by Olman Valle Hernández
With the aim of bringing happiness to children from low-income families in the Mission area of the city of San Francisco, representatives of the Hispanic Chambers of Commerce held a toy drive that will be delivered at Christmas.
John Jacobo, Vice President of Street and Cultural District of Latinos of the Mission, expressed that this is an effort that year after year the different Hispanic chambers have been developing in order to help families that are just arriving to the city.
“This effort that is made together with community organizations, we know that there are many children and young people from families who have just arrived from other countries and that their parents make the greatest effort to survive in a very expensive country and city where Starting from scratch is very hard,” said Jacobo. “That is why the toy drive we deliver will help save parents’ pocket money.”
Everything collected will be managed by the different partner organizations, the chamber and mainly the MAPI foundation, which has worked with low-income children of the Mission since 1970,” said the vice president, during the event that took place at Amado’s club, located on Valencia Street. It was also about helping the establishment, which had recently closed its doors, to generate income.
Carlos Solórzano, general director of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in San Francisco, expressed that there are other purposes and actions to help in the Latin Mission district and one of them is to support small businesses that have had difficulties since the pandemic. of Covid 19, theft problems and bicycle lines that have hindered access to parking that have decreased business clientele.
“We have decided to work together with the Association of Merchants of the Mission, The Council of the Mission and in total there are more than 36 organizations that we are supporting our people to continue promoting small businesses, and as well as all those street merchants. “They have had problems in the Mission squares,” said Solórzano.
It is estimated that the toys will be delivered through a census where the most humble sectors of the Mission District have been identified.
The activity was enlivened by the participation of a salsa and jazz music group, who made those present dance and delight, as well as serving the guests at the bar with cocktails and delicious food.
Amado’s is a vibrant bar and music venue on Valencia Street, which closed its doors last week and its owner, David Quinby, publicly blamed the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s controversial decision to implement a protected bike lane in downtown the street. The club closes after eight years.
A more trivial reason for the closure was declining sales, which were down 80 percent.
