Work tirelessly throughout the year with his Neighborhood Organization metna. Which stands for merced extended Triangle Association to ensure his neighborhood gets the attention it deserves. Besides supervisor avalos does anybody know where it is . When you come off the freeway on 280 going to 19th avenue, you shoot over the little triangle area. Thats part of my district that hardly anybody knows about. But i do know and it has a nice supermarket area. Due to marks work it has not been totally forgotten. He works very hard to fill the unoccupied spaces on the mall and was successful in bringing the much needed Grocery Store at the time. Mark is a driving force in recruiting many other people to get involved and work in a positive way with both city and the neighborhood. That is why he is also being awarded the Neighborhood Empowerment Network Lifetime Achievement award that will be coming up soon. Mark believes collaboration is the key. He has not only worked on district 7 issues, but
Speaker please. Good afternoon. Thank you for this opportunity to speak with you. My name is peter demeris. Im a volunteer and serve on the board for the st. Francis living room on golden gate avenue in the heart of the tenderloin. St. Francis living room monday through friday provides hot nutritious breakfast, activities and a place to congregate off the streets for the elderly poor of the tenderloin. We serve about 100 clients each day and the numbers keep growing. We are a Secular Organization governed by a board of directors that volunteer, a volunteer board and financial officers. Volunteers serve our clients each and everyday. We have two part time employees that assist us. These employees like those before them are economically disadvantaged individuals who are graduates of the st. Anthonys recovery program. Our annual budget is approximately 100,000 of which only 41,000 is paid in salaries. St. Francis living room is very efficient in the riewses of funds because it focuses on
Volunteer, a volunteer board and financial officers. Volunteers serve our clients each and everyday. We have two part time employees that assist us. These employees like those before them are economically disadvantaged individuals who are graduates of the st. Anthonys recovery program. Our annual budget is approximately 100,000 of which only 41,000 is paid in salaries. St. Francis living room is very efficient in the riewses of funds because it focuses on volunteers. We provide a lot for people in need and do a lot with the dollars we receive from the city. The st. Francis living room contract will exspire june 30. We didnt make a submittal for a new contract and funding will cease july 1. We respectfully request that you consider the plight of the people that we use and use your discretion to restore funding. We need 78,000 a year to survive. Thank you for your help. Thank you. Next speaker please. I am eric booker and the manager of st. Francis living room. Like peter was saying we d
Angeles and san dieg as tom scherrwood reports, local organizers believe our region is more than equipped to handle it. Reporter from a recr washingtons deanwoo possible olympic sta side of rfk. To long bridge park that could hold an oly aquatic center, a re for the 2024 summer olympics is ramping up. You sound like youre pretty enthusiastic. I am. Im sportsman from way back. Reporter the arlington board member says a wellrun olympics could benefit the entire region. Reporter can it come together for this . Hey, theres competition everywhere. But what better way to unite the region . Virginia, maryland, d. C. Reporter but some citizens worry about the cost and the crowding. I think were too crowded already. Reporter ohoh. Lobbier. Others say bring it on. To have all the countries actually come here, i think that would be amazing. Reporter what do you think . I think its going to be one of the greatest things ever. They can come and do the olympics here. Reporter as far as entert you mi
Level and we occupy and operate the Recording Studio of africanamerican art and culture complex. We could stay up here all day and talk about our list of accomplishments. We are a musicking Programming Program in a safe environment that the africanamerican Cultural Center has provided for the youth. This is a small fraction of us here but i wanted to speak on behalf actually we were requested by the District Attorneys Office to write the theme song and we performed it today on the steps here and we have been operating for the last year on a shoe string budget and any other cuts will disable what were doing anyway. Veronica who is one of our stars, one of the team leaders wants to speak of what we do at the center also. Thank you. Hello i am veronica. I just kind of want to talk about project level as an organization. Its not only just music. Its a family base where somewhere you feel comfortable where youre out of the difficults that our teenagers and young people are going through, an