Columbia Community Outreach Day
Saturday, April 14
9:00am - 12:00 pm
***THIS EVENT IS FULL***
Join Northern California area alumni for a morning of volunteerism! Columbia Community Outreach (CCO) is a community service initiative that brings together the Columbia University community and raise awareness for volunteerism. Last year, hundreds of Columbia alumni worldwide joined a global group of students, faculty, staff, and affiliates to strengthen their connection to Columbia and to make a difference in their local communities. Eight alumni clubs participated in 2006’s Columbia Community Outreach – from Beijing to Atlanta – and dozens of alumni in New York rolled up their sleeves as well.
Alumni from around the country will be volunteering on the same day, in conjunction with the main Outreach event at Columbia where over 1,000 students will volunteer. To find out more about the campus event, visit
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/outreach/
Here in San Francisco, we are volunteering at the San Francisco Food Bank. Please RSVP by e-mailing Jennifer Wang at . ***AS OF APRIL 10, WE ARE OVERSUBSCRIBED FOR VOLUNTEERS AND THE EVENT IS FULL***
It is important to dress in layers as the temperature in the warehouse is often cool, to wear casual/grubby clothes, and to wear comfortable (no open-toed) shoes. Anyone wearing sandals or footwear with open toes will not be able to participate. If you're driving, there is ample free parking.
DIRECTIONS to the SAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK, 900 Pennsylvania Avenue
FROM HWY 80/580 SOUTH:
1. Take the Bay Bridge to San Francisco. Stay in the left lane.
2. Exit at 5th Street/Golden Gate Bridge, and go straight (slight left) onto Harrison Street.
3. Turn left on 6th Street.
4. Take 280 South (6th street dead ends into the on-ramp).
5. Exit at Cesar Chavez Street/25th, and immediately turn right on Pennsylvania Avenue.
6. Continue for less than one block on Pennsylvania. The Food Bank is on the left just before the intersection of Pennsylvania and 23rd Street.
FROM HWY 101 NORTH:
1. Exit at Vermont Street. Go straight through intersection onto Mariposa Street.
2. Turn right on Pennsylvania Avenue, traveling until you reach 23rd Street. The Food Bank is on the right.
Note: If coming from the airport or other locations south of the city, exit from 101 North onto 280 North and follow the directions below.
FROM HWY 280 NORTH:
1. Exit at Cesar Chavez Street.
2. Go straight through Cesar Chavez Street intersection onto Pennsylvania Avenue.
3. Continue until just before you reach 23rd Street. The Food Bank is on the left.
FROM HWY 280 SOUTH:
1. Exit at Cesar Chavez Street/25th, and immediately turn right on Pennsylvania Ave.
2. Continue until you reach 23rd Street. The Food Bank is on the left.
FROM DOWNTOWN SAN FRANCISCO (Surface Streets):
1. Travel south on 4th Street until it intersects 3rd Street.
2. Turn right on 3rd Street.
3. Continue on 3rd Street until it intersects 23rd Street.
4. Turn right on 23rd Street.
5. Continue on 23rd Street until it dead-ends into Pennsylvania Avenue. The Food Bank is in front of you and slightly to the left.
Note: An alternate route from downtown is to travel south on 6th Street until it dead ends into the 280 on-ramp, then follow the directions from 280 South as listed above.
USING MUNI TRANSPORTATION:
Please see the MUNI routes for buses 15, 22 and 48 which will stop a couple blocks away from our warehouse.
