Following is a note from our NOPNA partner and Panhandle Park steward, Dale Danley. Dale has been a wonderful partner in organizing efforts to restore and maintain the public parks in our city in our neighborhood:
“The San Francisco Day School has been an outstanding partner in the Panhandle Park volunteer effort this year. Sunday’s program was the sixth consecutive work day in which families from the Day School took part, alongside other volunteers from the neighborhood. Now, as they’re about to take their summer break, I want to take the opportunity to say thank you to everyone from SFDS. Your consistency, your enthusiasm, your hard work and your helpful spirits have made a big different since you began in November 2010. Families have shown up when their specific grade is organized, and have also begun to come back as repeat volunteers.
Parent leader (and great park steward) Fif G. says that SFDS is ready to take a summer break, so SFDS families aren’t participating in an organized manner this summer, though the monthly work days are continuing and everyone is welcome to come out and join volunteers from the community. SFDS plans to return to action in September 2011.”
In response to these accolades, Fif replied, “There is nothing more exciting than the energy we are creating in the community. Our school community is AMAZING and every month we have had record number of volunteers show up to the panhandle clean up. I am beaming with joy!”
On behalf of the entire San Francisco Day School community, our deep appreciation and thanks go out to both Fif and Dale, for their leadership and ongoing efforts to bring us together and improve our neighborhood’s parks and playgrounds. We are so very fortunate to have such caring, hardworking, and thoughtful members of our community.
If you’d like to continue volunteering throughout the summer, the neighbors of Panhandle of Golden Gate Park meet up on the second Saturday of each month. The next Panhandle Work Day takes place on Saturday, June 11. To sign-up and/or find more information on past and future Panhandle Cleanup events, please visit Dale’s blog at http://panhandlepark.blogspot.com/. To everyone who volunteered their time this year to beautify our surrounding parks and playgrounds, THANK YOU!
