Big huge conference we had this last august. I called her the hener lisa ma. Shes real a dine a moe and were so lucky to have her in the city. Dynamo. So, i want to invite sandra up here as our most empowering City Employee of the year. applause everybody here, sandra has touched all your lives. Im truly honored. You guys are all wonderful to work with. I love the community. You know that. Im allegation here for you. Thank you so much for this honor. Its all about you guys. Thank you so much. applause id now like to invite the supervisor for district 9, supervisor david campos, to represent the next award. applause good evening, everyone. Welcome to this beautiful building here at city hall, the peoples building. And to help me present the next award, id like to ask an institution and the portal neighborhood, ruth wallace, if you could please come up. [cheering and applauding] it is, it is my honor, our honor to present today what i think is one of the most important ones. Every award
Wed like to take over the show. I just want to say its a great honor and its a really great event. If you havent been to the portola garden tour, 2013 will be september 28th, mark your calendars. Get your tickets early. And if i could, there are so many people involved in this, id like if all the gardners that have shown their gardens and the people on the committee could stand up for just a second so you could see how many of us there really are. applause thank you very much. Wonderful, what a great award that is. Id like to take a moment and acknowledge Supervisor Scott Wiener has joined us here this evening. Someone who we all know. applause has done an amazing job in district 8 and making that a wonderful place to live for thousands of residents there, including my father. So, thank you very much. He thanks you. Fourth generation, you know . Without further ado id like to invite someone who was standing on the stage just last year wearing a different uniform, stunning us all with h
Would not exist. Id also like to thank the folks at the City Hall Events Team who every year make this event come together and make it a success. In addition, id like to also thank our sponsors. Once again, pg e the fifth year in a row stepped up and become a major sponsor here for the Neighborhood Empowerment Network. We have two new Event Sponsors this year. We have next door, which is a new Online Program here in San Francisco, new Neighborhood Service which many of people in this room are using. Youll have more chance to hear from this if you advise the the life night court event. Sterling bank, one of the great local banks we have here in San Francisco. Without further ado wed like to begin tonights program and were going to start off with a message from mayor ed lee. Good evening, everyone, and welcome to the fifth annual Neighborhood Empowerment Network awards. While im unable to attend this years event, i want to express my deep appreciation to tonights award recipients for the
Were looking for grant money for more beautification. If anybody is interested in starting a Neighborhood Watch and getting involved, call me and i can help you get started. Its a great thing to know your neighbors, even the ones who are a pain in the neck. Its a great thing to know your neighbors. [laughter] applause i would just like to say thank you to all of our neighbors because we have lived in that neighborhood for 37 years and its just been such a joy to meet people who live right across the street and never knew what wonderful neighbors i had until we started the Neighborhood Watch group. So, i would strongly advise everyone to start a Neighborhood Watch group. Its great. And thanks to patricia, shes done an outstanding job and im so happy she took over as block captain for me. I appreciate it. Thanks a lot. applause applause our next award is for the best Community Green community project. And id like to just sort of jump forward a little bit and invite darlene zane to come u
Awards here at San Francisco city hall. Thank you all so much for joining us here tonight. It is an honor to be here. My name is daniel homsby and i am the Program Manager for the Neighborhood Department networks. An honor to see you here. Many of the same faces for the fifth year for the men awards. Lets give you an a plays for coming back. applause and celebrating one of the most important things we have in San Francisco, which is our neighborhoods. Without further ado, id like to start the program off by introducing my colleague, christina palone, the new director for the Mayors Office for neighborhoods. Christina palone. applause good evening, everyone. Im happy to be a part of such a great ebit that celebrates the contributions made by residents and organizations throughout the city to make San Francisco one of the greatest places to live. The Mayors Office of Neighborhood Services also known as mons focuses on Neighborhood Outreach and engagement. It is an honor to be here with C