Make sure they have the opportunity to grow in a safe environment our mission to see theyre prepared for life once they graduate from high school every young person in the hayes valley and western edition and other areas were not here to do this work loan the boys and girls club is not the answer to the problems our children face no one organization is the answer no office no one person is the answer our problems are too heavy for one to bear but when we stand together side by side shoulder to shoulder and hand in hand and arminarm no problem is too hard to bear when we put our resources our collective mind and loving heart and power together noload is is two heavy to bear so today don fischer clubhouse 80 is ready to stand proud in the Beautiful Community to insure our children have ever opportunity to succeed thank you. clapping. it was amazing hello my name is avva i was chosen as the last youth of the year to represent the clubhouse to represent the don fisher clubhouse now i have
Grateful who made this possible for all the kids thank you for giving us a safe place to learn and have fun and in the words the thought club im ready to do what i love thank you. clapping. hi my name is jr. Im 14 years old in the eighth grade ive been coming to the boys and girls club since i was 7 years old my mom k3wr0er8d me that he clubhouse to make new friends and get out of the house i grew up in the hayes district she didnt want me to los angeles out because of the Bad Influence but it got boring inside the house i didnt understand but i know its important to her im in a safe place like the boys and girls club i went to grand Elementary School that wasnt too far the staff walked us to the club i made a lot of friends at the time and theyre still my friends to this day i was given help with any homework when i joined the bottom lines and still do i participated in a lot of different programs since that joining when youre a little kid at the club you participate in a lot of progr
Cutting and the San Francisco board of supervisors president and district 5 president london breed clapping we say the chief chief suhr clapping and also have City Attorney Dennis Herrera and i believe i say saw 63 here clapping. and to a welcome to our special guest ms. Doris fisher and bob and john and dale fisher clapping. id like to welcome mr. Barber are a calendar who is here with us clapping so our administrator active office is named after john calendar that was a long time member and id like to welcome our Capital Campaign cochairs that made this happen stephanie mellone and rocky freed and bob emry clapping okay. So a final welcome to our Board Members and staff and Community Members and partners thank you guys for coming out today, youll hear from a number of speakers throughout the day well try to be tight so after the programs over is well continue coffee in the dining room hall during the club so again welcome now from our first speaker cal la clapping. handsome my name i
Closed to his heart is an honor to have this club named after him on behalf of all the kids id like to thank the board the Fisher Family and the donors who made this dream a reality and now id like to invite rob back on stage clapping. all right. So fortunately, this is the last time youll hear from me we say are a couple of awards this is important so different folks who have done amazing work in opening the clubhouse i sometimes forget to thank them ill be short im going to get some help my daughter my help as well is there are any drool on the framed its my daughters fault the first person i want to unfortunately, i spend more time talking about her scombren headed up the office of Economic Workforce Development i got to know her unfortunately jen passed away in december and amazing woman one of the reigns we got this piece of property basis a thought projects in the market octavia master plan we asked for the boys and girls club to be on the site would District Attorney you think s
But your children theyre not heavy so its your job all of our jobs to support our youth by helping to at least easy if not eradicate the heavy loads they carry daily and our mission to make sure they have the opportunity to grow in a safe environment our mission to see theyre prepared for life once they graduate from high school every young person in the hayes valley and western edition and other areas were not here to do this work loan the boys and girls club is not the answer to the problems our children face no one organization is the answer no office no one person is the answer our problems are too heavy for one to bear but when we stand together side by side shoulder to shoulder and hand in hand and arminarm no problem is too hard to bear when we put our resources our collective mind and loving heart and power together noload is is two heavy to bear so today don fischer clubhouse 80 is ready to stand proud in the Beautiful Community to insure our children have ever opportunity to