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Student-Led Food Recovery Network (FRN) – now the largest in the US – is making a Big Impact during the Big Game. FRN and Hellmann’s Mayonnaise are working together so that no food gets wasted and goes to families in need in the Bay Area. Good News, Paul Sladkus & Ivy Ma are volunteering at Guy Fieri’s Flavortown Tailgate food location.

Austin Tang — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 17:57:45 +0000

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Largest Student-Led Organization Tackles Food Waste to Feed Hungry Families at San Francisco’s Biggest Tailgate Party

San Francisco, CA – As excitement builds for the Big Game in Santa Clara, local tailgate parties are set to take center stage. Among the festivities, Food Recovery Network (FRN) sees these events as vital opportunities to combat hunger in our communities. At Guy Fieri’s Flavortown Tailgate, Hellmann’s Mayonnaise and FRN will work together to ensure that no surplus food goes to waste, benefiting families in need in the Bay Area.

For the third consecutive year, Hellmann’s is partnering with FRN—which has recovered surplus food from the Big Game for multiple years—to rescue high-quality food from Big Game tailgates and redirect it to communities in need.

“We’re proud to partner once again with Food Recovery Network to make food recovery part of the Big Game experience,” said Jessica Grigoriou, Senior Vice President of Condiments Marketing in North America, Unilever. “By rescuing high-quality surplus food from events like Guy Fieri’s Flavortown Tailgate and inspiring people to see the value in their own leftovers, we’re showing how small actions can add up to real impact—because good food should be enjoyed, not wasted.”

Last year, FRN achieved remarkable success during the Big Game, recovering 12,348 pounds of surplus food from two Hellmann’s-supported recovery events in one day, equating to approximately 10,290 meals that were provided to the New Orleans Mission. The recovery included high-value items such as seafood, chicken, and butter—essential ingredients that significantly impact local organizations fighting hunger.

This year, FRN is ready to make an even larger impact in the Bay Area. FRN staff, alongside dedicated students and alumni from the University of San Francisco, Cal Poly, San Francisco State University, and Case Western Reserve, will be on-site at Guy Fieri’s Flavortown Tailgate. All recovered food will be donated to the Delancey Street Foundation and Samaritan House, vital resources for people experiencing food insecurity in the area.

Regina Harmon, CEO of Food Recovery Network, expressed her gratitude, stating, “Hellmann’s has been unwavering in their support of our food recovery efforts over the past three years and in our mission to raise awareness about preventing food waste. Their partnership has been instrumental in our efforts to recover high-quality surplus food, enabling us to help local families experiencing hunger. Together, we are making a meaningful impact on both hunger and sustainability.”

FRN’s commitment to large-scale food recovery extends beyond the festivities of the football game. A recent partnership with Gaylord Hotels in Washington, D.C., and San Diego has resulted in over 100,000 pounds of food saved over the last few years. Ryan Verhulst, Hotel Manager at Gaylord National, stated, “Food recovery is essential to reaching our sustainability goals. As part of the Marriott family, we emphasize nurturing our world and reducing our environmental footprint. This includes decreasing our food waste and increasing our contribution to our community. Partnerships like the one we have with Food Recovery Network help us reach our goals while also giving back to local families in need.”

Food Recovery Network (FRN) is the largest student-led movement recovering surplus food and ending hunger in the U.S. We unite 8,000+ college students, food suppliers, farmers, and local businesses across the U.S. in the fight against climate change and hunger by recovering surplus food from across the supply chain and donating it to local nonprofit organizations that feed people experiencing hunger.

About Unilever in North America

Unilever is one of the world’s leading suppliers of Beauty & Wellbeing, Personal Care, Home Care, and Foods products, with sales in over 190 countries and products used by 3.4 billion people every day. We have 128,000 employees and generated sales of €60.8 billion in 2024.

Sarah Abboreno Corbin

Director of Communications | Food Recovery Network

she/her/hers

sarah.corbin@foodrecoverynetwork.org |(708) 714-1357 c.

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Sustainable Display at San Francisco Market and Ferries

Austin Tang — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 21:52:27 +0000

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#SanFrancisco #Market #Ferries #SanFranciscoMarketFerries

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John McLaren Park

Austin Tang — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 16:57:01 +0000

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Invitation to a UN Charter Day Event

Austin Tang — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 18:21:16 +0000

Below is an invitation from the president of the United Nations Association of San Francisco

for a special event on June 26th, UN Charter Day. The event is entitled Charter Reform and the Summit of the Future,

I was asked to forward this invitation to my friends and associates.

On Charter Day, June 26th 12 – 1:30 pm PT/ 3- 4:30 pm ET we are also hosting a virtual webinar Charter Reform and the Summit of the Future. You can learn more about our distinguished speakers at the event page here, https://www.una-sf.org/charter-day-webinar

Please help circulate these events honoring the 80th anniversary of the UN Charter through your networks.

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YOU and GUEST are CORDIALLY INVITED TO A SPECIAL RELEASE PARTY IN SAN FRANCISCO

Austin Tang — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 17:16:38 +0000

YOU AND A GUEST ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO

A SPECIAL LAUNCH FOR

MIIST’s DEBUT ALBUM

“THE SONGS FROM THE LIVING ROOM”

With Special Superstar Guest and Producer, Songwriter and Drummer Extraordinare

NARADA MICHAEL WALDEN

A special introduction with Legendary journalist and author

Ben Fong-Torres

followed by a short performance by MIIST featuring Narada Michael Walden

Thursday, September 12

6:30pm

Gefen Gallery

315 Grant Ave, San Francisco, CA 94108

MIIST’s first single, “Move Your Body Slowly,” became the first by a native Chinese artist in history to have a Billboard Top 30 Pop hit while reaching the #1 Indie spot on the Billboard AC radio chart. More recently,

“It’s Too Late to Love You,” a ballad duet between Miist and Walden, which appears on the album, was released as a single and debuted as the #1 Most Added track and #39 on the Mediabase AC Chart.

WE would love to have you join us …

RSVP:

Michael Jensen

mj@jensencom.com

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United Nations 75th Anniversary Celebration

Austin Tang — Fri, 26 Jun 2020 13:51:04 +0000

Dear Friends of Unity

We invite you to view Unity Foundation’s programs to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the Founding of the United Nations.

Unity Foundation has produced a series of video presentations and a on-line exhibit to Celebrate The United Nations 75th Anniversary.

1.) UN 75th Anniversary featured on the foundation’s Positive Spin television program. The show is scheduled to air nationally in the United States on Saturday, June 27th, at 4 PM (Eastern) 1 PM (Pacific Time) on DISH Network (Channel 9415) and DirecTV (Channel 348) The show will also air on cable stations throughout the United States. In addition, the program will stream live from the Free Speech TV website www.freespeech.org and is available on Sling TV, Apple TV and Roku. (to view the program on the Free Speech TV website please check the time zone box to make sure you are viewing in your time zone.)

Please see the link below for the Positive Spin television program.

2.) A promotional video for the foundation’s UN 75th Anniversary You Tube Documentary. The program will launch on October 24th, United Nations Day. The promotional video appears on the foundation’s website – www.unityfoundation.org – www.unityfoundation.world

3.) A special exhibit on the founding of the United Nations in 1945, features 65 official archival photographs from the UN.
The exhibit can be viewed on the Museum of The City of San Francisco website – www.sfmuseum.org
(Click on the Select A Major On-Line Exhibit box, and then on the United Nations. This will take you to the exhibit page.)
Under the title Text and Slide Shows, the exhibit begins with “Arriving at the United Nations Conference in 1945.

Positive Spin link

https://youtu.be/vgyrEUKYjqw

In Peace & Unity

Bill McCarthy
Founder and President
Unity Foundation

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2020’s Happiest Cities in America

Austin Tang — Mon, 09 Mar 2020 14:37:58 +0000

With March 20 being International Day of Happiness and with the aim to find out whether money really does buy happiness, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2020’s Happiest Cities in America as well as accompanying videos.

In order to determine where people in America are most content with their lives, WalletHub compared more than 180 of the largest U.S. cities across 30 key indicators of happiness. The data set ranges from depression rate to income-growth rate to average leisure time spent per day.

Top 20 Happiest Cities in America
1. Fremont, CA 11. Bismarck, ND
2. Plano, TX 12. Fargo, ND
3. San Jose, CA 13. Lincoln, NE
4. Irvine, CA 14. San Francisco, CA
5. Madison, WI 15. Overland Park, KS
6. Sioux Falls, SD 16. Santa Clarita, CA
7. Huntington Beach, CA 17. Oceanside, CA
8. Scottsdale, AZ 18. Glendale, CA
9. Santa Rosa, CA 19. Anaheim, CA
10. Pearl City, HI 20. Cape Coral, FL

Key Stats
• Miami, Hialeah, Fort Lauderdale and Pembroke Pines, Florida, all have the lowest depression rate, 12.50 percent, which is 2.3 times lower than in Charleston, West Virginia, the city with the highest at 28.90 percent.

• Laredo, Texas, has the lowest number of suicides per 100,000 residents, 4.78, which is 7.3 times lower than in Cheyenne, Wyoming, the city with the highest at 34.80.

• Fremont, California, has the lowest separation & divorce rate, 15.06 percent, which is 3.2 times lower than in Detroit, the city with the highest at 48.13 percent.

• Overland Park, Kansas, has the lowest share of adults sleeping less than 7 hours per night, 25.60 percent, which is two times lower than in Detroit, the city with the highest at 50.10 percent.

• Cheyenne, Wyoming, has the lowest average commute time, 14.40 minutes, which is 2.9 times lower than in New York, the city with the highest at 41.20 minutes.

To view the full report and your city’s rank, please visit:
https://wallethub.com/edu/happiest-places-to-live/32619/

Please let me know if you have any questions or if you would like to schedule a phone, Skype or in-studio interview with one of our experts. Feel free to embed this YouTube video summarizing the study on your website. You can also use or edit these raw files as you see fit. Full data sets for specific cities are also available upon request.
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Ted W. Love, M.D. Sickle Cell, Global Blood Therapeutics

Austin Tang — Wed, 19 Feb 2020 17:57:37 +0000

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Black History Month is when we Focus on Trailblazers in the African American Community.
That includes medical pioneers who’ve made an impact on conditions like sickle cell disease… Agenetic Blood Disorder that Disproportionately Affects the Black Community. Although the Disease was discovered 100 years ago, it has historically lacked treatment options.
Change has come. Dr. Ted Love discusses the latest advances in managing this devastating disease, he is also the president and CEO of Global Blood Therapeutics, a Biotech Company based in San Francisco.
www.sicklecellspeaks.com
www.Oxbryta.com
Ted W. Love, M.D.
President and Chief Executive Officer, GBT
Dr. Love joined GBT in June 2014 as president and chief executive officer with broad leadership and management experience in the biotech/pharmaceutical industry. Before that, he was executive vice president, research and development and technical operations at Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., where he played an instrumental role in initiating and completing several of Onyx’s first Phase 3 clinical trials. Prior to Onyx, Dr. Love served as president, chief executive officer and chairman of Nuvelo, Inc., where he led growth of the company to a market capitalization of $1 billion. Prior to that, he served as senior vice president, development at Theravance, Inc. Earlier in his career, Dr. Love held a number of senior management positions in medical affairs and product development at Genentech, where he served as chairman of Genentech’s Product Development Committee. As vice president, product development, Dr. Love oversaw the development strategy and execution leading to approvals of Rituxan®, Herceptin®, Xolair®, TNKase®, Raptiva and Avastin®. Dr. Love has served as a consultant in medicine in the Department of Cardiology at the Massachusetts General Hospital. He currently serves on the board of directors of Amicus Therapeutics, Inc., Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO). Dr. Love holds a B.A. in molecular biology from Haverford College and an M.D. from Yale Medical School. He completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in cardiology at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Originally from Huntsville, AL, Dr. Love resides in San Francisco, CA.
https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/sicklecell/data.html
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Mayor David N. Dinkins to Join Chinese New Year Spectacular V, Blending Cultures and Celebrating the Year of the Pig & Black History Month at Carnegie Hall

admin — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 15:37:19 +0000

On February 15, 2019, Fifth Annual Celebration at Zankel Hall to Feature: Mayor David N. Dinkins to Join Chinese New Year Spectacular V, Blending Cultures and Celebrating the Year of the Pig & Black History Month at Carnegie Hall. On February 15, 2019, Fifth Annual Celebration at Zankel Hall to Feature: Chinese Pianist Jie Chen, Opera Soprano Quan Chen, Opera Tenor Dr. William Cai and Popular Violinist Deni Bonet

January 17, 2019 – New York, NY – Premier Event Management Inc. and Harvard Wealth Strategy & Management, LLC announce New York City Mayor David N. Dinkins’ participation in the Fifth Annual Chinese New Year Spectacular concert at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall to ring in the Year of the Pig on Friday, February 15, 2019 at 7:30 p.m., offering a special program that celebrates both Chinese and American cultures. A highly anticipated annual performance, Spectacular has become a NYC tradition to mark the beginning of the New Lunar Year.

“The celebration is a reminder that our city is a gorgeous mosaic of many cultures. The evening is a great opportunity to celebrate the diversity that helps to make New York City so vibrant,” said NYC Mayor David N. Dinkins.

Mayor Dinkins will read excerpts from Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address with piano accompaniment by Jie Chen. New to the 2019 program, Chinese Pianist Jie Chen and Shanghai Soprano Quan Chen will perform, as well as returning artists, American violinist Deni Bonet and tenor Dr. William Weimin Cai. Joining Dr. Cai during his performance this year will be Dominican tenor Francisco Casanova, Chinese tenor Honghai Tang and a special choir of nearly 100 voices.

The evening’s program will feature a wide variety of musical compositions, ranging from: Fantasy Impromptu by Frederic Chopin and Zueignung by Richard Georg Strauss, along with Butterfly Lovers by He Zhanhao and I Love You China! by Zheng Qiufeng.

The annual Spectacular is produced by Premier Event Management Inc. and Harvard Wealth Strategy & Management, LLC, two American organizations which share the common goal of bridging the culture gap between Chinese and American cultures. The two groups have collaborated on a series of successful projects that bring Chinese culture to the U.S. including Tong Ren Tang, the world’s oldest brand of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) which opened its first U.S. location in New York City. Premier Event Management Inc. and Harvard Wealth
Upper Left: Jie Chen; Lower Left: Quan Chen; Upper Right: Dr. William Weimin Cai; Lower Right: Deni Bonet

Mayor David N. Dinkins at Chinese New Year Spectacular IV
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Strategy & Management, LLC have worked together to sponsor American high school students and New York-based Police Athletic League (PAL) teens to attend “Joy Dancing Beijing,” a cultural event put on by the Beijing government.

Tickets start at $28 and are available online or by phone at (212) 247-7800. Children under 12, seniors over 60 and active duty military members are eligible for a 25 percent discount.

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ABOUT PREMIER EVENT MANAGEMENT, INC. Our vision is to provide effective professional event management services including production of major events such as those on the main stage of Carnegie Hall, charity events for smaller audiences like those we have produced on the rooftop lounge of the Peninsula Hotel in New York City, academic events such as those we have produced for visiting executive MBA students from China at the Harvard Faculty Club in Cambridge, Massachusetts and business seminars such as those we have produced for delegations of entrepreneurs visiting from China and Europe at the Harvard Club of New York City. Visit www.premiereventmgt.com for more information.

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“ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE DAY” – SALUTES 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF BEATLES ANTHEM, Videos and Podcast are Here…

admin — Fri, 23 Jun 2017 19:29:28 +0000

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Sunday, June 25th 2017

Fifty years ago, on June 25, 1967, the Beatles introduced their iconic hit “All You Need is Love” in a live performance during the world’s first global satellite broadcast. The song quickly became the anthem for San Francisco’s Summer of Love. Now, on the evening of June 25th, the international Playing For Change band salutes the 50th Anniversary with a global sing-a-long of “All You Need Is Love.” The band features performers from 13 countries representing 5 continents. The sing-a-long will take place at 8:50 pm (Pacific Time) – 11:50 pm (Eastern Time.) The audience attending the concert and all the people tuning into the “All You Need” is Love live broadcast will join in the sing-a-long Raising Their Voices to Spread the Timeless Message of Love around the world creating a international Song Around The World experience. Please tune into the live broadcast at www.peacechannel.com to participate in the “All You Need is Love” sing-a-long. You are also invited to experience the entire Playing For Change Band concert which begins at 8:00 pm (Pacific Time) – 11:00 pm (Eastern Time.) The live broadcast is produced by Unity Foundation www.unityfoundation.org in association with PeaceDay365. Let’s all sing together and spread the vibration of love around the world. Because Love is needed now more than ever.

UPCOMING BROADCAST
September 21, Peace Day

The June 25th “All You Need is Love” live broadcast will introduce people around the world to the annual Peace Day Global Broadcast Celebrating the United Nations International Day of Peace on September 21st. The broadcast can be viewed on www.peacechannel.com The Peace Day Global Broadcast is produced by Unity Foundation, a non-profit organization with a 40 year history of promoting peace, cooperation and unity throughout the world.

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