Giving Tuesday is Everyday during our Capital Campaign
CAN WE BUILD THIS FREAKIN PARK YET?
As a 30-plus-year PH resident and mother of 3, a trip to Jackson Park was pretty much a daily occurrence when our kids were young. I met so many neighbors and friends while sitting at the sandbox or watching a Jackson Jaguars game.
Last century, as part of this “sandbox community” of neighbors, we worked to replace the carcinogenic playground materials with safe alternatives that are still there today. And now, given the heavy usage by the schools and neighborhood children, it is WAY past time to update our beloved park to bring it into this century and make it accessible for all!
WHY IS THIS PROJECT TAKING SO LONG?
When I joined FoJP in 2015, I thought we’d cut the ribbon on the renovated park in 2020 - a perfect year for my retirement. Back then, we anticipated getting $30MM allocated to our project in the next Parks Bond, but when the bond slipped to 2020, and the global pandemic hit, we were lucky to get $10MM allocated to our project in the 2020 Health and Recovery bond.
Fast forward to today - we’ve jumped through countless hoops, raised over 75% of our needed funds, and received unanimous approval from both the RecPark Commission and the Board of Supervisors, and so now it’s time to make this dream park and thus, my retirement, a reality :)
Today, on Giving Tuesday, we’re rolling out our equal opportunity capital campaign. If each of the 10,000 households in Potrero Hill, Dogpatch, and Central Waterfront donated $1,000 we would hit our $10MM goal. But what do we know? Not everyone can give that much, but many of the community of Jackson Park users can give even more. We need your help now.
So please join the 3 kids in the afterschool program, who, inspired by last Saturday’s community meeting, each gave $1 to Miss Robyn, our Jackson Park After School Program Director, to help fundraise for the project. Because that’s how we’ll get to $10 million– just a little generosity at a time.
Thanks for your support,
Jude Deckenbach
Executive Director, Friends of Jackson Park
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