The Alliance for a Better District 6 is celebrating 10 years of volunteer community efforts to improve the quality of life for those of us living in San Francisco’s District 6 (Rincon Hill, South Beach, South Park, Mission Bay, Yerba Buena, Mid-Market, Western SoMa, the Tenderloin, and Treasure Island, more or less). Please join us this Tuesday to thank our neighbors who choose to make volunteering to improve our neighborhoods a part of their schedule during the year. Our South Beach NERT coordinators are among the recipients of awards.
The awards ceremony happens Tuesday, January 12th at 6PM at 201 Turk Street, Community Room at Jones Street.
The Alliance for a Better District 6 will be holding a prestigious awards celebration by commemorating the lives of former Alliance members with the creation of the following memorial awards in their honor:
Special recognition Awards
-Jim Berk Memorial Award Recipient: Gary Pegueros, South Beach NERT
-Steve Conley Memorial Award Recipient: Rudy Corpuz, United Playaz
-Dahi Donnelly Memorial Award Recipient: Bashir Alabsi, small business owner
-James Leo Dunn Memorial Award Recipient: Otto Duffy, District 6 community activist
-Arthur Jackson Memorial Award Recipient: Bobby Bogan, Senior Organizing Senior
-Tess Manalo-Ventresca Memorial Award Recipient: Marie-France Ladine, SF City Academy
-Patricia Walkup Memorial Award Recipient: Misha Olivas, United Playaz
-Hank Wilson Memorial Award Recipient: Anthony Bradford, Black Brothers EsteemOther recognition honorees:
Citizen of the Year Award
-Wanda HillSafety Awards
-Shelley Carroll
-Marilyn Isabell
-Adam Jackson
-Robert Mansfield
-James TracyAdditional Recognitions will be announced at the meeting.
Along with the prestigious award ceremony the Alliance will electing new officers, distributing door prizes to those in attendance, and providing refreshments to those in attendance, and more. This event is open to the public.
Tuesday, January 12th at 6PM at 201 Turk Street, Community Room at Jones Street. (415) 820-1560.
Sponsors and Donors (partial list)
La Parrilla Grill
Lefty O’Doul’s
Tip Top Market
Alliance for a Better District 6
201 Turk Street Family Apartments
Northeast Community Federal Credit Union
Susan Bryan
John Nulty
Michael Nulty
Marvis Phillips
Colin Hussey
Denis Dorey
Garland Public & Community Relations
