In addition to that, over the summer she opened her flower-themed show to the community. Anyone could bring their art. She had an enormous response. The oldest contributor was a 94-year-old woman who brought a beautiful floral painting. As Senior Power founder and connector Margaret Graf says, “This was such a generous gift to the community to open her doors and truly welcome everyone who had something to contribute…and she did it with grace and love of art.”

Martha Joseph, Neighborhood Tech Connect Computers & Access

Martha Joseph is dedicated Good Neighbor. When she talks about older adults, Martha says “They are one of our greatest assets holding a wealth of knowledge and experience. ” She initially approached CLC to get a tablet to keep her mother more connected to family and friends. Martha’s mom lives in a long-term care facility. When other residents there saw her tablet, they realized they could be less isolated if they had devices of their own. Martha didn’t think twice. She jumped in to refer these neighbors to CLC, and then took on the extra step of picking up and delivering tablets and welcome packets to 10 residents. As Martha says, she loves seniors and works, assists, and protects them to the best of her ability. And when we talk with her “peeps” they tell us they love her too.

Mobilize Love Summer Teen Volunteers (Cassatt Boatwright, Paneah Chea, Carolina Irizarry & Alan Uczib), Park Merced/University Park Grocery Network

During the 2022 year as the world went back to “normal,” our Park Merced Food Network adult volunteers went back into the office. This left Food Network Coordinator Elaine with little to no volunteers to help. She reached out to Mobilize Love, which has faithfully shared volunteer opportunities on their platform. Our Food Network started to receive a wave of teen helpers!

While the current generation of teens may be technology-driven, these young people (Alan, Cassat, Carolina, and Paneah) are people-driven. They were punctual, ready to work, and compassionate. The teens waited patiently for disabled seniors to get to the door. They were careful to address each participant by name with reverence. Even after the teens unloaded a pallet of heavy boxes of produce & food, assembled the grocery bags, cleaned up and delivered door-to-door, they were hungry for more!  A big shout out and Thank You to the Mobilize Love teens for your service to the seniors of CLC Park Merced.

Miguel Portilla, Sunnyside Community Connectors

Miguel Portilla has been living in San Francisco for more than 20 years, and has spent the last 15 helping and supporting seniors in his community. During Covid, Miguel helped in deliver groceries and Covid tests to Sunnyside neighbors. He cares for seniors’ wellness. Every week he comes to Sunnyside to help set up the space for exercise and to cut fresh fruit for our neighbors. When we hold donation campaigns, he drives around and picks them up from people’s homes. For all of these reasons, we are happy to choose Miguel as a Good Neighbor.

Barbara Prato, Midtown Terrace Community Connectors

Midtown Terrace has become a close-knit group of consistent and caring senior exercisers. They look out for each other with love and care. Barbara Prato exemplifies this commitment. She is a retired SFUSD educator who has lived in Midtown Terrace since McGovern ran for President. Despite the loss of her close friend and exercise buddy, Barb remains a constant presence at exercise and other activities. She has shown her generosity by donating many times to the various charity collections that CLC has held for Casa de las Madres. We really appreciate Barbara and her kind and sweet energy.

Traci Ramos, Inner Sunset Community Connectors

Traci is one of those neighbors who works behind the scenes – a “neighborhood angel,” according to one of her neighbors: Traci “…has been consistent since you matched us well over a year ago. When she is out-of-town, she emails me to say ‘hello,’ and to let me know when she will return. Since going blind as an older adult, I often experience feelings of frustration, loneliness, and social isolation, exacerbated by the pandemic.

“Traci is a genuinely warm, compassionate , and kind-hearted person. I often forget an item or two when placing my grocery orders, or may get a hankering for a special treat, or want to splurge and get take-out but cannot afford the Uber or Door Dash service fees, and Traci is willing to pick these up and deliver them to me. I appreciate that she always stays a few minutes for a neighborly chat about what she observes in our neighborhood. She has been a lifeline through this challenging time that we are all experiencing. I am very grateful to be on the receiving end of her generous spirit.” 

Diane Sampson, Drama with Friends (Virtual Community Connectors)

Every third Monday night for the past two years, Drama with Friends has produced three to four short, 10-minute plays by a local playwright. Diane Sampson finds those playwrights; she is our play wrangler. We could not have gotten started and we could not continue without Diane. She flips through what Community Connector Judy Goddess imagines “…is a huge rolodex to find the playwrights and then contacts them. Some months her volunteer assignment seems easy, other months take more time. But she always comes through.

“Because of Diane, new people have learned about CLC and our troupe of over ten actors, a director, two acting coaches, and a stage manager.” We are thankful that Diane has enabled us to present a steady program of  delightful entertainment for our crew and the 40 or so members of the audience who tune in each month.

Claire Sanchez, Merced Extension Triangle Community Connectors

Claire has joyfully and energetically participated in neighborhood walks, supported the connector efforts and helped to bring in new students to the exercise/social hour. And importantly, she showed up. She does with her husband Dennis who has now taken up teaching some of the exercises at METCC. We are thankful for all that Claire brings to our community.

Dennis Sanchez, Crocker Amazon Community Connectors

As we began opening our Connector programs in person, Dennis stepped up in a big way. He has been leading exercise when needed for the Crocker-Amazon, Merced-Extension Triangle, and Cayuga Community Connectors. A San Francisco native, Dennis brings humor and dedication to our time together. Dennis brings out the best out in our Connectors and wonderful neighbors. We are so grateful for all you do. 

Mary Wan, Cayuga Community Connectors

During the pandemic, Mary began bringing a little cheer to her neighbors, visiting them in the hospital, in nursing homes, and at their homes. Starting with a list of neighbors’ birthdays, she travels around bringing flowers, treats, and cards to help them celebrate. She really extends herself to care for those around her. We have a lot of gratitude for the way that Mary helps strengthen connections in our community.

Brenda Washington, SF ReServe

Brenda is a ReServist in the SF ReServe program at San Francisco Community Living. She currently is working in the infant program of Frandelja Enrichment Center located in the Bayview neighborhood. She also lives at the Dr. George Davis Senior Residences in Bayview, where she is good neighbor to many fellow participants and neighbors.  Brenda is always motivated to acquire new technology skills and has become a lifeline to others in her apartment complex to teach, troubleshoot and impart her computer knowledge to others. 

When Brenda learned of the SF ReServe program she reached out with great eagerness and excitement. She quickly became a staff favorite at Frandelja and took it upon herself to become an ambassador for SF ReServe, others in her neighborhood. She most recently assisted a neighbor in become a ReServist at the same childcare center where she works. Brenda is a kind, patient, and caring woman who is much deserving of being called a good neighbor.

Filed Under: Diversity in Aging, Volunteering & Giving Back

Celebrating Judy, Judy, Judy

September 14, 2022 by Marie Jobling

Friends, Family and Co-workers gathered at the CLC office to remember and to celebrate the work of Judy Auda and how she help inspire us through the years.   I hope you will take a few minutes to view. 

See some of her past projects on a previous blog post. 

Filed Under: Events & Celebrations, Volunteering & Giving Back

Honoring the Contributions of Judy Auda

May 29, 2022 by Marie Jobling

One of the earliest contributors to the Community Living Campaign was Judy Auda, who passed away on May 25 after a long struggle following a major stroke.  We want to celebrate her works with us and with a number of community organizations along the way.  For CLC, she helped ran our first computer training program, developed our annual events, created the Seeds of Hope Garden party journey, and organized several City Hall events for us with support from the Dept. of Disability and Aging, including the Alzeheimers and Dementia Summit, the Health Aging Summit, and the Aging and Disability and Technology Summit.   Plus so many fun activities and adventures along the way.   There were civic events that she helped organize and some mementos are included in the slide show below.  Judy was always a kid at heart and was gifted in terms of thinking up fun community events for kids young and old.   Think of the fun event with balloons, the “belly laugh”, and kites flown from hilltops across the city.   She organized 49 Night at the SF Zoo, the 50 year anniversary at Fort Mason and it USO club.  She helped organize the Golden Gate Bride Centennial with a special plaza to mark the opening of the Golden Gate Bridge.  And because we wanted to be fun like Judy, we stood on street corners across the City and all sang the San Francisco song that Jeanette MacDonald made famous at the appointed time.  And oh yes, there was the Pacific Ha, an organized minute of laughter that stretched the length of the West Coast.  Her imagination and attention to detail made her our pied piper for community engagement and we’re not sure what we will do without her.   

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Filed Under: Building Community, Events & Celebrations, People & Stories, Volunteering & Giving Back

CLC and Other Organizations “Pivoted” To Meet the Challenge of the Pandemic

March 28, 2022 by Marie Jobling

Thanks to the Coalition of Agencies Serving the Elderly (CASE) and support from the Department of Disability and Aging Services, a series of articles that highlight how 8 organizations transformed to meet the needs of their participants once the Pandemic changed all our lives.   Judy Goddess was commissioned to interview each organization and write a short narrative with pictures to tell the story of how each organization “pivoted” their programming and their outreach during Covid. 

Read about CLC here as well as all of the organizations profiled.

 

Filed Under: Action & Advocacy, Employment, People & Stories, Volunteering & Giving Back

Honoring Beverly Ann Taylor

March 3, 2022 by Marie Jobling

Ms. Taylor has been such a strong and committed leader to San Francisco, with a history of excellent work in other communities through out her life.   Ms. Taylor fought hard to stay with us, but her time on this plain ended. Her obituary  that includes her life of service and advocacy for justice here.

Not long ago, Judy Goddess did the interview with Beverly which is posted on the Senior Beat Website. 

And an interview from 2020 with Beverly where she talk about growing up at  https://vimeo.com/682932784

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Filed Under: Action & Advocacy, People & Stories, SF Senior Beat Stories, Volunteering & Giving Back

TURKEYS ONCE AGAIN “FLY” TO GOOD HOMES

December 28, 2021 by Marie Jobling

For yet another year, and perhaps a year when needed most, the communities gathered in the Bayview, OMI, and at the City College Parking lot to distribute more than 5,600 turkeys and bags of groceries to seniors and families across their communities.   The events in the OMI, Bayview, and Park Merced on December 8 were organized by the CLC Food Networks, lead by Deb Glen and Chester Williams, with great support for turkeys and fixing from Glide.   The CLC  teams have been meeting weekly throughout the pandemic without missing a beat to bring healthy food and staples to over 230 households with older adults and adults with disabilities.  The Feeding 5000 event at the City College parking lot was organized by the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) in partnership with the San Francisco African American Faith-Based Coalition and other local community-based organizations hosted a holiday giveaway event called “Feeding 5000” on December 11 via a drive-through service at City College of San Francisco with strict COVID-19 safety procedures in place.  

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, one in four San Francisco residents were at risk of hunger due to income shortage. With an increased number of residents out of work, the number of people struggling to afford enough nutritious food is also increasing and the City’s nonprofit partners have reported a surge in demand for food. In this effort, SFDPH is joined by the African American Faith Based Coalition, SF New Deal, and Together SF to bring these greatly needed services to the community.    The San Francisco African American Faith-Based Coalition is a health and wellness collaborative of  over 21 churches in San Francisco. The Coalition is committed to advocating for the needs of the underserved African American community city-wide. Collectively, the members of the Coalition represent over 6,000 African American residents.  The Coalition was launched in November of 2016, to address high priority health needs identified in the 2016 San Francisco Community Health Needs Assessment.   The SF African American Faith-Based Coalition leveraged partnerships with a variety of food providers (Arcadio’s, Dixson Catering, Earl’s Organics, Glide Memorial, Pacific Agri-Products Inc., SF New Deal, TogetherSF, and SF Marin-Food Bank) to obtain high quality, meals and groceries.

This collaborative effort includes: African American Arts and Cultural Center, A. Philip Randolph, B-Magic, Bayview Rotary, Bayview Senior Services, Bayview YMCA, Community Awareness Resources Entity, Community Living Campaign, Delta Sigma Theta, Department of Aging and Adult Services, Dream Keeper Initiative, Five-Point, Hirsch Philanthropy Partners, HOPESF, Imani Breast Cancer Group, Inner City Youth, Mother Browns, Office of Education and Workforce Development, Rafiki Coalition, Recology, Regional Pacific Islander, Related Management Company, Requity/Peace Parks, Salesforce, Samoan Community Development Center, The San Francisco Chapter of The Links Inc, San Francisco City College, San Francisco Rec & Park, San Francisco City College Police Department, San Francisco Fire Department, San Francisco Human Rights Commission, San Francisco Police Department, San Francisco Unified School District, Southwest Community Corp, Sojourner Truth Foster Family Services, Stand in Peace International, Taskforce, 3rd Street Youth Center, UCSF, Uniti Resources, and USF.  

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Filed Under: Action & Advocacy, Building Community, Resources, Volunteering & Giving Back

Award Event Showcases Kindness

November 20, 2021 by Marie Jobling

The sixth annual Good Neighbor Award Event brought us together to celebrate the kindness and good work of some special neighbors.  If you missed the event or just want to relive, you can view the video of Good Neighbor Summer activities , meet the first round of honorees and the second round of honorees.   Or gosh, just sit back and view the event in it entirety.  

 

Filed Under: Building Community, Diversity in Aging, Events & Celebrations, Volunteering & Giving Back Tagged With: accessible, awards, community, diversity, Healthy Aging, leadership, neighbors, video

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