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Why Are So Many People Hungry in SF? 
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The San Francisco Food Security Task Force and Tenderloin Hunger Task Force put a human face on the issue of hunger in the midst of plenty here in San Francisco at a recent Board of Supervisors hearing.

Learn why so many seniors and adults with disabilities are going hungry, and more importantly, what we can all do to change it on our SF Healthy Aging Blog. You can also view a copy of the entire report Assessment of Food Security in San Francisco - 2013.
    
We Bid a Very Fond Farewell to Libby Denebeim 
Libby's friends and family gathered for a touching memorial that recounted an impressive life of service to her family and her community.  Libby was honored with the Norma Satten Community Service Innovation Award in 2012.  Take a moment to see more highlights of Libby's contributions to San Francisco.  
DECEMBER 2013
Hunger in SF
Farewell to Libby
Shop Safely and Help CLC
CLC Birthday Club
Swap Meet
Worried about Housing?
Fun and Free
CLC Connectors on the Move
Ready, Set, Shoot!
Impress Youth
Blog Of The Month - At Home with Growing Old
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Help CLC Help Others (And Shop Safely Online) 
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If you do some of your holiday (or business) shopping on Amazon, start your shopping through their www.smile.amazon.com 
portal and pick Community Living Campaign to receive a small donation. Learn more about this and how to stay safe while shopping online at our SF Healthy Aging blog. 
    
Congratulations to our first Birthday Club Winner!
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A Telegraph Hill Neighborhood House computer lab participant was our first happy $100 winner.  If you attend one of CLC computer labs or training sessions, you can sign up for the CLC Birthday Club. You'll get a special email on your birthday and will be entered in a monthly drawing for $100.  If you join in December, you will have a chance to win every month through June 2014!  Just plan to attend a class at 360 Valencia or any of our other training locations and ask to join the Birthday Club.  
    
Swap Meet Coming!
Got Skills?  Need Skills? Want to Barter?
First SF Connected Swap Meet Scheduled
Wednesday, January 22, 2014 
Gathering and Networking at 9:30 a.m.
Session Begins at 10:00 a.m.
First Unitarian Conference Center 1187 Franklin
Got Skills?  Need Skills? Looking for affordable ways to get connected and stay connected - online and in person?  Help us work together to build a virtual bridge across the digital divide.  Mark your calendar and watch for more details soon!  
Co-sponsored by the Community Living Campaign and the  SF Connected Program.  For more information and advance registration, go to www.eventbrite.com.  Share YOUR Time and Talent to Help More San Franciscans Get Connected.  
    
Worried about the Lack of Affordable, Accessible Housing in SF? 
The City's increasing prosperity has escalated fears that those who helped make this City the wonderful, diverse, tolerant place that it is may not be able to grow old here. The Mayor's Disabilities Council has crafted a resolution aimed at turning the tide before it is too late. Carla Johnson, Director of the Mayor's Office on Disability (MOD), presented a draft resolution to the San Francisco Long Term Care Coordinating Council, winning their support. The Community Living Campaign has also endorsed the resolution.  Please consider presenting this MOD Affordable and Accessible Housing Resolution to organizations you belong to, as a way to better focus our advocacy and organizing for a more powerful impact over the coming months.  


    
San Francisco for the Holidays - No Money Required
Don't let a lack for money keep you from enjoying this special season.  
People travel across the world to spend the Holidays in San Francisco - and there are many free and inexpensive ways to enjoy the season. All we need is a Clipper Card or a good sense of where the cheap parking is.  There are so many fun, free things to do in San Francisco, you just don't have an excuse to stay home.   And since it is free, you can invite a friend or neighbor to join you.  Spend a little time looking around that the amazing collection of activities and events for every interest at 
http://sf.funcheap.com

    
CLC Community Connectors on the Move
Connections for Health Aging Workshop in Bayview
CLC took its popular empowerment training to the Bayview in November.  
Pictured from left to right: Attorney Sara answered questions about Advanced Directives. Etta Jones shared her story about the importance of learning how to survive a stroke. LaVaugh King and Rev. Riddick, whose Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church hosted the event, picked a gift card winner from those that completed their Vial for Life and Advanced Directives paperwork.  
 
Upcoming workshops are planned in partnership with the Northern California Hearing and Speech Center (in February) and Openhouse (in May).  If you would like information about Connections for Health Aging Workshops, contact Marcia Peterzell at marcia.peterzell@comcast.net or by calling 415-359-1816. 

Ready? Set? Shoot!  CLC Spends Time On-Camera!
We are proud to be a part of Tree Ring Productions' first Film Fund project.  We were chosen as one of 10 winners because we are creating BIG change with a small budget and staff, have groundbreaking programs that are intelligently and bravely challenging the status quo, and are making a positive difference in our communities. 

Pictured below: Community Connectors and trainers Janis Kaempfe, Wan He Liu, Glenda Hope and Joan Teter are getting ready to be a part of a special video event. Watch your email or join our Facebook page and stay tuned for the 
January 15th video release!   
 

Impress the Young People in Your Life - Talk about Hip Hop 
Take a minute to learn about something new - like blogs and Hip Hop.  Last month, Community Connector Judy Auda invited her nephew Ben Cohn to share his internationally known website Da-What.com with seniors at 360 Valencia.  Ben and his friends review albums, conduct interviews, and post downloads and videos - all the while introducing readers to good music new and old.  Check out what Judy has planned for 360 Valencia on Mondays in December. 

Ben Cohn teaching classDa What website
 
 
Featured Blog of the Month
At Home With Growing Old...A Design Initiative Starting At A Grass Roots Level.

AHWGO was started in 2009 in the San Francisco Bay Area by Susanne Stadler, an architect, and Natasha Boissier, a social worker, to promote an interdisciplinary dialogue among experts, thinkers, activists and designers on the topic of aging. A network of people now work together to solve problems and suggest solutions for our society to be at home with growing old.  

 

The AHWGO group meets the 3rd Thursday of each month from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. Donna Schempp, the former Program Director of Family Caregiver Alliances in San Francisco, is the co-organizer of this group.  If you are interested in participating either physically or online, send an email to info@athomewithgrowingold.com. They welcome comments, articles, ideas and inspirations, from profiles of people in their second stage of life to policy initiatives on city and national levels that will impact and inspire how people experience aging.

 

 

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