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What's cookin' at Crissy Field Center: Photos from summer fun

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Over the summer of 2023, Urban Trailblazers (UTB) and Linking Individuals to their Natural Communities (LINC) participants were moving and grooving at the Crissy Field Center and throughout the parks. Program leaders took youth hiking at Portola Redwoods and kayaking at Bothin Marsh in Marin. They tie-dyed shirts and bags in the Crissy Field Center courtyard and made pupusas in the Center’s new state-of-the-art Teaching Kitchen.

“It’s really fun. I met new people and I’m really good friends with them now in a short time,” said Trevor, one of the participants. “It’s just fun to do outdoor stuff like dodgeball. But I especially liked the camping because it was my first time.”

Our team at the Crissy Field Center is constantly brainstorming ways to make our programming more engaging and accessible to participants—this year, they led many of the activities in English and Spanish. Check out all the fun photos from this summer, and go to the Crissy Field Center page for additional info on each of these youth programs.

  • Smiling Crissy Field Center youth program participants pot saplings at Alcatraz Historic Gardens
    LINC participants pot saplings at Alcatraz Historic Gardens Darryl Burton / Parks Conservancy
  • Crissy Field Center youth program participants gather in the learning kitchen.
    Urban Trailblazers learn how to make Pupusas in the learning kitchen. Alexandra Grant / Parks Conservancy
  • A youth participant of Crissy Field Center plays with a handball on the Presidio lawn.
    Games were played on the Presidio Lawn just across the Tunnel Tops. Alexandra Grant / Parks Conservancy
  • Three smiling and laughing youths posing at Baker Beach, one is buried in the sand with their head revealed
    UTB summer hijinks at Baker Beach Josh Eusterbrock / Parks Conservancy
  • Crissy Field Center youth participants on the sunny shore of Hearts Desire Beach with kayaks and paddles
    Urban Trailblazers prepare to embark on kayaks at Tomales Bay Josef Holt / Parks Conservancy
  • Crissy Field Center youth participants heading outside to play
    Crissy Field Center participants on their way to play. Kelly Sullivan / Parks Conservancy
  • Crissy Field Center youths smiling as they create artwork
    Creating and socializing at the Crissy Field Center art lab. Kelly Sullivan / Parks Conservancy
  • Crissy Field Center youths laughing out loud in the art room.
    Who knew creating art could be this much fun? Kelly Sullivan / Parks Conservancy
  • A group of Crissy Field Center Urban Trailblazers pose for a photo on a bridge in Muir Woods
    Urban Trailblazers hike Muir Woods Josh Eusterbrock / Parks Conservancy
  • Crissy Field Center LINC youths hiking El Polin Springs in The Presidio
    LINC takes to El Polin Springs in the Presidio. Darryl Burton / Parks Conservancy

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