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By Neela Banerjee and Janet NgIts barely 9:00 a.m., and the Visitacion Valley Community Center (VVCC) is already bustling. On one side of the two-building complex, a number of seniors are lined up with various forms in hand to get help at Senior Central, a satellite office set up by the San Francisco Commission on Aging. Others are waiting to be let in, 15 at a time, to a reduced price farmers market that is part of the Center’s food distribution program. On the other side of the blacktop playground, children ranging in age from 4 to 12 have begun to gather for the ongoing day-care program, with an enrollment of over 200. |
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