G4G San Francisco + California State Parks Foundation | August 10, 2024

G4G San Francisco with California State Parks Foundation!

Join us as we help expand the Candlestick State Recreational Park’s community garden! 

California State Parks Foundation was founded in 1969 by William Penn Mott, Jr., to be a partner to the California State Parks in protecting and preserving the California state park system. Over the course of 50+ years, the organization has built a dedicated movement of over 70,000 members and raised more than $300 million to benefit state parks. 

Today, California has the largest and most biologically diverse state park system in the nation, with 280 park units that are vitally important to the well-being of our state’s environment, economy, and quality of life.

Date: Saturday, August 10th
Time: 9:45am – 12:00pm
Location:  Candlestick Point Community Garden – 1150 Carroll Ave., San Francisco, CA 94124.

Volunteers will park in the overflow parking field behind Candlestick Point State Recreational Park’s maintenance lot, accessed via Carroll Avenue. The google link provided above will get you to the fenced parking lot.

Project Tasks: We will be demolishing garden boxes that have fallen into disrepair so that the Foundation can build and install new boxes. The majority of the work will be removing weeds and digging out soil so the boxes can be dismantled. If we have time, we will also install the new garden boxes.

Secondarily, G4G volunteers may choose to pick up trash in the area instead, as there is an abundance of trash that accumulates in the park around the community garden, given its proximity to the city streets.

Additional Information: The Foundation will provide G4G volunteers with protective gloves to wear and recommend wearing long-sleeved shirts while pulling and bagging the weeds.

Ages 10 and older are welcome (minors must be accompanied by an adult and bring a waiver signed by their guardian).  

Project Leads: Bryan Cleveland / Barry Schmell
Volunteers Needed: 25

As always, email sanfrancisco@gayforgood.org or message us on FB/IG with questions/concerns.