Dog owners who use Lafayette Park will discuss dog-related issues and get ready for the public input process for the upcoming renovation of our park!
Neighborhood Emergency Response Team training
Ingleside District
Minnie & Lovie Ward Rec. Center
March 16, 2010 -- 6-9 pm.
Contact: Lt. Erica Arteseros, NERT Program Coordinator
San Francisco Fire Department
415-235-0332
March 16 - 6:30 PM, West Portal General Floor Area
For more info Visit: http://sfpl.org/index.php?pg=2000035701
March 18 - 5:00 PM, Ingleside Meeting Room
For more info visit: http://sfpl.org/index.php?pg=2000035701
Help the Friends of Dolores Park Playground raise the extra funds they need to build a wolrd-class playground!
Specific direction and materials will be provided. We promise a good time will be had by all. If you can be a part of this drive, we would love to see you.
Thank you kindly,
Friends of Dolores Park Playground
Join us as we help spruce up the park with some cleanup and gardening work. We'll meet at the park at 9am and work until around noon. No need to bring anything. We'll have gloves and equipment, as well as snacks for some energy. Just remember to bring comfortable clothing and close-toed shoes. You can register here.
Saving seeds is central to sustainable urban agriculture! Learn how with Permaculture Designer and Merritt College Instructor, Christopher Shein! Whether you are currently enjoying the bounty of a home or community garden, or are planning for next year, we'll discuss how to harvest and store seeds properly, and how to avoid unwanted crosses between your vegetables (selection of varieties, timing, hand-pollination). Learn to save seed in advance of GFE’s Seed Swap this-coming Fall! To pre-register, please call (415) 731-5627, or email info@gardenfortheenvironment.
Location: Garden for the Environment, 7th Ave at Lawton Street, San Francisco
Cost: $15
The India Basin Neighborhood Association invites you to Help Shape the Future of San Francisco:
India Basin Walking Tour
Saturdays: March 20, April 17, May 22
10:00 am – Noon
Meet at the entrance to Heron’s Head Park, Cargo Way & Jennings Street
Due to overwelming pressure by chili contestants and members of HMP who are having scheduling conflicts....
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Help McLaren Park have a $2000 grant from SF Parks Trust for our kiosk that is going to expire this year, but unfortunately $2000 isn't enough. Any monies raised at events for Help McLaren Park this year will go toward the cost of installing a new informational kiosk in the park. We were told we would need approximately $5000 but this was an early and very rough estimate. Don't get discouraged. We have a lot of wonderful and quite resourceful members that might help us find another grant so see this opportunity and dream realized. I hope to see as many of you as possible at this years chili cook off.
Tree Care and Potato Towers Construction Workshop
Growing Home Community Garden - east side of Octavia between Page and Oak
Learn the basics of tree care and how to build your own backyard potato tower.
Saturday, March 20 @ 1:00 PM
**This is a free workshop but donations are accepted & appreciated**
Contact info:
Ahni Hecht, Program Manager
(415) 503-2196
http://www.projecthomelessconnect.org/
Planting Day
Growing Home Community Garden - east side of Octavia between Page and Oak
We are planting the other side of our garden. Please come lend a hand!
Saturday, March 21 @ 1:00 PM
Contact info:
Ahni Hecht, Program Manager
(415) 503-2196
http://www.projecthomelessconnect.org/
On behalf of Urban Farming we would like to invite you to join us as we kick-off a new community-based home farm in San Francisco at McAllister Avenue and Larkin Street on Tuesday March 23. There will be a groundbreaking “first shovel” ceremony and press conference at 10:00 a.m. and we’d be honored to have you join us.
Urban Farming is collaborating with Triscuit’s Home Farming campaign to create 50 farms in cities across the country this year. The program aims to convert otherwise unused land into a source of fresh food for the communities. The food grown at the McAllister and Larkin community garden will go directly to the volunteers who help maintain it. The Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation (TNDC) residents are the active garden stewards, and the community will always be welcome to grow, enjoy and share in the harvest.
McLaren Park Needs Assessment Workshop #2
Tuesday March 23, 2010. 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Crocker Amazon Clubhouse
2nd Palega/Portola Playground Renovation Community Meeting
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 @ 6:30 pm.
Palega Playground, 500 Felton Street.
March 24 - 6:30 PM, Richmond Program Room
For More Info Visit: http://sfpl.org/index.php?pg=2000035701
March 24 - 6:30 PM, Mission General Floor Area
For More info Visit: http://sfpl.org/index.php?pg=2000035701
Neighborhood Emergency Response Team training
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco -- 3200 California @ Presidio
March 25, 2010 -- 8:30 am - 5:30 pm.
Contact: Lt. Erica Arteseros, NERT Program Coordinator
San Francisco Fire Department
415-235-0332
Neighborhood Emergency Response Team training
CPMC Davies Hospital, North Tower -- Duboce @ Scott
March 27, 2010 -- 8:30 am - 5:30 pm.
Contact: Lt. Erica Arteseros, NERT Program Coordinator
San Francisco Fire Department
415-235-0332
To pre-register, please call (415) 731-5627, or email info@gardenfortheenvironment.
Location: Garden for the Environment, 7th Ave at Lawton Street, San Francisco
Cost: $15
March 27 - 2:00 PM, Western Addition Meeting Room
For More Info Visit: http://sfpl.org/index.php?pg=2000035701
Neighborhood Emergency Response Team training
Ingleside District
Minnie & Lovie Ward Rec. Center
March 30, 2010 -- 6-9 pm.
Contact: Lt. Erica Arteseros, NERT Program Coordinator
San Francisco Fire Department
415-235-0332
We'd like to announce a general meeting of the McLaren Park Festival at the Jerry Garcia Amphitheater group to be held at the the community room at Ingleside Police Station on Tuesday, March 30, at 6 p.m. Ingleside Station is located at 1 John V. Young Ln. off San Jose Ave., in Balboa Park. Parking is generally ample. Everyone interested in seeing more cultural events and greater diversity in the programming at the amphitheater is welcome to attend and participate. This is a community based group that has been loosely organized with the assistance of the office of Supervisor Avalos and the San Francisco Parks Trust. Some information about the group and items to be covered at the March 30 meeting can be found at: http://groups.google.com/
GFE & SF PUBLIC LIBRARY WORKSHOP SERIES "GARDENING IN THE CITY": Author Talk: Novella Carpenter, Farm City
For More info Visit: http://sfpl.org/index.php?pg=2000035701
Neighborhood Emergency Response Team training
Valencia Garden Community Room -- 390 Valencia @ 15th Street
April 1, 2010 -- 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm.
Contact: Lt. Erica Arteseros, NERT Program Coordinator
San Francisco Fire Department
415-235-0332
Buena Vista Park Work Day
Location: Buena Vista and Haight
Time: 9am-12pm
If interested in volunteering, please contact Richard Magary (415) 431-2359, BVNA@ix.netcom.com
to confirm that the workday will be taking place as scheduled.
Buena Vista Park Work Day
Location: Buena Vista and Haight
Time: 9am-12pm
If interested in volunteering, please contact Richard Magary (415) 431-2359, BVNA@ix.netcom.com
to confirm that the workday will be taking place as scheduled.
Lafayette Park Work Day: First Saturday of each month
Location:Washington and Laguna
Time: 9am-12pm
Contact: Kim Barnes, kim@kimbarnes.net, 415-928-3589
INTRO TO ORGANIC GARDEN DESIGN
Learn how to grow a healthy and beautiful garden that minimizes the impacts on the environment. From building a healthy soil with compost to selecting beautiful plantings appropriate for the Bay Area’s climate, this workshop will give you the basics to implement sustainable gardening practices.
Portola Family Connections
FREE Spring fest * Egg hunt and Pedestrian safety event
Saturday, April 3, 2010 -- 11 am to 3 pm
Palega Park * 500 Felton St. (between Hamilton and Somerset), San Francisco.
See flyer for more details.
Contact
Elizabeth Ortega
Portola Family Connections
Phone: 415715-6746x190
eortega@portolafc.org
When: Sat., April 3, 12pm-2pm
What: SF Bicycle Coalition Healthy Saturdays Kick-Off Picnic
Who: San Francisco Bicycle Coalition
Where: Golden Gate Park, 14th Ave E Picnic Area (just west of the Rose Garden)
Website: http://www.sfbike.org/?ggp
FREE!
Join the SF Bicycle Coalition for a kid-friendly day in Golden Gate Park to kick-off six months of car-free Healthy Saturdays. We'll be celebrating our work to help win this car-free space with Freedom from Training Wheels, to help kids learn to ride on two wheels, a picnic and fun games, like frisbee. Bring a blanket to sit on and something to share at the potluck picnic.
Photo link: http://farm1.static.flickr.
DAHLIA SOCIETY OF CALIFORNIA TUBER AND CUTTING SALE
When: Sun., April 4, 9am
What: SF Bicycle Coalition Recreational Ride: Birding by Bike
Who: San Francisco Bicycle Coalition
Where: Meet at Vélo Rouge Café at the corner of Arguello Blvd and McAllister
Website: http://www.sfbike.org/chain
Free for SF Bicycle Coalition members, $5 donation from non-members appreciated
Pedal through the Presidio and Fort Mason with experienced birders David and Annie Armstrong and the SF Bicycle Coalition. This half-day bicycle tour will travel at a relaxed pace to birding hotspots in search of resident, migrant, and newly arrived species. Bring your binoculars and a snack.
Neighborhood Emergency Response Team training
Ingleside District
Minnie & Lovie Ward Rec. Center
April 6, 2010 -- 6-9 pm.
Contact: Lt. Erica Arteseros, NERT Program Coordinator
San Francisco Fire Department
415-235-0332
When: April 6, 6:30pm
What: SF Bicycle Coalition Biking Book Club
Who: San Francisco Bicycle Coalition
Where: SF Bicycle Coalition 995 Market St. Ste 1550 (at 6th St.)
Website: www.sfbike.org/books <http://www.sfbike.org/books>
FREE!
Come meet the friendly folks of the Biking Book Club at the SF Bicycle Coalition for an evening of robust discussion about bike and transportation related books. We will be discussing our recent picks: Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do by Tom Vanderbilt, and two optional books, Calvin Trillian's Tepper Isn't Going Out and David Byrnes' Bicycle Diaries, and choosing the next book(s) to read for our Club, so bring your ideas. You can also join in on the discussion online at sfbike.org/books
Neighborhood Emergency Response Team training
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco -- 3200 California @ Presidio
April 8, 2010 -- 8:00 am - 5:00 pm.
Contact: Lt. Erica Arteseros, NERT Program Coordinator
San Francisco Fire Department
415-235-0332
NPC's annual event Play Day shines a spotlight on San Francisco’s playgrounds, and highlights the importance of play in our city. It is also an opportunity to kick-start the Playground Initiative’s work, and to upgrade our city’s failing playgrounds.
Recreation and Park Department General Manager Phil Ginsburg and Supervisor John Avalos will be joining NPC at Play Day as we release our 2010 Playground Report Card.
We invite you to join us for Play Day 2010:
a play area volunteer clean-up followed by a community picnic.
Play Day 2010
April 8th (Thursday)
10am-2pm (volunteer workday 10-noon, community picnic noon-2pm)
McLaren Park (Peru & Burrows Streets)
Neighborhood Emergency Response Team training
Valencia Garden Community Room -- 390 Valencia @ 15th Street
April 8, 2010 -- 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm.
Contact: Lt. Erica Arteseros, NERT Program Coordinator
San Francisco Fire Department
415-235-0332
SEEDS ON STREETS – NOE VALLEY 24th STREET (Between Castro and Noe)
"Feel the Earth presents "Seeds on Streets" - PARK(ing) Day"
April 11: Great Highway (4.1 miles), JFK Drive in GG Park to the Great Highway at Sloat.
All Sunday Streets events this year will be held between the hours of 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. Visit http://sundaystreetssf.com/ for more info.
Come see Michael Bartalos' proposal for the new public artwork at Mission Playground and give us your feedback!
WHEN: April 12 – 19, 2010
WHERE: Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, 2868 Mission Street
(between 24th and 25th)
HOURS: Monday: 5 p.m. – 10 p.m. / Tuesday – Friday: 10 a.m. – 10 p.m. / Saturday: 10 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Mission District resident and artist Michael Bartalos was selected to develop designs for eight to ten fence panels which will be implemented at Mission Playground along Valencia and 19th streets in conjunction with the upcoming playground renovation project. Come see the artist’s proposed designs, which will be on view in the lobby of the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, and provide us with feedback in the comment book located at the center. Your feedback will be shared with the Arts Commission before final approval of the proposal.
Neighborhood Emergency Response Team training
Ingleside District
Minnie & Lovie Ward Rec. Center
April 13, 2010 -- 6-9 pm.
Contact: Lt. Erica Arteseros, NERT Program Coordinator
San Francisco Fire Department
415-235-0332
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