[House] Reminder: eNews from SF Recreation and Parks- May 5, 2021

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Updates, news and events in San Francisco parks  Spend Mother's Day on the Skystar Wheel in Golden Gate Park Need any idea for Mother's Day this Sunday, May 9? Treat mom to a fun outing on the SkyStar Wheel! Moms ride free all day from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. with the purchase of one or more general admission tickets. Redeem this complimentary offer onsite. Get advance tickets at the link below. Need a gift for this Mother's Day experience as well? Mark the occasion of your ride with a limited edition design on hoodies and t-shirts available at the Golden Gate Park Welcome Center across from the Conservatory of Flowers on John F. Kennedy Drive. Buy local during this San Francisco Small Business Week and make this Mother's Day unforgettable. Order online today! Skystar Wheel Tickets Podship Earth Podcast: Wild City Check out the latest episode of Podship Earth where our own expert, Natural Areas Program Director Lisa Wayne, discusses the impact of her work including bringing back species from the brink of extinction, educating kids, and empowering volunteers. Tune in and listen to the episode at the link below! Wild City Podcast Episode Rising Leaders Fellowship 2021: Erik Zepeda-Flores We'd like to recognize Erik Zepeda-Flores, from the Trust for Public Land (TPL), for being selected as one of the 2021 Rising Leaders for Youth Outside! He joined the India Basin Project Team as a community organizer with the TPL in January 2020. Prior to his role now, he worked as an environmental youth educator across San Francisco for four years instilling the importance of stewarding the natural world existing in our urban environments, increasing the representation of communities of color in outdoor spaces, and advocating for environmental and social justice. Read more about the Rising Leaders Fellowship and Erik at the link below.  Rising Leaders Fellowship Cohort Heron's Head Park Nature Exploration Area Design Survey We’re building a new nature exploration area at Heron’s Head Park and need your help! Shape the future of this park by taking our community design survey. Let your children lend their expertise as play experts to help us design this new park feature. For more information and to take the survey, click the link below. Heron's Head Park Nature Exploration Area Martin Luther King Jr. Park and Pool Survey The Friends of MLK Jr. Park and Pool would like to invite you to take a quick survey to help guide activities for the Bayview community at this facility for fall 2021 and spring 2022. Help shape future programming at this park by providing input. For additional questions, please email mlkjr.parkpool at gmail.com. MLK Pool & Park Survey Free Virtual Programming for Teens The San Francisco Recreation and Park Department is partnering with The Mix at the San Francisco Public Library to offer free virtual programming for teens! Get creative this spring through digital photography, animation, special effects for short films/social media, and more. With a number of classes underway, be sure to register today! For more information and to sign up, click the link below. Virtual Teen Class Registration Junior Giants Registration Now Open Grab your gloves and get out on the diamond this summer with Junior Giants! Registration is now open for the summer league starting mid-June for youth ages 5 to 13. For more information and to sign up, click the link below. For additional questions, please contact Gerald Reader at (415) 756-2922. In addition, Junior Giants is looking for volunteers to help run the league. If you're interested, please fill out the volunteer sign up form. Junior Giants Registration Page SF Parks Alliance's 3rd Annual Public Space Summit May 7-8 Join the San Francisco Parks Alliance from May 7 to 8 for its 3rd annual Public Space Summit! Be inspired by local partner groups, community leaders, volunteers, funders and experts as they discuss how parks and public space have shaped our lives this past year. This year’s summit will include a series of virtual workshops and speakers on Friday, May 7, followed by an optional (in-person and social distance friendly) public space exploration day on Saturday, May 8. Virtual sessions will cover topics such as best practices for engaging your community in projects, equity in public spaces, and more. For more information and to register, click the link below. Public Space Summit 2021 Gardening with California Native Plants on May 8 Join Alemany Farm (700 Alemany Boulevard) for its Gardening with California Native Plants workshop on Saturday, May 8 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. The workshop will focus on utilizing California native plant species for form and function in a landscaped setting. The morning instruction will be followed by a hands-on workday in the Alemany Farm natives garden. Stick around to get your hands dirty and help put your knowledge into practice. For more information and to register, click the link below. Gardening with California Native Plants We Players Presents PYSCHOPOMP in McLaren Park Beginning May 13 We Players presents PSYCHOPOMP in McLaren Park, an intimate experience in nature, led by mythical creature guides. This curated walk in the park serves as a meditation-in-motion, a celebration of the senses, and as an invitation to develop habits around attention and presence. You will encounter on your journey eight spectacular guides of the spirit realm, from seven different cultural traditions. Experience this from May 13 to June 27! For more information and to purchase tickets, click the link below. (Photo Credit: Lauren Matley/We Players) PSYCHOPOMP in McLaren Park AAPI Month in our Parks: Victoria Manalo Draves May is Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) heritage month, where we celebrate the generations of Asians and Pacific Islanders who have contributed to our country and communities. We are taking a looking at our parks and their features, which are named after prominent AAPI people or hold significance in the AAPI community.   Our Video of the Week comes of the Olympics and highlights Victoria Manalo Draves, who has a park in SOMA named in her honor. She was a Filipina American competitive diver and Olympic gold medalist, who was the first American woman to win two gold medals in diving, and the first Asian American to win Olympic gold medals. Draves grew up in SOMA where she and her twin sister attended the nearby Franklin School (Now Bessie Carmichael). Draves overcame racism in both her personal life and diving career to reach her athletic pinnacle in the 1948 Olympics held in London. She won gold medals in springboard and platform diving at these games with her outstanding performance, which is depicted in this video. She is remembered today as both an AAPI and female pioneer and hero. We invite you to visit this park named in her honor and read more about her life with the honorary plaque located on site.  San Francisco Recreation and Parks | sfrecpark.org ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ SF Recreation and Parks | McLaren Lodge-Golden Gate Park, 501 Stanyan Street, San Francisco , CA 94117 Unsubscribe house at digitalkingdom.org Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by rpdinfo at sfgov.org powered by Try email marketing for free today!
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