Save the Sand SF
Media Coverage
San Francisco Magazine: "Is San Francisco's Parks Department Secretly Banning Sandboxes?" (March 9, 2018)
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Ingleside-Excelsior Light: "Petition to Save Sand Play Areas Gathers Hundreds of Signatures" (November 11, 2017)
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Hoodline: "Sand By Me: Peeved Parents Push To Preserve Part Of Panhandle Playground" (September 25, 207)
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Free Range Kids: "San Francisco Getting Rid of Sand at its Playgrounds" (July 27, 2017)
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Hoodline: "Citing Safety & Hygiene, Rec & Parks Considers Removing Sandboxes" (July 25, 2017) [see our response here]
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CBS SF Bay Area: "SF Rec and Park Says So Long to Sand in Kids' Play Areas" (video, July 21, 2017)
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Haight Ashbury Neighborhood Council: "San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department (RPD) Has Banned Sand"
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"Children have always been intrigued by sand play. They dig in sand, sift it, build with it, pour it, enjoy the feel and smell of it, pretend with it, and explore how it moves. ... Sand ... is well-suited to the explorative and imaginative nature of young children."