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Dolores Park Wins An Award!

September 2nd, 2010

Nominated by Dolores Park Works, Dolores Park has been designated as a Leave No Trace Hot Spot. Woo Hoo! Um, what the heck does that mean? It means that we will receive $2,000 (we need to raise another $8k) plus tons of “expert consultation on solutions and program implementation, training, educational materials, visits from the Subaru/Leave No Trace Traveling Trainers, creation of locally-tailored programs to meet site-specific needs, volunteer support and overall assistance in putting the Leave No Trace program into action.”

Basically, we’re going to get some help from the experts on how to clean up this park and keep it clean, something we can all agree needs to happen.

We are looking for volunteers that represent the diversity of the park to join a LNT working group to help us develop and implement this program. It’s not going to be designed as a “war on fun” but rather creating a culture of “responsible irresponsibleness” (a mouthful isn’t it).

We need to get started soon, so please email me if you are interested. dpw @ our web address.org.

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Posted in DPW News, Dolores Park Advocacy, Dolores Park News

Tags: advocacy Leave No Trace Moop Trash

Making Their Case: Weekend Sun=Trashed Park

August 23rd, 2010

The sun is out and I’m so happy that you had fun in dear ol’ Dolores Park. Really. But hey, how about picking up after yourselves?

Leaving a big pile of crap is making the case for the “No Alcohol/No Smoking” signs and for increased police presence.

Hope you enjoyed your gourmet meal!

Is it really to much to ask that you pick up your Bi-Rite & Whole Food bags and put them in the trash can? Apparently it is.

Here’s a lesson: The trash goes IN the trash can, not on, under, around, beside, next to, beneath, above…

If the trash can is full, then you must take your trash home or dump it in an empty trash can (preferably one owned by the city and not a neighbors).

Trashed Trash Cans

Look, park patrons’, I’m your biggest fan. I really want you to be able to enjoy yourself any way you want to, but you’ve got leave no trace. Ya know, pack it in pack it out. Let’s try again this weekend shall we?

Also, just to throw it out there again, please come to the community meeting on Wednesday, September 1, 6-8 pm at Mission High School cafeteria. You can yell at me there all you want.

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Posted in Dolores Park Advocacy, Dolores Park News

Tags: advocacy community meeting Moop Trash

Independence Weekend Finale

July 1st, 2010

Let’s go out with a bang! The DPW team will be coordinating with the San Francisco Mime Troupe to help clean up after the Troupe’s final performance of the Independence Day Weekend, Monday, July 5. We have been working with Rec and Park and other major event producers to see what can be done to lower the impact these events are having on our park. And have scheduled four clean-up events in the next couple of months, July 25 we will be out after the SF Symphony, August 8, the Sunday after SF Film Night in the Park and again on August 29. By coming out and helping event producers we hope to learn from each other. SF Mime Troupe has been bringing their unique form of theater to our city’s parks for 50 years and can now safely be declared experts in producing shows in our parks. Dolores Park Works is slowly becoming experts in what we need to preserve our unique park. Let’s do this together and have some fun with it!

We need wonderful volunteers – like you – to help keep Dolores looking her best! Join your the Dolores Park Works team, SF Mime Troupe, your friends and neighbors, in a park clean up and picnic. Meet up at our information table behind the tennis courts, near 18th street and Dolores, 3pm. And bring some picnic snacks to share! If you plan to attend, please RSVP here.

The San Francisco Mime Troupe will be performing in Dolores all this weekend July 3, 4 and 5, starting at 2pm. Throughout this Summer, the Troupe continues to play parks around the Bay area for free and will return to Dolores on Labor Day weekend for three more shows.

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Posted in Dolores Park Events, Dolores Park News

Tags: Celebrating Dolores Park Dolores Park Moop Trash

Pride in the City

June 28th, 2010

I love this city. San Francisco is all about expressing one’s self, celebrating who you are, what you stand for, where you come from, and where you are going. It’s why I moved here 10 years ago.

Dolores Park is THE place where all of this expression, freedom, individuality etc culminates into a beautiful setting – physically, spiritually, emotionally, and experientially.

Party Leftovers (MOOP)

I walked the park on Sunday with RPD and I’m so sad to say that the park is trashed. Everywhere, trash. It’s hard to see from a distance, but if you just look down, you’ll see all the cigarette butts, bottle caps, feathers, glitter, cups, ice cream sticks, napkins, lighters, tagging, broken glass, cans, orange peels, straws, baggies, bottles…

As an organization, we are acting as an intermediary between the city, RPD, NIMBYS and park goers to preserve the ability to have fun in Dolores Park and express yourself in any way you want. So I beg you, could we, as citizens of this great city, please take more pride in our park and how we leave it when we are done celebrating each magical moment?

Drink, smoke, get high, sleep, picnic, sell your beer/food/ice cream, whatever, but please please please – LEAVE NO TRACE. Take your stuff home with you when you leave. Pretty please with a Maker’s Mark infused cherry on top?

AND join us for clean ups of the “fun” people leave behind for others on July 5, 11, 25 and August 8.

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Posted in Call for Volunteers, DPW News

Tags: Dyke March Moop Park Clean-up Pride

Clean-up this Sunday

May 17th, 2010

Love Dolores Park? Well, we do and we need wonderful volunteers – like you – to help us keep her looking her best!

Join Dolores Park Works on Sunday, May 23 at 10:00 am for a park clean up tasks include picking-up MOOP (matter-out-of-place otherwise known as litter), light gardening, sweeping and graffiti removal. All are welcome plus you can enjoy the park and your hard work after the event by sunbathing or having a picnic!

When: Sunday, May 23, from 10 a.m. to noon
Where to meet: The Mexican Liberty Bell at 19th & Dolores
What we’ll do: We’ll pick up litter (including bottle caps, glass, and cigarette butts), remove graffiti from park fixtures (signs, trashbins, poles) around the perimeter, and spruce up the gateways: 18th/Dolores, 19th/Dolores, 18th/Church and 20th/Church.

What to bring: Just yourself (and a spouse, partner, friend, dog or neighbor). All tools and supplies provided are adult-size. If you bring your wee one, please bring tools and gloves that fit their petite size.