On Monday, November 16, the San Francisco 49ers partnered with Verizon and Avenir Restaurant Group to cook with and serve lunch to SF City Academy for the 49ers annual Alumni Legacy Project presented by Verizon. Founded in 1997 as the first elementary school in San Francisco’s Tenderloin District, SF City Academy’s mission is to equip and empower children to break the cycles of poverty and despair through a quality education.
The event brought together 49ers alumni G Guy McIntyre, C Eric Heitmann, DE Dennis Brown, WR Dwight Clark, TE Eason Ramson, DT Dana Stubblefield, and CB Donald Strickland, Jenna and Mara York, and Verizon volunteers as they teamed up with 5th through 8th grade students for an Iron Chef-inspired cooking competition aimed at teaching students basic cooking skills as well as the importance of health and nutrition.