"When you do good work, doors keep opening." We will give a sincere 110% and let the outcomes take care of themselves. The joy is in the journey. Page below has info about the plan for the help the homeless project. Katy, Guri, Mona, Shveta, Viral, Vimi are some of the folks helping coordinate this event. Please email questions to events@charityfocus.org.

Overview Who?  Open to all. Since it's short notice, we need to let all our friends know. Why?  Present another opportunity to give. Past experiences have been very inspiring for all. When?  Saturday, May 1st, 2004 (10 a.m. to 3 pm) 10am: Meet at Mark's 10am-11:30am: Make sandwiches 12-2pm: Share sandwiches/time 2pm-3pm: Meet back to do closing remarks Where?  Mark's house: 465 10th street, sf Possible service areas: civic center (10 volunteers) tenderloin ( 15+ volunteers) south of market btw 8th and 12th street (10 volunteers) 16th street and mission (10 volunteers) 24th street and mission (10 volunteers) pan handle area (5 volunteers) haight ashbury and eastern golden gate park (5 volunteers) Berkeley (People's Park) (6 volunteers?) Reference: Summaries of Past Events We have done many times in the past, and each time there were between 40 and 70 people. Shelters: SF and SJ shelters

Responsibility	Owner	Status
Buy Raw Materials	Mona	TBD, if necessary (Sunnyvale Costco; get directions)
Setup RSVP mechanism	Nipun	DONE: online but not live
Publicize on CF site, email vols, craigslist, past folks	All	DONE (sample posts)
Confirm location	Katy	DONE: Mark & Yoo-mi's
Make an informational handout	Mona	Have a nice quote with info about shelters, maps, etc.
Appreciate Neerav's birthday	Trushna	In Progress
Get maps and identify key areas	Mona?	Previous areas identified above
Setup carpool info	Katy/Vimi	Not yet started; not required maybe
Cover the Costs	Katy/Vimi	No solicitation; folks can give online; Katy will send donation letter
Send out email reminder to RSVP's	Viral	DONE; request backpacks, directions, phone #s (email)
Finalize D-Day Plan	All	Buy the material; photo copy the info; finalize the location; get RSVP count, etc.

Material required for 350 sandwiches:

For 350 lunches w/sandwich, cookie, drink, fruit:

        Bread Roll      350

        Cheese          500 (~1.5 slice/sandwich) (??)
        Tomatoes        90  (3 sandwiches/tomato)
        Lettuce         14
        Cumbers         25 (not necessary)
        Onions          20
        Fruit           350 (banana: 3.5 Costco cases)

        Pickles         1.5 (big jars)
        Mayo            1.5 (big jars; w/small squeezable bottles)
        Mustard         3.5
        Salt/Pepper     3 each w/small shakers

        Cookies         350   
        Soda/Water      350             

        Brown Bags      350 (medium; check left-over)
        Saran Wrap      ??? (should have two wraps)
        Paper Napkins   350             
	Gloves		100? // NEW ADDITION

        Cutting Knifes  10      Each    30
        Cutting Boards  5       Each    15
        Containers      2       Each    6   (large)
        Butter Knifes   30      Manal   30
        Carrying Bags   35      (shopping, plastic, brown)
        Trash Bags      10
        Tarp            1-5

        Maps            15 (different maps, specifying area)
        Shelter List    50 (some inspirational quote)

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