Dear GLIDE Community,
We’re so grateful for the support you showed us this Thanksgiving. Thanks to generous donations of food and funds, we served 128 turkeys, 70 hams, 210 pounds of stuffing, 288 pounds of yams, 200 pounds of green beans, and 36 gallons of gravy! It was enough to feed over two thousand people, both at GLIDE and through our meal deliveries.
Here’s a video of the feasting and merriment.
It’s not just about one meal, either. People who come to us during the holidays form a relationship with GLIDE. Through that relationship, they learn about our other programs, from recovery to women’s groups to homelessness prevention.
(L) Director of Volunteerism, Lindsey Coonan and (R) GLIDE President & CEO
Dr. Gina Fromer
If you volunteered or donated, know that you did more than bring joy to one day: you might have changed someone’s future! And the media is taking notice. On Thanksgiving, the S.F. Chronicle profiled Joy Jardine, a former GLIDE client who overcame homelessness and medical problems and triumphantly returned to GLIDE on Thanksgiving as a volunteer. KTVU interviewed our client Garth Martin about how GLIDE was the only place that brought his daughter peace and helped her out of her tough spot.
ABC7 quoted Haskell Allen after he received our meal delivery, “It means the world to people like me: I’ve been out here struggling with nothing for so long, and GLIDE really comes through with a lot of resources.”
Mayor London Breed, former Mayor Willie Brown, Supervisor-Elect Bilal Mahmood, Assessor Joaquin Torres, Fire Chief Sandy Tong, and other local leaders attended Thanksgiving. Mayor London Breed, Dr. Gina Fromer, and Minister Marvin K. White all gave words of gratitude and celebration at our 10am Thanksgiving celebration.
We couldn’t have done it without our community, so thank you for everything you do to support GLIDE. If you feel inspired to make someone’s day better with a warm meal and a kind word, our volunteering sign-up is always here for you.
In this season of giving and gratitude, we are grateful to everyone who makes our work at GLIDE possible, in all the ways you do!
Wishing you a merry holiday season,
Your friends at GLIDE