michael baxter is ill today and he has been working tirelessly for youth.he was given a special accommodation by the supervisors and many of the staff went to support him on that day. our health officer thomas aragon joined the advocacy network and other organization rights to speak out on the stigma of ebola virus and went to west africa. there were several speakers in the african immigrant communities in the bay area to further stop the stigma against ebola advice. tomorrow we have project connect 57. it will take place in the civic auditorium and this will be the last event of the year. if you haven't volunteered at the project homeless connect, it's a great opportunity and serves over 1,000 individuals and we usually have almost 1,000 volunteers. anything that you can think of that an individual would need is right across the street. we encourage the public who are in need of services to come. it's particularly targeted to homeless individuals. health at home had a successful day of public health recertification surveys, there were eight homes conducted

today i'd like to honor a long time and departing employee of the department of public health michael baxter ter who is leaving the department due to illness. michael has been an incredible champion of lgbt issues and michael for decades has been a real leader in helping the city to address these very real needs. michael started his work in 1984 through tireless work and intense commitments he rose to the role of director of community health programs for youth. his work really ran the gamut for example, development of health education programs for incarcerated youth to being a founding member for the i for the youth center and clinic and chair as the adolescent steering committee for 6 years and throughout his year michael has always made time to mentor upcoming leaders and through his intense dedication his work will continue to positively impact public health in san francisco for generation. the people of san francisco have been fortunate to have michael as their advocate and i'd like to thank michael for his many years of service to the people of san francisco. . i know supervisor campos

the first person who i think you just said was ill is michael baxter. so i'm sorry that he was not here. other achievements that the director didn't quite name, but i would name so we can recognize him so we can present in absence, he cofounded the lark son clinic, the coal clinic, a founder and expanded services at the third street youth clinic. he expanded the youth guidance center medical clinic to incorporate mental health and primary care services. he founded the dimensions clinic focusing on lgbt youth at the castro youth health center and collaborated to expand the balboa teen clinic and wellness center into areas of mental health and health education. and he coauthored a comprehensive program for the san francisco unified school district and the implementation of long acting reversible contraception for youth and young adults. clearly he is well deserving as being one of our outstanding employees and in absence, we will be presenting him this certificate. [ applause ] >> our next honoree is dwayne iron horn. is he here? [ applause ] in 2008, dwa