Before Deloris McGee left town, she helped organize the southside’s biggest holiday turkey delivery event to date. On December 17, 550 turkeys were delivered by volunteers to seniors, people with disabilities and families in the OMI, Parkmerced/University Park (PUP), Bayview neighborhoods and beyond. A special thank you is in order to the Glide Food Program for providing the turkey and fixings for the delivery and to I.T. Bookman Community Center and Olivet Missionary Baptist Church for hosting the sorting and packing for delivery.
Mamie Burgess and new CLC Community Connector Deb Glen helped coordinate the deliveries for OMI and PUP with the following organizations participating:
CLC OMI Food Delivery
CLC Park Merced / University Park Food Delivery
CLC Bayview Food Delivery
OMI – Community Based Organizations
Oceanview Merced Heights Ingleside Food Delivery
Park Merced University Park Food Delivery
I.T. Bookman Community Center
OMI Seniors Center
OMI Family Resource Center
Lutheran Church of Our Savior Seniors
OMI Seniors Volunteers
Temple United Methodist Church
Inner City Youth
The Bayview groups really expanded their delivery this year, with Veronica Shepard of Bayview Health and Wellness Center and CLC Community Connector Chester Williams taking the lead, with help from HP UNITI. Veronica summed it up well “We are here not just to feed people for a day but to connect people to services so they can live healthy and well for a lifetime.” Participating groups included:
Alice Griffith Housing
Bayview Food Delivery Group
Bayview Health & Wellness Center
Bayview YMCA
Cancer Advocacy Research & Education (CARE)
Community Living Campaign
Community Youth Center
Imani Breast Cancer Group
Mother Brown’s Homeless Shelter
Olivet Missionary Baptist Church
Rafiki Coalition for Health & Wellness
Reducing Stigma in the South East (RSSE)
Samoan Solutions
San Francisco Flex Academy
San Francisco Unified School District
Southeast Facilities Commission
Thutmose Temple
Thanks to all who participated, both at volunteers and recipients, as it made the holidays a brighter, more community-minded time for us all. Thanks to Etta Jones and Kate Kuckro for pictures of folks in action on December 17th’s Turkeypalossa.
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