NPC's Playground Initiative focuses on upgrading failed playgrounds, as identified through our 2008 NPC Playground Report Card, and ensuring that children can play and exercise safely outside, especially in lower-income neighborhoods where park space is the only outdoor play space.
Playground Initiative
Volunteers Still Needed at Upcoming Playground Workdays
Your help is needed at the following playground workdays:
* Merced Heights Playground Workday: Saturday, August 23rd (9 AM-noon)
* Grattan Playground Clean-Up Workday: Saturday, August 23rd
Balboa Playground Rebuilt
On Tuesday, March 4, 2008 more than 475 adults and 100 children descended upon Balboa Park in the Mission Terrace neighborhood for a community build day. Click here for a special ABC News video report.
Playground Safety
This page assembles links to various websites which highlight safety issues in playgrounds.
The Dirty Dozen: 12 Playground Safety Hazards, a video presented by the National Recreation and Park Association
The Dirty Dozen: 12 Playground Safety Hazards, a video presented by the National Recreation and Park Association
Playground Report Card 2008
Spring was an exciting season for the Playground Initiative, as we completed our goal of evaluating each and every RPD playground in San Francisco. The data forms the basis for the 2008 Playground Report Card, released in July. Click here to find your park's grade and see a map of playground scores across the city.
The averaged survey results, which take into account factors such as equipment conditions, fall surfacing, signage, and wood surface treatment, indicated that over half of the 125 assessed playgrounds scored a grade of A or B. 45% scored C or lower, with 21% of the playgrounds considered to be “failing” (D or F).
The averaged survey results, which take into account factors such as equipment conditions, fall surfacing, signage, and wood surface treatment, indicated that over half of the 125 assessed playgrounds scored a grade of A or B. 45% scored C or lower, with 21% of the playgrounds considered to be “failing” (D or F).
Dolores Park Playground Fundraising/Renovation Update
We are very pleased to announce that The Mercer Fund has agreed to a grant of up to $1.5 million for the Dolores Park Playground renovation in honor of Helen Diller. Helen Diller and her family are long time residents of the San Francisco Bay Area who have been committed to improving lives through the advancement of education, science and the arts. The Mercer Fund is a donor advised fund of the Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties, and a California nonprofit public benefit corporation.
SolarCity Partnership Gives Money To Playgrounds
Now you can support NPC's Playground Initiative by installing solar energy in your own home! Through a new partnership with SolarCity, NPC will receive $100 for each residential referral that installs a SolarCity system. Visit http://www.solarcity.com/neighborhoodparks for more information.
