William and Flora Hewlett Foundation announces
$25 million for Bay Area arts funding

By Emmett Berg, Bay City News Service

November 27, 2006

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation announced recently the award of $25 million in grants to local performing arts institutions, an increase of about $10 million over grants awarded last year.

2007 marks the 40th year of arts grants by the leading Bay Area philanthropists. The grants are designed to help support new work and arts educational efforts.

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Thousands served hearty San Francisco Thanksgiving dinner

A bronzed Thanksgiving turkey, still sizzling from an oven roasting, awaits a good gobbling from thousands of low-income and homeless San Franciscans in the dining halls
of Glide Memorial United Methodist Church.
Photo(s) by Luke Thomas

By Elizabeth Daley, Bay City News Service

November 23, 2006

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) - A line has already started to form outside the St. Anthony Dinning Hall at 45 Jones St. as families, seniors and the disabled prepare to 'get their eat on' this Thanksgiving Day.

St. Anthony spokeswoman Lisa O'Neill says the dinning hall is prepared to serve 4,800 pounds of turkey, 250 gallons of juice and 1,250 pounds of yams and mashed potatoes to 3,500 hungry San Franciscans.

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