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Under the radar—a San Francisco hotel’s greater-good community non-profit partnerships

The Hilton Hotel Union Square San Francisco's Cityscape bar on the 46th floor offers panoramic vistas of the City
Thomas Wilmer

Hilton Hotel San Francisco Union Square promotes their surgical location in the heart of the City, the 46th-floor sky high Cityscape bar, and extensive meeting facilities--but the Hilton’s longtime engagement with community non-profit organizations most often goes on unnoticed. 

Notable hotel partnerships include Toolworks (providing work/training opportunities for people with disabilities), and the surroundingTenderloin neighborhood’s Community Benefit District—“actualizing visions for a healthy neighborhood for all”.

Frank Manchen in Hilton's San Francisco corporate offices with co-worker
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Frank Manchen in Hilton's San Francisco corporate offices with co-worker

Join Frank Manchen, Area Director of Sales & Marketing for an inside look at the Hilton Hotel’s behind the scenes greater-good community partnerships.

San Francisco's Union Square-Tenderloin neighborhood offers engaging architecture.
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San Francisco's Union Square-Tenderloin neighborhood offers engaging architecture.
The iconic Ferry Building nestled on San Francisco's waterfront Embarcadero is within walking distance of the Hilton San Francisco Union Square-as is most every nook and cranny of the City-by-the-Bay.
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The iconic Ferry Building nestled on San Francisco's waterfront Embarcadero is within walking distance of the Hilton San Francisco Union Square-as is most every nook and cranny of the City-by-the-Bay.

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Underwriting support provided by the Society of St. Vincent de Paul

Tom Wilmer produces on-air content for Issues & Ideas airing over KCBX and is producer and host of the six-time Lowell Thomas award-winning NPR podcast Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer. Recorded live on-location across America and around the world, the podcasts feature the arts, culture, music, nature, history, science, wine & spirits, brewpubs, and the culinary arts--everything from baseball to exploring South Pacific atolls to interviewing the real Santa Claus in the Arctic.
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