Gathered here, jones and golden gate, im sorry struck by how in so many ways its very normal and natural. There is nothing different about today than other days. People hanging out, on this corner, is nothing new. Yes, a new venture with mercy housing and st. Anthony foundation in a very innovative and exciting collaboration. But also something very familiar. The francisans and sisters of mercy stepping up to help San Francisco. [ applause ] there are some great old photos from right after the 1906 earthquake, and fire. One of them shows a line of people going right up the street here, on golden gate avenue, waiting for the francisans to feed them out of the rectory door of st. Boniface and another photo of mercy sisters standing at a tent in Golden Gate Park as they administered medicines and help to needy after the earthquake. For years this corner has been the place where people who have a Little Something extra come and share with those who have very little. In 1950 father alfred s
To go hungry in his beloved San Francisco community. Joe would have been so proud to support this wonderful building that will provide so much care for so many people in our city. For me, st. Anthonys also represents the three cs. Care, community, and continuity. I bring you many congratulations from all of the members of the board of directors of the Koret Foundation and our very best wishes for continued sucrose in success in the future. Thank you. [ applause ] i saw merl and larry, if you want to join us. As we said, this building is complex. And it starts with the funding. It will get more complicated with the construction pretty soon, but it has really been an unbelievable group effort to pull together the different funders of this work. We heard about the korets foundation amazing con tributionss and i know there have been so many amazing contributions on the st. Anthony side. For an Affordable Housing project for this it takes incredible people and we start with hud, who supplie
Coming together in a partnership, in a partnership between mercy housing; now its mercy housing because its the sisters of mercy, but its mercy housing because that is what it is. And that is what it means to the people who benefit from it. And this collaboration with st. Anthonys. The coming together of two forces of such magnitude, of such commitment, of such deep commitment, of such values that you know that the outcome is going to be not only benefit the people who are here, but also be a model for others. This is a collaboration, as has been said between mercy housing and st. Anthonys and was example was nonprofits come together for the greater good. With their leadership and their being models, producing results of National Significance, they, most of them have been able to to impact Public Policy and i know the mayor is right on the forefront of all of this. And thank you for your great leadership, mayor lee. [ applause ] and you know that we just had a little session with the c
Them in a very special way. And that was his motivation and i believe the motivation of many of us gathered here today. I know it is of where you are father . Father from u. S. F . Thank you for being here. I see so many of you in the audience who have been so magnificent in this and here we are. Coming together in a partnership, in a partnership between mercy housing; now its mercy housing because its the sisters of mercy, but its mercy housing because that is what it is. And that is what it means to the people who benefit from it. And this collaboration with st. Anthonys. The coming together of two forces of such magnitude, of such commitment, of such deep commitment, of such values that you know that the outcome is going to be not only benefit the people who are here, but also be a model for others. This is a collaboration, as has been said between mercy housing and st. Anthonys and was example was nonprofits come together for the greater good. With their leadership and their being
And morals that i was separated from through my drug use. After coming to the Father Alfred Center they put me to work in the dining center. I was not easy work, but gratifying and i got to hear the people actually say thank you for the work i was doing, but remember a short time before that i was on the streets, smoking crack. And now, today, i am able to come here and to give back to a foundation that gave so much to me. [ applause ] the clinic helped gave me medical and make sure everything was working okay and i was fit and in top shape. The tech lab got me acquainted with computers and email and google and facebook. And all of those things that we cant live without, right . Social services got me back acquainted with getting my drivers license back, because while i was on drugs i had lost my drivers license. And how many of you know that in california its really hard to get around without a car . Can i get a witness . Amen. I know work for the city and county of San Francisco. I w