SAN MATEO COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION
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Overview
Sine 1999, the San Mateo County Parks and Recreation Foundation has raised almost $9 million in contributions to support a variety of programs and projects in San Mateo County Parks. $2 million was raised to help purchase the coast bluff, Mirada Surf, to allow the California Coastal Trail segment be completed. To further community involvement in the parks, we provide an annual grant to support the volunteer and interpretive programs. Supporting improvements for the youth facilities, grants were provided for playgrounds and improvements at a day-camp site. We also funded new recycling stations in the County Parks and improvements to the Sanchez Adobe Historic Site. Recognizing the importance of native habitats, funds are continually granted for efforts to remove non-native invasive weeds, replant and restore areas and restore fish habitat. Environmental education is a high priority for the community, so we fund a program to provide a teacher's resource guide to the County Parks and supporting materials such as field guides. A major focus for the Foundation is establishing interpretive centers to support the on-going programs in Edgewood County Park and Natural Preserve and Fitzgerald Marine Reserve. Other efforts this year include working with the community to secure a long-term funding source for all parks in San Mateo County.
Environmental Youth Field Trips
There are schools, after school programs and non-profits serving low-income youth that want to take their youth to the parks. However, they usually have a lack of funding for the transportation to the parks. We step in and cover that cost and connect the schools and programs with docents.
Re-establishing the Bay Checkerspot butterfly at Edgewood Park and Natural Preserve
Since 2007, the Parks Foundation has been working with a team of scientists and volunteers and our partners, San Mateo County Parks, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, California Native Plant Society, and Pacific Gas and Electric Company, on a comprehensive effort to restore native plant habitat and re-introduce the butterfly to its former home.
Bicycle Sunday
Every Sunday, 4 miles of Cañada Road is closed to car traffic and opened up to cyclists, runners and roller-bladers who may enjoy a safe and beautiful location in which to partake in some non-motorized fun!
Sanchez Adobe Upgrades
To support upgrades to the historic Sanchez Adobe by improving landscaping and ADA pathways
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SAN MATEO COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION
Board of directorsas of 07/02/2021
Katy Coonan-Rhoades
formerly, San Mateo County Commission on Disabilities
Term: 2019 - 2023
Justin Knowles
Oracle
Korrine Skinner
Mid-Peninsula Regional Open Space District
Susan Eliot Briggs
Benetech
Jorge Laguna
Adobe Systems
Joe Pfeister
Workato
Amy Jensen
POST
Michael Turzanski
EducationSuperHighway
Bev Talbott
Retired - Apple
Panah Stauffer
EPA
Adriana Fernandez
Nuestra Casa
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