Tag: parks

Your Spring Charitable Gifts at Work!

This week, the San Mateo County Parks Foundation made another gift to the San Mateo County Parks Department. Thanks to our wonderful donors, this gift of $151,826 allows several programs and projects to move forward. They include:

 

  1. Continuing to offer low-income, public transportation-dependent communities the opportunity to access our stunning parks through the County Park Shuttle. The Park Shuttle is a free weekend service with two routes that connects the communities of East Palo Alto, North Fair Oaks and Downtown Redwood City to two parks: Edgewood Park and Natural Preserve in Redwood City and Wunderlich Park in Woodside.

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Father’s Day and San Mateo County Parks

by Jorge Laguna

When I was a kid growing up in the San Mateo Highlands, some of my most vivid memories were of my parents taking me to local parks and open spaces in the area. My family spent many afternoons walking Sawyer Camp Trail, investigating sea creatures at low tide at Fitzgerald Marine Reserve and camping overnight at Memorial Park.  We’d picnic, hike, or just enjoy nature- parks were a fantastic refuge from the day to day of our normal lives.  As a young child, these were amazing opportunities to learn new things and have freedom that I didn’t have in the classroom or at home.  Looking back on it some of my best times growing up were exploring nature, and I feel fortunate to have had the chance to experience this at an early age.

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