Club Puertorriqueño de San Francisco, INC.
3249 A Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
415-920-9606
www.clubpuertorriquenosf.com

November 15th, 2009

Dear Members,
Sunday, October 11, 2009 is our annual picnic at San Bruno Park, in the city of San Bruno. We will be in Section #3, near the children’s play area. The club will provide charcoal, hamburgers and hot dogs with all the condiments, from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. If you would like to be there earlier you can, as the area has been reserved for the day. Hope you can make it. Feel free to bring your own food if you would like to barbecue and your own drink as the club will not be supplying that. We will also be selling the tickets for Festival Del Cuatro.

Sunday, October 18, 2009, is our monthly meeting at 2:00 p.m. Please try to make it to the meeting we will be discussing many topics of interest. We will also be selling the tickets at the meeting for Festival Del Cuatro.

Please join us Sunday, November 15th, 2009 at Festival Del Cuatro. This event will start at 2:00 pm. Yomi Matos, Alvin Medina Y Su Sonora Boriqueña & La Trovadora Yezenia Cruz.
Children under 12 years old are free. $20.00 in advance and $25.00 at the door. This event will be at our organization.
Club Puertorriqueño de San Francisco, 3249A Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94110. Food will be sold and the doors will open at 2:00 pm. Please contact one of the officers to purchase your tickets in advance.

Join us and celebrate our rich cultural heritage with "Cuatro con Trovadora". Featuring NEA National Heritage Fellowship recipient Yomi Matos, Cuatro virtuoso Alvin Medina y La Sonora Borinqueña and one of Puerto Rico's greatest Trovadoras, Yezenia Cruz. Check out Yezenia performing Soy la cancion campesina: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5KU_O1dChc

UPDATE ON SCHOLARSHIP EVENT
Sunday, August 30, 2009 was the Western Region Puerto Rican Council Scholarship Event. All the clubs that are part of the Western Region Puerto Rican Council presented there scholarship to the students. Our organization gave two scholarship one to Noelis Soto daughter of Isabel Berrios and Mino Solis son of Patricia and Jose Solis. It was a very nice event. Our turn out was excellent. Congratulations to Noelis and Mino in receiving a scholarship from the Western Region Puerto Rican Council and our organization.

MESSAGE FROM ONE OF OUR MEMBERS
Last week I had the pleasure of speaking with Mrs. Tillie Rosado. She informed me she had moved and if anyone would like to speak with her she can be reached at 650-588-7754. She would like to hear from you and she is doing well. As you know Tillie and her late husband Gilbert would attend the activities at the club and always shared with the younger members memories of the club in the past. So for those of you wondering where Tillie moved to please call her and she will give you her address. It is always wonderful to be able to share pleasant memories with friends.

CONDOLENCES
Our condolences to Jose (Pepe) Medina family. Pepe as he was known to many of the club members passed away last week. He was a member of the organization for many years. His father had been President of the organization back in the 1960’s Esteban Medina. Our condolences to his brother Theodore Medina who is also a member of the organization your family is in our prayers.

Sunday, October 11, 2009
Picnic at San Bruno Park 10:00 am-6:00 pm

Sunday, November 15, 2009
3rd Annual Cuatro Festival

Sunday, November 22, at 2:00 pm --
 Nominations and Elections

Saturday, December 5, 2009
Christmas Dinner for Membership 6:00pm-12:00 am

Saturday, January 16, 2010
Baile de Reyes Y Octavita

Sunday, January 17, 2010
Fiesta de Niños de Reyes/Children's Three Kings Celebration for members only

Saturday, January 30, 2010
Installation of Officer’s Event

Sunday, February 7, 2010
Meeting at 2:00 pm

Saturday, February 27, 2010
98th Anniversary Dance.

Why A Cuatro Festival in San Francisco?
Report by Don Jibaro Barbanegra
The Puerto Rican Community in the Bay area appears to have nailed down the mysteriously basic, and yet intrinsically difficult principle of how to keep Boricuas working together. They have a festival... a cuatro Festival, that is.

The "Club Puertorriqueño de San Francisco" has successfully established the tradition to be followed for years to come.These Puerto Ricans have established the quintessential Puerto Rican tradition in the Bay Area... honor to Puerto Rico's National Musical Instrument... the Cuatro. Dig the highlights...!!!

Edwin Colón Zayas at the Puerto Rican Club in San Francisco,CA

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For more information call
El Club Puertorriqueño de San Francisco Tel: 415-920-9606 -
www.clubpuertorriquenosf.com

Jose Aguilar, President
415-260-2804

José Solis, Vice President
510-706-6215

Irma Iris Vargas, Secretary
415-846-5966

Peter Padilla,Treasurer
415-806-087

Website:
www.clubpuertorriquenosf.com

 

All Rights Reserved. El Club Puertorriqueño de San Francisco, Inc., is a nonprofit organization. It was incorporated on February 25, 1912 and it is the oldest Latino organization in the United States. The goal of El Club Puertorriqueño de San Francisco, Inc. is to conserve and promote the values and culture of Puerto Rico. Dances, picnics, exhibits of arts with traditional foods and activities for the children are done during the year for members, their families and the community to keep the culture alive.