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August 2004  Backpack giveaway  Over 1,200 youth from Bayview Hunters Point attended the Back-to-School Celebration, Cosponsored by MAGIC and 40 other youth agencies. MAGIC volunteers served over 1,500 hotdogs to hungry children and parents. Over 41 Bayview Hunters Point agencies hosted youth activities and informational booths. MAGIC member Carol Chodroff greets enthusiastic back-to-schoolers. SF School District Superintendent Arlene Ackerman, MAGIC organizer and SF Public Defender Jeff Adachi, SF District Attorney Kamala Harris and MAGIC member Terence Baxter. United Playaz come out to show their support for the Bayview Hunters Point youth community. MAGIC members and volunteers. Ready for school! MAGIC focuses on activities that bring diverse communities and families together to support youth! The days events included free swimming at Martin Luther King, Jr. Pool. MAGIC volunteers planned a day of sports activities and games for youth. The event brought youth from throughout the BVHP community together for a day of friendship and fun. MAGIC volunteers takea  moment to say "cheese"! MAGIC organizer and SF Public Defender Jeff Adachi greets the crowd of over 1,500 and thanks MAGIC's sponsors. 1,000 backpacks were distributed to youth at the event. Over 1,000 backpacks stuffed with school supplies were donated by local businesses and agencies to make the backpack giveaway possible. MAGIC member Maurice Goodman helped organize the donation of school supplies. SF Juvenile Probation Officer Lonnie Holmes shows that stuffing backpacks is hard work! Many youth volunteered to stuff over 1,000 backpacks! MAGIC volunteers hard at work.       Bayview-Hunters Point  Back to School Backpack Giveaway! Backpacks * School Supplies  * Food * Informational Booths * Youth Activities * Fun! Free Family Swimming at MLK pool 12:00-2:00pm 2:30pm-4:00PM When:    Saturday, August 28, 2004  Time:     11 a.m. to 2 p.m. (Lunch Noon-1 p. m.)  Ages:     K5-12th Grade  Where:  Bayview Park at 3rd and Carroll                  San Francisco Al Graf Bail Bonds * Bayview Healing Arts Center * Bayview Hunters Point Community Beacon Center * Bayview Hunter’s Point Family Resource Center * Bayview Hunters Point Foundation * B.H. Brilliant Minds Project Inc. * Black Nurses’ Association * Brothers Against Guns * Booker T. Washington Community Service Center * Center for Young Women's Development  * Child Care Health Project  * Children’s Book Project * Children’s System of Care * Children’s Waiting Room * City College of SF, Southeast Campus * City Ministries and City Kids * CLAER Project / Stay in School Family Resource Center * Coalition of Concerned Legal Professionals * The Community Leadership Council * Department of Environment * Department of Public Health / Maternal Child Health Program * Edgewood Children’s Center * The Family Giving Tree * Family Restoration House * Girl Scouts * Head Start * Hunters Point Boy’s & Girl’s Club * Hunters Point Community Youth Park Foundation * Infusion-One * Literacy for Justice *Mayor’s Office of Community Development * M.A.G.I.C. - Mobilization for Adolescent Growth in our Communities * Maire Larkin Children's Waiting Room * MUNI * National Council on Crime and Delinquency * Northern California Service League * Office of Samoan Affairs * OPNET * Parents for Public Schools * Positive Directions * Project Read * Safety Network * Samoan Community Development Center * San Francisco College Access Center * San Francisco Police Department * San Francisco Public Defender’s Office *  SF Public Library Teen Librarian/Writers Corp * San Francisco Public Utilities Commission * San Francisco Recreation and Park Department * Simon & Unger Private Investigators * Southeast Community Facility Commission * Topher Delaney & SEAM Studios * Urban Leadership Foundation * Urban Services YMCA * Vision Youthz * W. Haywood Burns Institute * Women’s Chamber of Commerce * Young Community Developers Chocolate City II * Youth Leadership Development Program * Youth Opportunity San Francisco