Two Groups Partner to Build or Upgrade 14 School Playfields in San Francisco: About $1.9 Million Invested, Reaching 4,000+ Students a Year for a Decade
SAN FRANCISCO, San Francisco County, California — The Playing for Keeps Foundation and America SCORES Bay Area announced a partnership on October 28 to build or upgrade 14 synthetic-turf playfields at San Francisco public schools, aiming to close the gap in quality play spaces for children in under-resourced neighborhoods.
The 14 projects represent a combined investment of about $1.9 million and more than 100,000 square feet of play space — roughly two full-size soccer fields — and are expected to serve more than 4,000 students a year over the next decade. Funding support comes from the Herbst Foundation and Airbnb. The projects target schools in under-resourced communities, where children often have only asphalt and concrete surfaces to play on.
Dr. Mimi Nartey, chair of the Playing for Keeps Foundation, said a quality field is not a luxury but part of the infrastructure of childhood — a place for children to play, compete, make friends and discover what they can do — and that a child's ZIP code should never determine the opportunities available to them. The foundation works to build high-quality, sustainable play spaces in communities that lack reliable places to play and where natural grass is hard to maintain, partnering with philanthropies, industry, schools and youth-serving organizations to fund and maintain the fields. The partners said the fields will serve students and surrounding residents long-term through sports, school programming and community use.
Source: GSM News
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
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