Scouting for Food

Written By Christopher Simmons
 

Thanks to everyone who braved the rain this weekend to collect food donations for the San Francisco/Marin Food Bank. As always, we met a number of former scouts and proud Eagle parents, had some interesting conversations, and may have even done a little recruiting! Liam also got to pet a lot of wet dogs.

All told we collected 789 lbs of food. That’s the equivalent of more that 650 meals for people experiencing food insecurity. Well done Scouts!

A big thank you to Ms. Wu, Ms. Zhao, and Ms. Olinger for organizing, Good Life Grocery and Safeway for their support, and all the generous people who answered your call to help their neighbors.

 
 
Christopher Simmons
Christopher Simmons is a Canadian-born, San Francisco–based designer, writer, design advocate and educator. He also loves hamburgers. As principal and creative director of MINE™, Simmons designs and directs brand and communication design projects for clients ranging from Facebook, Microsoft, and Simon & Schuster, to the Nature Conservancy, SFMOMA and Obama for America. His work has been exhibited internationally at galleries and museums, including the Hiroshima Museum of Contemporary Art, the Pasadena Museum of California Art and the Museum of Craft and Design; it is also included in the permanent design archives of the Denver Art Museum. In addition to writing for design publications and blogs (including two of his own), Simmons is the author of four books—the most recent of which, Just Design, focuses on design for social change. Simmons served as president of the San Francisco chapter of AIGA from 2004–2006 and founded San Francisco Design Week, prompting then-mayor Gavin Newsom to issue an official proclamation declaring San Francisco a city where “Design Makes a Difference.” Simmons was recently named one of the “50 Most influential designers working today.”
http://www.christophersimmons.is
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