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Inside: Improve Park • See Page 2 September – October 2017 Photo: Gary Crabbe Hike with a Llama September 9 or 10 See “Llamas - Mystics of Andes”, page 4. Earth Team Students Inside: Improve Park • See page 2. Kayaking, Boating Opportunities • page 4 Rail Fair at Ardenwood • page 5 Harvest Festival • page 6 Healthy Parks Healthy People: Bay Area Walks • page 12 Coastal Cleanup • page 14 Contents Come One Come All Recreation Programs ...... 4-5 A MESSAGE FROM GENERAL MANAGER ROBERT E. DOYLE Kayaking ............................... 4 Pole Walking/Hiking .......... 4 EBRPD’s mission is to preserve and engaging the diverse communities EBRPD serves. “My Fishing ................................... 5 protect open spaces and make parks credit cards!” said a middle-aged Latina mother. “My Ardenwood ....................... 5-6 accessible for all generations to homework!” shouted a 7-year-old Korean boy. enjoy. With the incredible diversity Big Break ................................ 7 The all-ages, multiethnic group then whooshed their hands in how people use parks, coupled in the direction of the lake, laughing and sighing with relief Black Diamond ................... 10 with the rich and growing cultural as their cares fell away. demographics found right here in Botanic Garden .................. 10 the East Bay, we wondered “How This fun exercise was just one of many activities that took Coyote Hills ...................10 -11 could EBRPD play a greater role in place during the Multicultural Wellness Walk, a regular connecting people across cultures outing organized by EBRPD to welcome and introduce Crab Cove ............................11 through shared experiences in nature?” Enter the people from all backgrounds to the parks. Sunol ................................ 11-12 EBRPD Multicultural Wellness Walks. While there are some language barriers and varied fitness levels, the walks are designed to transcend differences, Tilden Nature Area ......12-13 On a recent Saturday morning, some 100 people gathered at Tilden Regional Park’s Jewel Lake and “threw with stops along the way to make bird calls, practice chi Other Regional Parks ..13-14 their cares away.” gong or dance Zumba and yes, laugh a lot via “laughter yoga” – all things that can be shared in a universal Volunteer Programs .......... 14 “What’s bothering you these days?” asked a park staffer, language. These interactions break down stereotypes and Registration & Fees ........... 15 fears, helping build greater understanding and appreciation. With the generous support of Kaiser Permanente and the Regional Parks Foundation, the Multicultural Wellness Walks are just one of many innovative ways Photo: Lincoln Chu Lincoln Photo: that EBRPD builds bridges across diverse cultural, socio- economic and religious communities to create lasting connections between peoples and nature. However you choose to experience nature, we’re glad you do. See you ebparks.org on the trails. Having fun on a Multicultural Wellness Walk. General Information/Free Brochure 1-888-EBPARKS or 1-888-327-2757 Camping & Picnic Reservations ...... Earth Team Students Refurbish Oyster Bay ................................1-888-EBPARKS Naturalist & Recreation yster Bay Regional Shoreline hands-on learning opportunities recreational opportunities and Programs ..............1-888-EBPARKS Ohas dozens of newly planted and important job experience. wildlife habitat,” said Pamela Beitz, TRS Relay Service ....................7-1-1 coast live oaks, Torrey pines and other At Oyster Bay, students from San a Park District resource analyst who native trees thanks to the efforts of oversees the Earth Team squads at Website ..............www.ebparks.org Lorenzo, Oakland and Alameda hard-working teenage volunteers on have spent a dozen Saturdays since Oyster Bay. “I firmly believe that if the Earth Team crew. we are going to heal our environment EBRPD Board of Directors 2015 planting trees, removing Earth Team, a Richmond nonprofit, invasive weeds and making other and our inner cities, we need to do Whitney Dotson........................Ward 1 organizes young people throughout improvements at this popular both simultaneously. This is a great Dee Rosario ................................Ward 2 example of that.” Dennis Waespi ...........................Ward 3 the East Bay to participate in shoreline park near Oakland Ellen Corbett ..............................Ward 4 environmental stewardship projects, International Airport. To volunteer with the Park District Ayn Wieskamp ...........................Ward 5 such as tree planting, weed removal, “These are urban kids who are on projects like this, visit ebparks.org/ Beverly Lane (President) .........Ward 6 trash cleanup and other activities that volunteer. To learn more about Earth Colin Coffey................................Ward 7 improving an urban park that provides improve the environment, and provide Team, go to earthteam.net. Robert E. Doyle ...... General Manager Visit www.ebparks.org for map downloads, activity and event information, and much more! NEW SAN FRANCISCO BAY TRAIL SEGMEnt UNDER COnstRUCTION Health onstruction began this summer sweeps north via a new 1,100-foot Planning for the Bay Trail along the Con a new section of the San grade-separated bridge to cross over San Pablo Bay shoreline in Pinole, Matters Francisco Bay Trail between Pinole Union Pacific Railroad tracks. The Hercules, and Contra Costa County Shores and Bayfront Park in the City bridge will land in Bayfront Park and has been ongoing for decades. of Pinole. The new ½-mile segment will be maintained and operated by Construction is estimated to be East Bay will travel along hillside bluffs until it the Park District. completed by June 2018. Regional Park District AND HAPPY COMING SOON: A NEW OPTION AT DEL VALLE REGIONAL PARK MAKES ARE PROUD PARTNERS CAMPERS CAMPING EASIER FOR FAMILIES IN 2017 WITH THE MUTUAL GOAL OF PROMOTING HEALTH AND FITNESS. or some avid campers, half the new convenience camping pilot program Fthrill comes from snoozing under at Del Valle Regional Park. “This is a KAISER PERMANENTE HEALTH TIPS: the open night sky—no matter the way for people who don’t really want to discomfort and the dirt. For others, sleep on the ground to have a camping Caring for the however, particularly those new to experience,” says Jim O’Connor, Whole You sleeping bags and s’mores by the fire, assistant general manager of operations. the comparative ease of “convenience “It’s about accessibility. How do we How you think, feel, and act affect camping” makes such pleasures meet the various needs of people who your total health and well-being. accessible to more people. want to use our park system?” (Actual cabin may look different from the one above.) Being healthy, mentally and emotionally, means you feel Convenience campsites offer the option The pilot program offers five cabins be made through the Park District’s good about yourself and your of a simple cabin (or in some cases, containing wooden bunk beds, a heater, website starting September. The cost is relationships. Everyone feels on canvas structures known as yurts) as a a fan and basic electricity. The sites are around $100 a night. stand-in for the typical tent. Unlike the located on the main loop at Del Valle, edge, sad, angry, or confused, or more luxurious “glamping,” convenience below the entrance road to the main If the response to the cabins at Del confronts emotional issues from camping keeps traditional elements campground. Valle is positive, the Park District hopes time to time. But if you can manage to expand the idea to Anthony Chabot stress, communicate well, achieve such as cooking over an open fire, The goal is to make camping easier rustic bathing and restroom facilities, and potentially other locations. “I think work-life balance, and think more during nonpeak times such as spring or people are going to like convenience positively, you’ll be able to bounce and eating out in nature, but makes the fall. These cabins provide more shelter activity a little easier. camping, especially families with young back from difficult times faster and and allow people opportunities to camp kids,” says O’Connor. “We can be that enjoy yourself and others more. EBRPD visitors can try it for themselves without the crowds of peak summer place to get them started.” thanks to the District’s season. Reservations for the cabins can Make Getting Outdoors a regular part of your self-care routine. Doctors and wellness professionals are increasingly recognizing the A Holocaust Survivor’s Inventions Save Park History mental and physical health benefits Bela Vidor has been a volunteer with In April 2017, Bill was recognized of getting active in nature. Find the Park District’s History Archives by Assemblymember Rob Bonta for your park at ebparks.org. since 2014, contributing over 750 Holocaust Remembrance Week, with KAISER PERMANEntE IS A MAJOR SPOnsOR hours of service. Bill, as he is known a ceremony at the California State OF THE PARK DIstRICT’S 2017 TRAILS CHALLENGE. TO LEARN MORE ABOut to his fellow volunteers, is an inventor Assembly in Sacramento. Bill was GEttING IN SHAPE AND HEALTHY at heart. At the District archives, he born in Hungary in October 1940, LIFEstYLES, VISIT WWW.KP.ORG created a number of processes that and spent his early childhood hiding (YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE A MEMBER significantly improved the preservation from the Nazis in Budapest with his OF KAISER TO RECEIVE InfORMATION). of our historic photographs, maps Bill Vidor and his archival grandmother, while his parents were
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