SFIC ONLINE BRIEFING FOR FAITH LEADERS
A WAY TO DO MORE: SEW & DISTRIBUTE MASKS
FOR ESSENTIAL & VULNERABLE SECTORS

January 7, 2021

Earlier today, the San Francisco Interfaith Council (SFIC) hosted the 34th in a series of weekly COVID-19 (Coronavirus) response briefings for faith leaders. Today's briefing featured an innovative grass roots initiative of congregations from our neighboring Eden Area Interfaith Council (serving the Hayward, Castro Valley and San Leandro area) which are sewing and distributing masks for thousands of health care and other essential workers, homeless shelter residents and hard-to-fit children and youth from vulnerable sectors. Presenters included Eden Area Interfaith Council Co-Founder and Past President Julie Greenfield, Children/Youth Masks Seamstress Juli Perez, her daughter and interpreter Selena Perez and Eden United Church of Christ Senior Minister Rev. Dr. Arlene K. Nehring.

The briefing may be viewed in its entirety below:
Masks Available for Faith-Based and Other Non-Profits in San Francisco

Opportunity to Receive Free Disposable Masks for your Organization
 
Masks: Disposable masks are available to SF non-profits and CBOs. Minimum order is one case and a case has approximately 1600 masks. Please order what you can use; for example - 100,000 is an acceptable order. Please note: you will need to be able to pick up case(s) and transport.
 
Please order by Wednesday, January 13, 2021.
 
When submitting an order please include:
 
1.          How many masks
2.          Who the masks are designated for (group/organization)
3.           A contact name and cell phone number
 
Please submit your order (making sure to include the information above) by sending an email to: ccc.community@sfgov.org
Also participating were Zoom Briefing Moderator/SFIC Executive Director Michael Pappas, SFIC Board Chair and Shanti Project Executive Director Kaushik Roy, Executive Director of the Marin Interfaith Council Rev. Scott Quinn, and COVID Command Center's Joint Information Center Community Partners Group Coordinator John McKnight . Special appreciation is extended to SFIC Program/Administrative Associate Cynthia Zamboukos and the COVID Command Center's Joint Information Center Virtual Outreach Team Coordinator Tré Russell Allen, Producer Alissa Kerawala, assisted by Leads Sharon Walton, Hafiza Salehbhai and Margaret Mattson. 

Please join us next Thursday at 8:30 am for a special presentation by the Institute on Aging's Friendship Line, which supports individuals who find connecting within the community challenging. The 24 hour toll-free Friendship Line is the only accredited crisis line in the country for people over the age of 60 years and older, and adults living with disabilities, that also makes ongoing outreach calls to lonely older adults. 

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