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Mr. V, <a href="mailto:johnvillavicencio@berkeley.net">johnvillavicencio@berkeley.net</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">Thank you to the BHS Community!</span></p>
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The Holiday Meal is an event that allows for the intrinsic altruism of our
community to shine. With over 300 guests and over 300 volunteers, the energy in
the building was extremely positive. We also did our best to make the best of
what was left from the meal. Leftover food was delivered to the Harrison House
and to the All Souls Church. Five bins of food were picked up by the Alameda
County Food Bank. Unclaimed clothing has been brought to a local Goodwill. It
is an understatement to say that this was a team effort to make the Holiday
Meal such a success.<br>
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Big thanks go out to Mayumi Rubin-Saika, current Chief of Service, the
organizer of the meal. She raised the level of organization and community
contributions. Thanks also to Tom Watts, for leading the charge in the kitchen.
Gitara "G" Spinks, BHS Head Chef, also played a huge part in the
kitchen and delivering the food to the Harrison House. Thank you also to all of
the cooks that prepared the pasta dishes and the soup cart. <br>
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The following businesses contributed to the meal: Andronico's, Trader Joe's, The
Cheeseboard, ACME Bread, and Monterey Market; The Dorothy Day House contributed
to the toiletry drive hosted by the BHS Homeless Support Club.<br>
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Local families also gave many prepared turkeys, hams and other tasty dishes.
Thank you to the contributing families: Betts, Lakireddy, Thomason, Goldstein,
Hart, Grubb, Bigelow-Teller, Schonberg, Akiyama, Dorward, Hummel, Lee, Goldman,
Wild, Rubin-Saika, Rowland, Sawyer, Katz, Stevens, Meuris, Love, Ehrengerger,
Citragno, Truskier, Scheuer, Sherman, Aaron, Weber, Beeman, Suttie, Arbitblit,
Smith, Elowitz, O'Keefe, Stralka, Havilan, Eccles, Levitch, Gross, Brosgart,
Luevano, Marston, Ratto, Duignan, Wilkins, Casado, Gottlieb, Jacobs, Galbraith,
Jeanneau, Fichtenkort, Tezza, Wrubel, Kramp, Galbraith, Johnson, Ambrose,
Cohen, Waters, Reichert, Sharma Prunet, Mahar, Maurer, Lerner, Richmond,
Alladin, Evans, Omori, Zukor, Waters, Waldman, Davenport, LaFetra, Drinkwater,
Sperber, Takaro, Ambrose, Haug, Berger, Reed, Wallin, Williams, Major, Soe,
Lamb, Anscher, Choy, and Slemp, as well as other anonymous donors! </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">AND a big thanks to the 300-plus volunteers who showed up
during the two days. You contributed over 700 hours of total volunteer time.
This could not be done without your help! If you need documentation for service
hours, include Mr. V as the contact person for your service hours.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Photos: </span></span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/53901376@N04/albums/72157662351610355" target="_blank">https://www.flickr.com/photos/53901376@N04/albums/72157662351610355</a></span></u></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">Video (4 minutes): <a href="https://vimeo.com/148767481" target="_blank">https://vimeo.com/148767481</a></span></p>
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If you can't wait until next year's Holiday Meal, consider looking up the hours
and dates of a local soup kitchen to volunteer. (St. Mark's Episcopal Church,
First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">Happy Holidays!<br></span></p>
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