my name is betsy bertwick. i am the director of san francisco youth works. here we go. couple of weeks ago i went to meet with phil and ginsberg to present an award to the recreation and park department for our long-standing partnership that has benefited at this point hundreds of youths in the city of san francisco. when i presented as he asked me to come here and speak briefly providing an introduction to our organization and partnership. we are city internship program created by willie brown in 1997 to address a tremendous demand for youth employment opportunities, demand that is still among young people the highest-rated demand that they have four resources from the city. we place hundreds of youths annually and have placed 4500 use over the past 13 years. this program exposes young people to careers in city government and serbs people from all over san francisco. fortunately we have strong partnerships with a number of departments in the city, and today we will talk about the one with recreation and park. for the past 13 years rec and park department has provided s