The "San Francisco Police Officers Association" continues to be extremely active in the community. We are involved in over 100 charitable organizations and will continue to contribute to companies, organizations, and causes that further the goal of making San Francisco a better place. In 2007 one of our largest contributions, $15,000 was made to the "Pediatric Wing at UCSF Hospital". They provide care for critically ill children and their families and create an environment at the hospital that provides a safe haven for parents and children alike. The SFPOA has worked with UCSF for the past 20 years participating in Christmas and Easter visits as well as many other social events. We now have officers visiting the hospital on a monthly basis and interacting with the children and their families. It is an enriching experience for everyone involved and we look forward to continuing our relationship with this outstanding cause.

We have recently become involved with the "Glowworms Foundation". This is a non-profit organization that creates programs and establishes educational activities for students, and also facilitates parent and community involvement in our public schools. The foundation identifies schools in low income areas with financial constraints and then collaborates with school professionals to create programs specific to the educational needs of the students in each school. We were proud to donate $7,500 to this very worthy cause that benefits our inner city youth.

We continue to support the PAL (Police Athletic League) whose efforts to provide athletic opportunities for our cities youth has continued for over 40 years. The PAL provides our inner city kids with uniforms, equipment, and transportation to events. It is a collaboration of the SFPOA and private industry to give these children an opportunity to become a part of a team and build a bond of trust between the police officers and the cities youth. We proudly donated a total of $15,000 to this very worthy cause.

We continue to provide the "SFPOA Scholarship Fund" for the children of SFPOA members. Every year high school students are invited to write an essay about an issue that currently confronts us as a nation. The essays are then graded by our Community Services Committee. After grading the essays over $35,000 in scholarship money is distributed to the prospective college students. This program is primarily funded by our annual SFPOA golf tournament traditionally held during the last week of September.

We also made our yearly contribution of $10,000 to the "Police Memorial Foundation" that is building a police museum in Washington D.C.

We also continued our support of the "Lupus Foundation" with a $7,500 donation.

We made our first donation to the "Dante Benedetti Foundation" for $5,000. This worthy cause will create free baseball camps for inner city youth at the University of San Francisco.

Our $5,000 donations include "Catholic Charities of San Francisco", the "SFPD Youth Fishing Program", which allows underprivileged youth to enjoy fishing trips with police officers, and the "SFPD Wilderness Program" that allows inner city children to experience back-packing trips with police officers to promote a positive relationship between the SFPD and our young people.

We are also very proud to continue our long time involvement with the "Special Olympics of Northern California" that promotes athletic events for our many disabled citizens. We continue to make a yearly contribution of $5,000 to this worthy organization.

We continued to involve ourselves in over 100 additional charities throughout the Bay Area in 2007 with total charitable contributions in excess of $100,000.