i am lavina -- the treasure island clubhouse. we are one of nine clubhouses. we are the only youth program from 6-18 year olds. thank you, mayor and everyone. i have a few members that would like to share a bit about them. >> she's been dying to do this. >> thank you. good evening, everybody. my name is vonya and i am a member of the boys and girls club on treasure island. i am 10 years old. my brother and i have been in the club for five years and

i am lavina -- the treasure island clubhouse. we are one of nine clubhouses. we are the only youth program from 6-18 year olds. thank you, mayor and everyone. i have a few members that would like to share a bit about them. >> she's been dying to do this. >> thank you. good evening, everybody. my name is vonya and i am a member of the boys and girls club on treasure island. i am 10 years old. my brother and i have been in the club for five years and this is my home away from home. i come from the club every day after school and every day when there is no school. boys and girls club is the only youth program on treasure island. my family and i love and need the club as it provides me with the skills needed to help me with my education, life skills, and to be a young lady. [laughter] [applause] >> the club keeps me safe and out of trouble and i am surrounded by people who love and care about me. in order to help me grow and be successful, we need your support to help programs like boys and girl's club, and san francisco a lot. thanks to everyone and our superviso

so i started lavina the best i knew how. that's when i learned to lobby because i wanted the decision and i did get to the division and i had to work every job from one end to the other part of my training. i've survived and made it and was a good job to read that is the sad part about the story. the jobs at good year there were good manager jobs for women. details follow-through and we are always on the job. so that was 1979 and i worked in every division in the plant out there for my career that was left downsizing. i spent two years in the mailroom. 1998i went into work one night, the first thing i always did was check my mail. my name and three men, those men making 8,000 plus base pay. mine was 3,000, $727 base pay, and that was no overtime. to the managers on the line, the first line managers, as we got over time the first initial fall in my mind was how much money el in my mind was how much money i lost in my overtime pay to revive is embarrassed and devastated. i went into the ladies' lounge and walked around and sat