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Celebrate the New Athletic Field at Minnie & Lovie Ward on September 14
The Minnie & Lovie Recreation Center Athletic Field is reopening on Sunday, September 14, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.! This multi-purpose athletic field will host a variety of sports including: soccer, football, softball, baseball, lacrosse, volleyball and general sports play. This field renovation is part of the Playfields Initiative, a project of San Francisco Recreation and Parks and the City Fields Foundation to provide safe, accessible athletic fields for every local child who wants to play sports.
Renovation Highlights:
* Synthetic turf athletic field
* State-of-the-art, automatic field lights
* Baseball/softball dugouts and backstops
* New fencing
* New landscaping and walking paths
Minnie & Lovie Ward Rec Center and Park is located at Capitol Avenue and Lobos Street.
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Join Rec and Park for Coastal Cleanup Day on September 20
Every year, on the third Saturday in September, people join together at sites all over California to take part in the State's largest volunteer event, California Coastal Cleanup Day. In 2013, over 58,000 volunteers removed almost 750,000 pounds of trash and recyclables from California's beaches, lakes, and waterways. Families, friends, coworkers, scout troops, school groups, service clubs, and individuals come together to celebrate and share their appreciation of California's fabulous coast and waterways. The event is part of the International Coastal Cleanup, organized by the Ocean Conservancy, which is the largest volunteer event on the planet!
Please join SF Rec Park's efforts to join in and divert even more waste from entering our precious bodies of waters this year. We are serving as Site Captains at three different Locations in San Francisco. See links below and register at your preferred location.
East Side Location:
West Side Location:
To learn more about the history of Coastal Clean-up, please click HERE.
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Saturday in the Park McLaren Concert Series Heats Back Up in September
The 2014 Saturday in the Park McLaren concert series continues beginning Saturday, September 27. Organized and hosted by the Friends of the Amphitheater, the free concerts at the Jerry Garcia Amphitheater in McLaren Park is the perfect way to spend a fall weekend afternoon. For more information, click here.
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Open Gardens Day on September 13
On September 13, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., 21 community gardens around the city will be open to the public for enjoyment and education. Click here for a list and schedule of open hours and special events.
Our 38 gardens are volunteer-run (over 1,600 participants and counting!) under the umbrella of Rec and Park's Community Gardens Program, which is a component of the new citywide Urban Agriculture Program.
The Urban Ag Resource Center at the GGP CommUNITY Garden will be open for free compost, soil and mulch pick-up from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. The GGP CommUNITY Garden is the largest garden in our system (with over 160 gardeners) and features a native plant nursery, demonstration gardens, and the City's first urban agriculture resource center.
To get on a wait list for one of our community gardens and/or to find out about communally managed gardens that welcome volunteers to start gardening right away, click here. |
Free Fall Classes at the Golden Gate Park CommUNITY Garden
Just announced: Free fall classes at the city's largest community garden, the Golden Gate Park CommUNITY Garden, including Pollinators in San Francisco, Integrated Pest Management for Your Garden and Composting & Vermicomposting. All classes are 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. RSVP to rpd.urbanag@sfgov.org.
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Mission Rec Rebels Fall Tryouts, September 10-14
Fourth- to eighth-grade girls are invited to the Mission Recreation Center Rebels fall tryouts, September 10-14. MRC is one of the most recognized, most comprehensive instruction-based Girls AAU Basketball programs in the west. Repetition is the key to success, and all of our teams train consistently on a structured and designed curriculum which dramatically impacts player development through the season.
Fall/Winter teams will train each week in:
- Multiple team practices 2x per week
- Skills and Performance training
- Strength, Speed and Agility Training
- Structured Curriculum
- Qualified Coaches committed to child's growth and development
- 7 to 10 Tournaments
TRYOUT DATES:
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10th
5pm-7pm 4th, 5th and 6th graders
7pm-9pm 7th and 8th graders
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11TH
5pm-7pm 4th, 5th and 6th grader
7pm-9pm 7th and 8th graders
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14th
9am-11am 4th 5th and 6th grader
11am-1pm 7th and 8th graders
MISSION RECREATION CENTER is located at 2450 Harrison St.
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Open Auditions for YPTMTC's "Fiddler" Production Begin September 17
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Camp Mather 90th Anniversary Party and Rim Fire Benefit on September 20
The Friends of Camp Mather, in partnership with San Francisco Recreation & Parks, cordially invites you to Camp Mather's 90th Anniversary Party & Rim Fire Benefit on Saturday, September 20, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., at the newly renovated boathouse at Lake Merced.
Silent and Live Auction & Live Music
Wine, beer, soft drinks, hors d'oeuvres & cake
We will also be honoring the SF Firefighters who helped save the Camp from the Rim Fire. Proceeds from the Benefit will go toward making the Camp safer from future fires.
Tickets are $50 each and only 200 can be sold for this event on a first-come, first-serve basis. (Donations are also gratefully accepted!)
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Saturday in the Park McLaren Concert Series
 The Back Porch Band sings Bob Dylan's "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere" at this year's Saturday in the Park McLaren concert series, which kicks back up starting September 27. (Video by Linda Davirro)
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