SECF Thanksgiving Vegetable Giveaway

   The Southeast Community Facility Commission Presents 

Thanksgiving Vegetable Give             Away 

 Tuesday, November 22,2011             6pm 

(Vegetables will be available following the Southeast Community Facility Commission Meeting) 

             Alex Pitcher Room                 1800 Oakdale 

Organic vegetables grown and provided by THE GARDEN PROJECT

Yahoo reps open wallets to cover shoppers' bills - SF Examiner

Mike Aldax writes,

Sunnyvale-based Yahoo set out to spend $10,000 on groceries at Foods Co. on Wednesday to promote its nationwide random-acts-of-kindness program. The technology company wants to steer Americans to its website, kindness.yahoo.com, where folks can “update” their kind acts and learn the ripple effect they have created.

Nicole Washington, 34, of Hunters Point paid only $48 for a full shopping cart of groceries after receiving the $100 gift. She said she could now buy food for the holidays she previously could not afford.

Read more at the San Francisco Examiner 

Facebook helps siblings reunite for Thanksgiving - KGO

Laura Anthony writes,

When a single mother died of cancer in San Francisco more than 40 years ago, her seven children were separated and they've been apart ever since. But this Thanksgiving, five of them will be reunited for the first time. 

A picture from April 1969 marks the last time seven siblings from San Francisco were together as a family. Days earlier, their 29-year-old mother Bettie Rae Wilson died of a brain tumor and days later, various social workers and relatives came to their Hunter's Point home and split the family apart.

Read more at KGO

Happy Thanksgiving, District 10!

My family would like to wish all of you a happy, safe, and healthy Thanksgiving and holiday season. If you're able to spare some time today, please consider volunteering an hour to help serve up some holiday cheer at Velma's.

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Velma's Turkey Your Way Bayview's Second Annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner.

Velma's Blues and Jazz Club, 2246 Jerrold Ave, is doing it again: Velma's Turkey Your Way Bayview's Second Annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner, Thursday, November 25th, from noon - 5PM.

The turkeys will be provided by Bayview businesses: The Monte Carlo (smoked); Sam Jordan's (fried); Racing for Life (BBQ); Old Skool Cafe, Auntie April's, and Simply Fabulous (baked).

Donations are needed for the trimmings: potato salad; green beans; mac and cheese; green salad; cranberry sauce; rolls; dessert; and all things that go with Thanksgiving dinner.  Volunteers are needed to serve in one-hour shifts.

To donate or volunteer, please call 415-824-7646.

PG&E, A. Philip Randolph Institute and The San Francisco Housing Authority Team Up To Fight Hunger During The Holidays

Fourth Annual Turkey Giveaway Slated for Bayview-Hunter’s Point Community, Tuesday, November 23rd, from 11AM - 3:30PM (See the 94124 Community Calendar for times and locations).

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) will partner with the A. Philip Randolph Institute (APRI) and San Francisco Housing Authority to give away more than 700 turkey baskets, with a complete Thanksgiving meal, at Hunter’s View, Hunter’s Point and Alice Griffith housing developments in the Bayview- Hunter’s Point community.

Each turkey basket will contain a 10-12 pound turkey; two loaves of bread; a three-pound bag of rice; one can of cranberry sauce; and two cans each of corn, greens, mixed vegetables and yams.

The project is part of PG&E’s commitment to the Bayview-Hunter’s Point community where PG&E is cleaning up the site of the former Hunter’s Point Power Plant.