Our inaugural Good Neighbor Awards recognize our San Francisco neighbors who build connection, kindness, and community in our city!
Nominations were open Aug - Sep 2025. Winners were notified during Good Neighbor Week, and will be listed here when they accept. We will be posting winners through the end of December.
Alamo Square
Congratulations Cynthia Chapman and M Rocket!
Bayview
Congratulations Theo Ellington!
Bernal Heights
Congratulations Ryen Motzek!
Thank you Bernal Cut Neighborhood Alliance for helping celebrate the Good Neighbor Award Winners from Bernal Heights.
Castro and Eureka Valley
Congratulations Rob Cox, David Dea, Patrick McCabe, and Maki Sugimoto!
Thank you Eureka Valley Neighborhood Association (EVNA) for helping celebrate the 2025 Good Neighbor Award winners!
Cole Valley
Congratulations Anne Germanacos and Debs Schrimmer!
Dogpatch
Congratulations Bruce Kin Huie!
Dolores Heights
Congratulations Carolyn Kenady!
Duboce Triangle
Congratulations Bill Holt!
Excelsior
Congratulations Pam Axelson!
Hayes Valley
Congratulations Joe Maloney, John Nulty, and
Barbara Wilson!
Read our blog post about meeting Barbara.
Inner Sunset
Congratulations John J Bouvier III (In Memoriam), Martha Ehrenfeld, and Bobby Thomas!
Thank you Inner Sunset Park Neighbors for helping celebrate the 2025 Good Neighbor Award winners!
Below are some photos from John J Bouvier III’s celebration of life on Oct 25, 2025.
Lakeside Village
Congratulations Kath Tsakalakis!
Thank you Friends of Lakeside Village for helping celebrate the 2025 Good Neighbor Award winners!
Lower Haight
Congratulations Molly Hayden, Joel Reske, and Kaz Westen!
Thank you LoHaMNA for helping celebrate the 2025 Good Neighbor Award winners!
Marina
Congratulations Kat Anderson and Erin Roach!
Thank you Marina Community Association for helping celebrate the 2025 Good Neighbor Award winners!
Midtown Terrace
Congratulations Evernease Cook!
Thank you Midtown Terrace HOA for helping celebrate the 2025 Good Neighbor Award winners!
Mission
Congratulations Stephanie Cowan, Jennifer L, Nikolas Larson, Yasir Muhammad, Erika Slovikoski, Christopher Tai, and John Talbott!
Mission Bay and South Beach
Congratulations Sarah Bertram, Bettina Cohen, Shelley Costantini, Vaishak Dinesh, Ina Lopez, Jill Norris, Gary Pegueros, and Alice Rogers!
Thank you SBRMB NA for helping celebrate the 2025 Good Neighbor Award winners! SBRMB NA hosted a holiday party on Dec 9, 2025 at Hotel Via. Thanks to Supervisor Matt Dorsey who gave Certificates of Honor to the awardees.
Mission Dolores
Congratulations Luke Bornheimer and Tyler Hoffman!
Mission Terrace
Congratulations David Hooper, Rich Lugo and Geoffrey Stott, and Kristy Frilling Skelly!
Monterey Heights
Congratulations Marie-Cecile Van de Lavoir!
Noe Valley
Congratulations Laura Carlson, Kevin Hussey, and Merilee McDougal!
NOPA (North of the Panhandle)
Congratulations Leela Gill, Tim Hickey, Will Valentine, and Zaid Zayouna!
Thank you NOPNA for helping celebrate the 2025 Good Neighbor Award winners and writing about them in your newsletter!
OMI (Oceanview- Merced Heights- Ingleside)
Congratulations Sal Albowyha and Monica Morse!
Thank you We are OMI for helping celebrate the 2025 Good Neighbor Award winners
Outer Sunset
Congratulations Norma DeLaCruz, Josh Kelly, Marian Kerbleski, and Josh Nesbit!
This special group got to receive their SF Good Neighbor Awards from Mayor Daniel Lurie at a D4 event during SF Good Neighbor Week!
Thank you Outer Sunset Neighbors for helping celebrate the 2025 Good Neighbor Award winners!
Potrero Hill
Congratulations Ingrid Chiao, JR Eppler, and Lisa Reyes!
The Richmond
Congratulations Mike B, Mr. Lee, and Vince Yuen!
Thank you Balboa Hallow for helping celebrate the 2025 Good Neighbor Award winners!
Russian Hill & Telegraph Hill
Congratulations Susan Gage and Christa Millard!
Sunnyside
Congratulations Sara Barz, Lisa Spinali, and Rosaura Valle!
Tenderloin
Congratulations David Elliott Lewis, Diana Helander, and Harold Miller!
Visitacion Valley
Congratulations Clara Garduno, Kellie and Ken McCord, and Anne Seeman and Fran Martin!
West Portal
Congratulations Karl Aguilar, Dan Cheng, Carol Dimmick, Tara and John Hardesty, Devorie Hecht, and Lillian Van Cleve!
Thank you Resilient West Portal for helping celebrate the 2025 Good Neighbor Award winners! Resilient West Portal hosted a West Portal Good Neighbor Celebration on Nov 18, 2025 at the Sherwood Cocktails & Lounge. Over 40 people from the neighborhood attended. Thanks to a grant from Avenue Greenlight, they had free food and drinks for the winners and guests. They also had prizes and more information about West Portal's latest disaster preparedness preparation tips. Thanks to Emma Hare from Supervisor Myrna Melgar’s office who came and presented Certificates of Honor to the awardees.
Welcome from Resilient West Portal
Emma Hare from Supervisor Melgar’s office presents Certificates of Honor to the Good Neighbor Award Winners
Local merchant prize drawings