ABOUT SERVICES PROJECTS PURPOSE JOIN MEDIA COVID-19 ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY PROJECTS ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY PANKOW FOUNDATION LEAN PANKOW SPOTLIGHT WHAT MAKES A MASTER BUILDER? INNOVATIONS THAT MAKE HISTORY Learn more about Pankow’s projects, people and passions through these press releases, articles, videos, awards and achievements. PANKOW NEWS & MEDIA < Media Home ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY 2500 K-12 Students served through BMAGIC's 18th Annual Back to School Celebration 19 August 2021 On August 13th and 14th, BMAGIC, a program of the San Francisco Public Defender to create collaborative community building efforts, held the 18th Annual Back to School Celebration and Backpack Giveaway. The BMAGIC Team committed early on, despite the changing pandemic guidelines, to have an in-person event that was safe, fun, and dynamic. They accomplished this with the support of over 30 volunteers, ultimately serving 2500 students k-12! Since 2004, BMAGIC offers children and youth, ages 5-18, new backpacks filled with essential school supplies to celebrate the beginning of the new school year. The event serves as a community building activity where children, youth and families come together and learn about the various services CBOs in BVHP provide as well as other city agencies and service providers. Team members building the Southeast Community Center at 1550 Evans volunteered to assemble backpacks on Friday and distribute them on the Saturday event. Participants: Pankow Builders: Jason Duong, Rebekah Thomson, Etta Jones, Joshua Loney, Mike Kawagan, Chris Tobin SFPUC: Shelby Campbell, DPW: Laura Tanigawa, JBR Parnters: James Bryant Jason Duong, Project Manager What did this event mean to you? This event gives me a chance to give back to the community that I am working in and to help the children who can benefit from the supplies inside the backpack. I have two kids and I know how expensive it is to buy back-to-school supplies every year. The supplies inside the backpack are very useful and meaningful for a family that needs them for their kids. I feel rewarded to be a small part of this Bmagic backpack giveaway event. Why did you decide to volunteer? Volunteering, in general, is very personal to me. The place where I come from was very hopeless. It is a long journey to get to where I am today. I would not able to be here if there were no people who decided to volunteer and give a helping hand to me and my family at the time of need. It may feel like a small effort on their part, but it changed the life for me and my family. I volunteer because I want to have the chance to give back what was given. CBO & City Partners who made the event extra special! Critical resources and information was provided to families from the CBO/School partners and City Agencies Bike Coalition- provided new bikes and it was priceless to see the extra joy on the kids faces as they zipped around Tzu Chi Foundation-continued to provide 1200 uniform t-shirts Museum of Craft & Design- allowed kids to be creative and personalize their backpacks COVID Testing & Vaccine Team- continued to engage and educate our community ABOUT BMAGIC Bayview Hunters Point Mobilization for Adolescent Growth in our Communities (BMAGIC) is a network San Francisco neighborhood-based nonprofit organizations whose mission is to facilitate, coordinate and develop community resources and opportunities that support service providers and community members in Bayview Hunters Point (BVHP). Their vision is to create and maintain a deeper unified road-map to social change that advances the educational, health, economic, and juvenile justice of disadvantaged youth and their families in Bayview Hunters Point. ABOUT History Leadership Safety News & Media SERVICES Preconstruction Delivery Methods Virtual Design & Construction Self-Perform Sustainability PROJECTS PURPOSE Vision Mission Values Flip The Curve™ Lean Pankow Foundation CAREERS Culture Job Openings College Recruiting Collaboration Page MEDIA CONTACT US OUR OFFICES Pasadena Oakland San Francisco ©2021 Pankow. All Rights Reserved