To combat the loneliness of the current times, our client, Julian P., has been having regular video calls with our loyal volunteer, Pamela Turley, a San Francisco author who has volunteered with us since 2016.

Julian P. and Pamela Turley on a video call during their Sunday painting session.

Pamela moved to San Francisco from Atlanta to work on a book project with Joel Selvin, music critic for the San Francisco Chronicle. Pamela’s friend referred her to North Beach Citizens since she was concerned about homelessness issues and wanted to get involved. North Beach Citizens connected her with Julian.

“He’s a pure positive soul. He brings light and serves as a minister to his peers.” Pamela said about Julian.

Before shelter in place, Pamela and Julian, would meet regularly at the center on Tuesday mornings and head over to Happy Donut nearby. They would also meet for dinner together at Tomasso’s and went to Joel Selvin’s house for a traditional Thanksgiving gathering.

Left to right: Julian P, Pamela Turley and Joel Selvin meet right before going to an event.

Since Julian didn’t have many opportunities to visit other nearby cities out of San Francisco, they took a trip to Sausalito for lunch. They continued to build their relationships with other activities such as Sunday painting sessions and making figureheads out of modeling clay.

Pamela is grateful to North Beach Citizens for the opportunity to be a support system for one of our clients.

“He provides me with levity and optimism,” she remarks.