City College of San Francisco Spring 2013 Enrollment Now Open

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From Archery to Writing Classes, CCSF has something for you.  City College is Open for business, so enroll now.  Spring semester starts on January 14, 2013.  Credit classes are $46 per unit for CA residents, noncredit classes are free!  Knowledge is power.  CCSF is located right here in Sunnyside.
For more information, visit www.ccsf.edu

SNA quarterly celebrates a year of successes for residents and representatives

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SNA quarterly meeting was held on Monday November 5.

Kicked off by a delicious potluck, Lisa Spinali, President of SNA, gave volunteer awards to Bob and Keren Abra for leading the greening of Monterey Blvd.,  Mike Gonzales for volunteering his time and resources in designing the greening of Monterey Bay, and Rita Evans for her volunteerism and contributions to the newsletter.

Captain Falvey provided crime statistics and suggestions for avoiding crime.  He also discuss the ALERT program.  Meeting to discuss is on November 15   at 7 p.m. visit www.inglesidepolicestation.comfor fulldetails.  Chief Barnes of CCSF PD gave an update of crime in and around CCSF.

SNA thanked Sean Elsbernd for representing Sunnyside.  He was presented with a certificate of recognition and thanked him for his service to Sunnyside and District 7. 

 

 

 

Scott Weiner, District 8 representative, thanked Sean and gave his perspective on well he works at City Hall.  Sean thanked SNA and suggested to continue to work with the new supervisor.

SF Food Bank & Safeway Partner for Holiday Food Drive Saturday, 11/17

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See email from Volunteer Coordinator Andy Breunig:

“We have a special volunteer opportunity that would allow you to be an integral member of one of the San Francisco Food Bank’s Food Drives.

Safeway and our local NBC affiliate partner together to do a food drive each holiday season. As part of their new format for food drives, they are putting together a pre-packaged bag that customers can purchase for $10 and then donate to the Food Bank. This was drive was a huge success last year and we’re hoping for the same this year. As part of this drive, Safeway is staging a volunteer event on Saturday, November 17 at all regional Safeway locations. We would like to provide 2-4 people at each San Francisco Safeway location for 3-4 hours on that day. The volunteers will be there to promote the food drive and hand out flyers to customers. We also will provide the volunteers with information about the San Francisco Food Bank to share with the public as needed.

The volunteers should be able to operate autonomously as we will not be able to have staff at each location. We anticipate scheduling an orientation for volunteers prior to Nov. 17 to provide t-shirts and other materials for the volunteers to take with them to their respective Safeway store.

We are putting out the call for 40 volunteers, we expect the shift to fill quickly and volunteers will be reserved on a first-come first-reserved basis. This is an open call to individuals, groups, friends, etc. If this is an event you are interested in participating in, please send an email directly to abreunig@sffb.org

If you have any questions before deciding whether this is a good opportunity for you, please do not hesitate to send me an email so I can clarify the project.

Thanks for your time and I look forward to hearing back from you,
Andy Breunig
Volunteer Coordinator
(415)-282-1907 ext. 244

Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services (MONS) – a resource for SF citizens

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A helpful resource for residents is the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services (MONS).  MONS is dedicated to helping the citizens of the City & County of San Francisco receive the highest levels of service possible from all areas of City government. Their district and community liaisons work to ensure that the Mayor’s Office is involved with helping to improve the quality of life for all San Francisco residents.

 

You can locate local resources and contacts, get contacted to the mayor, sign up for their montly newsletter, follow them on Facebook and Like them on Facebook.  For more information, visit their website,

http://www.sfmayor.org/index.aspx?page=20.

SFPD develops ALERT, a volunteer citizen disaster preparedness program – Informational meeting Thursday 11/15 at 7 p.m.

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AUXILIARY LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE TEAM (ALERT)

 

The Auxiliary Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT) is a citizen disaster preparedness program designed for volunteers 16 years of age or older, who live, work, or attend high school in San Francisco. The ALERT program will have Basic, Senior, and Supervisory level positions.

The goal of the program is to locate, train, and then coordinate volunteers to safely perform essential tasks after a major disaster. Such tasks might include: traffic control, foot patrol of business and residential areas, reporting criminal activity, looting and property damage observation, supplying information to the incident Command Post, working in partnership with NERT volunteers to provide well-being checks, assisting with medical aid, assisting with Command Post functions, assisting Animal Care and Control in the handling of pets, securing resource locations, and delivering logistical supplies. In addition, ALERT members will direct individuals to mass casualty and shelter locations, assist at reunification centers, provide support at schools for reunification, and participate in Operation Return.

Informational meeting

An informational meeting will be held at the San Francisco Police Academy, located at 350 Amber Drive, Room 100, on Thursday, November 15th, at 7pm. All members of the public are welcome. Interested individuals will have their questions about the program answered at the meeting.

For more information on the San Francisco Police Department ALERT Program, email us at sfpdalert@sfgov.org, or call Sergeant Mark Hernandez (SFPD, Ret.), SFPD ALERT Program Coordinator, at (415) 832-8419.

To additional information visit SFPD’s information website: http://www.sanfranciscopolice.org/index.aspx?page=4019