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San Bruno City Council Meeting April 9, 2013
4a. Presentation on Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) of SMC
A
Item
number
for
presentations:
we
have
three
this
evening
and
a
meeting
I
hopefully
will
be
fairly
short,
so
I'm
going
to
read
them
all.
The
first
one
is
received
a
presentation
from
Deborah
Odom,
a
project
director
for
retired
and
senior
volunteer
program,
RSVP
of
San
Mateo,
County
and
present
proclamation
on
mayor's
day
of
recognition
for
National
Service
Iran.
B
Thank
you,
Mary
rain
and
members
of
the
San
Bruno
city
council.
Thank
you
for
inviting
me
here
this
evening
and
to
accept
this
proclamation
and
to
give
you
a
very
brief
overview
of
RSVP
of
san
mateo,
northern
santa
clara
county's.
Just
before
leaving
my
office
tonight,
I
checked
the
Corporation
for
National
and
Community
Service
website
and
I
want
to
let
you
know
that
mayor
rain
is
listed
on
their
website
as
being
one
of
832
mayor's
across
the
country
who
are
engaged
in
the
very
first
aver
mayor's
day
of
recognition
of
national
service.
B
So
congratulations
to
you
too,
thank
you
and
to
spotlight
the
impact
of
national
service
and
to
thank
those
who
serve
mayor's
across
the
country
are
participating
in
this
first-ever
day,
which
is
today
on
every
day
in
cities
across
America.
National
Service
is
tackling
tough
problems
and
strengthening
communities,
whether
supporting
food
banks,
homeless,
shelters,
restoring
city
parks,
building
homes,
mentoring
and
helping
children
national
service
members
are
tech
are
working
with
mayor's
to
tackle
tough
community
problems.
B
As
the
federal
agency
for
service
and
volunteering,
the
Corporation
for
National
and
Community
Service
annually
engages
over
4
million
citizens
at
70,000
sites
across
the
country.
They
leverage,
federal
and
private
funds
to
support
organizations
that
achieve
measurable
results
that
are
needed
where,
where
the
need
is
greatest
excuse
me,
programs,
funded
and
regulated
by
the
Corporation
for
National
community
service
include
AmeriCorps,
VISTA
AmeriCorps
was
started
during
the
Clinton
administration.
B
Vista
is
truly
the
domestic
Peace
Corps
and
then
the
Senior
Corps
Mills
Peninsula
Health
Services
is
the
sponsor
of
all
three
programs
that
make
up
the
Senior
Corps.
There's
the
Foster
Grandparent
program,
the
senior
Companion
program
and
both
of
these
programs
were
started
during
sergeant
Shrivers
war
on
poverty
back
in
the
60s,
because
in
May
it
was
started,
and
they
say
that,
because
someone
is
low,
income
does
not
mean
that
they
have.
They
are
unable
to
serve
the
stipend
that
that
those
volunteers
receive
offsets
the
costs
associated
with
being
a
volunteer.
B
B
Members
of
RSVP
can
serve
them
anywhere
from
four
to
forty
hours
a
week
at
many
many
different
kinds
of
agencies,
agencies
that
need
and
use
their
time.
Talents
and
skills.
Senior
Corps
started
as
a
demonstration
project
to
show
that
older
adults
are
not
just
the
recipients
of
services,
they're
not
sitting
on
the
front
porch
and
the
rocking
chairs
waiting
for
someone
to
come
and
help
them.
They
can
be
the
providers
of
services.
I've
heard
it
said
that
older
adults
are
the
largest
and
fastest
growing
natural
resource
in
this
country.
B
Just
because
someone
is
older
does
not
indicate
that
they
are
less
able
to
serve
their
communities,
is
up
to
programs
like
rsap
to
capture
the
experience
and
knowledge
of
older
adults
and
put
it
to
good
use.
That's
what
we've
been
demonstrating
since
1971
RSVP
and
san
mateo
cali
county
is
celebrating
39
years
with
approximately
800
members
serving
at
about
eighty
eight
different
nonprofit
organizations
in
san
bruno
RSVP
boasts
a
membership
of
about
60
people,
some
who
have
been
members
of
RSVP
for
over
25
years.
B
Their
lifetime
hours
of
service
recorded
with
RSVP
is
over
four
hundred
and
sixty-six
thousand
hours
and
with
an
estimated
value
of
twenty
four
dollars
and
eighteen
cents
an
hour.
These
folks
have
provided,
you
can
say,
11.2
million
dollars
worth
of
service.
Some
of
the
agencies
where
these
volunteers
serve
include
the
Tax
Aide
program
with
AARP
american
red
cross
right
here
at
the
senior
center
daly
city
peninsula
partnership,
hi
cap
of
san
mateo,
county
kaiser,
permanente
mills,
peninsula,
san
mateo,
medical
center,
the
Ombudsman
program,
Peninsula,
Family,
Services,
Peninsula,
family.
B
Excuse
me
principal
humane
society
and
spca
Second,
Harvest,
Food
Bank
down
at
the
airport.
They
serve
as
travelers
information
aids
as
well
as
they
serve
at
the
USO,
and
they
also
serve
at
the
Vista
Center
for
the
blind
and
visually
impaired.
So
again,
I.
Thank
you
for
this
acknowledgement
and
the
show
of
public
support,
and
are
there
any
questions?
Well,.
A
Don't
go
away,
I
have
a
proclamation
for
you
and
you
told
us
a
lot
of
the
things
that
are
already
in
the
proclamation.
But
I
want
to
read
a
few
words,
whereas
AmeriCorps
members
and
Senior
Corps
volunteers
demonstrate
commitment,
dedication
and
patriotism
by
making
an
intensive
commitment
to
service
the
commitment
that
remains
with
them
in
their
future
endeavors
and
whereas
the
Corporation
for
National
community
service
shares
a
priority
with
mayor's
nationwide
to
engage
citizens,
improve
lives
and
strengthen
communities
and
is
joining
with
mayor's
across
the
country
to
support
the
mayor.
A
Stay
of
recognition
for
National
Service
on
April
9
2013,
therefore
be
resolved.
That
I
general
Wayne,
mayor
of
the
city
of
San
Bruno,
do
hereby
proclaim
april
9
2013
as
national
service
recognition
day
and
encourage
residents
to
recognize
the
positive
impact
of
national
service
in
our
city.
To
thank
those
who
serve
and
to
find
ways
to
give
back
to
their
communities.
I'd
like
to
give
us.
C
B
This
program
is
funded
to
surf
of
age
55
and
older
I
just
turned
55,
so
I
went
into
55
kicking
and
screaming
because
now
I'm
old
enough
for
my
own
program,
but
you
can
contact
me
at
Mills
penis
at
health
services.
Just
ask
for
the
RSVP
program
where
housed
its
senior
focus,
which
is
across
the
street
from
the
hospital
senior
focuses
Department
of
Mills
Peninsula
health
services.
They
run
an
adult
day,
health
care
and
Alzheimer's
day.
A
You
very
worthy,
thank
you
also,
as
an
aside
but
related
to
this
I
was
contacted
by
gentleman
skyline
college
and
he
said
I'd
like
me
to
recognize
a
couple:
people
that
work
up
there,
Joshua
Jubilee
era
or
he's
a
spark
point.
Vista
member
skyline
is
focused
on
developing
the
capacity
of
the
center
to
better
meet
the
needs
of
clients
and
is
an
invaluable
part
of
their
team
and
also
Sabrina
Lawrence
Gomez,
an
AmeriCorps
national
service
member
serves
with
climate
corvée
area,
so
I'd
like
to
recognize
those
individuals
also.