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people who really put down significant mark er s and donatn s and pledges to this campaign and invite other people who have really lifted for me so long to come up and thank people who have participated, that s russ flin and hjose allen. [ applause ]. thank you, ashley. good morning, everyone. i am hjose allen. i m a member of the board of meals on wheels frisk san francisco, and along with russ flin, i co chachaired the 50th s anniversary capital campaign. us russ and i are proud to be part of this vital project and to be able to thank each of you for your support of meals on wheels. clearly to be successful in r e raising almost 41, dlr $42 needed for this project require s extensive jen rgenerosity for, many support er s. luckily we have been successful in raising the funds necessary to move forward and have secured 80% of our goal. we have 20% left to go. now, it gives me great pleasure to thank the individuals. i call them our first responder s p who helped jump- ....
and more. next, we have partnered with disney, a.z.a., and the discovery network s part of the pride. since disney s lion king was first released in theaters 25 years ago, we have lost half of africa s lions. in conjunction with the open of disney s lion king, the zoo is hosting a special lion king weekend. this weekend, july 20 and 21, there ll be prizes, a special roaring contest, and more. next week, we have march of the penguins on july 27. penguin chicks are learning to swim, walk, eat whole fish and learning how to interact with their caretakers. the public is invited to walk as they waddle and walk to their permanent home on penguin island. in addition to watching the penguin chicks, guests can participate in activities such as cookie decorating, paper crafts, and more. and now until july 26, guests visiting the zoo can actually name a penguin chick by attending a penguin feeding and donating. next week, we are celebrating 90 fest, and through this weekend only, ....
on vacation today. so we bring to you the west portal playground renovation possible action to award a contract treaty construction in the amount not to exceed $2,095,000. this project supports the strategic plan strategy number one, to inspire public space, and objective 1.2, to strengthen the existing parks and facilities and objective 2, to strengthen play, and 2.2, to strengthen and promote the health, safety, and well-being of san francisco s youth and seniors. the west portal playground is in the west portal playground and in district 7, at west ulloa road and lennox way. the port westal renovation project is part of two clean and safe neighbor parks bond programs. the communities opportunities fund and the let s play s.f. initiative. the community outreach process was mainly conducted during the community opportunity fund program application between january and march 2014. on november 20, 2014, this commission adopted the resolution authorizing r.p.d. to produce ....
[ ] homelessness in san francisco is considered the number 1 issue by most people who live here, and it doesn t just affect neighbors without a home, it affects all of us. is real way to combat that is to work together. it will take city departments and nonprofit providers and volunteers and companies and community members all coming together. [ ] the product homeless connect community day of service began about 15 years ago, and we have had 73 of them. what we do is we host and expo-style event, and we were the very force organization to do this but it worked so well that 250 other cities across the globe host their own. there s over 120 service providers at the event today, and they range anywhere from hygiene kits provided by the basics, 5% to prescription glasses and reading glasses, hearing tests, pet sitting, showers, medical services, flu shots, dental care, groceries, so many phenomenal service providers, and what makes it so ....
has been our consultant from northern california community loan fund. thank you, david. thank you for helping me understand this weave of stuff and so forth. leading the way to make sure that we anchor the new market tax credit that we needed for the project is the city of san francisco and the san francisco community investment fund, or as we call it sfif. without them jumping in and p putting their projestamp on thi project, i don t know if othes s would have joined as easily. we just wareally want to thank e sfif for supporting us. along side of the sfif, san francisco sfif was california loan fund who in vvested with u early as well. the group that put us over the top is an organization called community impact partners which is more of a national partner and they came in to push us forward as well. the irony is that two of these organizations are doing more than just giving us credits. they re actually funding our construction loan and that s community vision and co ....