YOUR PROGRAM CAN REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE!!

Excess food or products from your convention or meeting can be transferred to Bay Area Organizations via the Network for the Needy, a service of the Professional Convention Management Association. The agencies listed below can collect donated goods from the hotels or convention center and distribute them to San Francisco agencies including AIDS service providers, senior centers, homeless shelters, after school programs, and many others. For convention groups meeting at Moscone Convention Center, the convention center maintains an excellent excess goods program Please contact your event manager for further information. Make a difference!

FOOD DONATIONS:

FOOD RUNNERS
2579 Washington Street
San Francisco, CA 94117
tel: 415-929-1866
fax: 415-788-8924

SAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK
900 Pennsylvania Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
tel: 415-282-1900
fax: 415-282-1909

VOLUNTEER/COMMUNITY OUTREACH WORK IN THE COMMUNITY:

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
995 Market Street,
Suite 800
San Francisco, CA 94103
tel: 415-869-1500
www.habitatsf.org

SF UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
Chris Armentrout,
External Affairs Mngr.
tel: 415-522-6799
armentroutc@sfusd.edu

VOLUNTEER CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO
425 Jackson Street
San Francisco, CA 94111
tel: 415-982-8999 x227

SERVING MEALS AT SHELTERS & MEAL PROGRAM AGENCIES:

GLIDE MEMORIAL CHURCH
www.glide.org

ST. ANTHONY FOUNDATION
www.stanthony.org

PROJECT OPEN HAND
www.openhand.org

SAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK
www.sffoodbank.org
They have volunteer sessions in 4-hour increments. Volunteers get an immediate report on how many people they have helped by sorting food, preparing emergency food baskets, etc.

PAINT / CLEAN-UP PLAYGROUND, PARK OR BEACH:

SAN FRANCISCO PARK AND RECREATION
Kristin Bowman
tel: 415-753-7265
kristin.bowman@sfgov.org
http://parks.sfgov.org

CALIFORNIA COASTAL CONSERVANCY
www.coastalconservancy.ca.gov

ON-SITE ASSEMBLY & COLLECTION
(Hygiene Kits, School Supplies, Clothing, Blood Drive):

ONE WARM COAT
www.onewarmcoat.com

A MINER MIRACLE
www.aminermiracle.org

SALVATION ARMY
www.salvationarmy.org/usw/www_usw_gstate.nsf

BLOOD CENTERS OF THE PACIFIC
www.bloodcenters.org

VOLUNTOURS
www.voluntours.org
VolunTours™ packages unique community development initiatives.

OTHER THAN FOOD:
(Day-to-day items for residential living)

DELANCY STREET FOUNDATION
600 Embarcadero Center
San Francisco, CA 94107
tel: 415-512-5148
fax: 415-512-5186

ANY DONATIONS ACCEPTED:

SAN FRANCISCO HOTEL/NON-PROFIT COLLABORATIVE
Tel: 415-923-5069 or Fax: 415-673-6490
Email: jo_licata@hilton.com

Questions?? Please call the San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau Convention Services Department, 415-227-2672, or your convention services representative at the facility/hotel you are working with.

You may also contact “Network for the Needy ” at the PCMA web site http://www.pcma.org/source/community/network/