Youth

People at the Crissy Field Center Teaching Kitchen
Park cooking: Youth find connections at Crissy Field Center Teaching Kitchen

How the Crissy Field Center Teaching Kitchen is helping young people follow their curiosities—and their senses—to more deeply engage with the world around them. 

A group of Adventure Guides gather for a photo at the Presidio Tunnel Tops in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Adventure Guides

A 6-month internship that welcomes communities to the Presidio Tunnel Tops and an opportunity to gain valuable workforce experience. This paid internship helps connect communities to fun adventures hidden in the park.

Group of youth backpacking along a trail.
Queer Belonging Backpacking Adventure

Queer Belonging Backpacking Adventure is an outdoor adventure for high school students centering queer/trans youth of color and allies to nature.

An aerial view of the Presidio Tunnel Tops, looking out to the San Francisco city skyline.
De Colores Arts Open House at the Crissy Field Center
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Please join us Tuesday, April 4th at the Presidio Tunnel Tops to learn about De Colores Arts. Come andtry out different art & movement activities, meet new friends, learn about enrolling, and get to know your De Colores Arts instructors and team.

5 light-wood junior ranger badges are seen sitting on a log.
Junior ranger badges: How to catch 'em all in the GGNRA

The junior ranger program is meant to spark curiosity in the natural world for kids. And once that curiosity gets sparked, just get ready for a torrent of questions an adult would never ask.

An Adventure Guide engages with a young person at the Outpost at Presidio Tunnel Tops.
Presidio Tunnel Tops Adventure Guides: An 'awesome experience' 

Most of the Adventure Guides started in Crissy Field Center youth programs, and for many, this is their first real job. Here, in their own words, is what they learned at Presidio Tunnel Tops.

Children playing on Bluff Slide at Outpost
Kids can grow with nature at the Outpost playscape at Presidio Tunnel Tops

Given the opportunity to climb a tree, a child will choose one of countless ways to navigate from limb to limb. The story of how the Outpost playscape at Presidio Tunnel Tops came together revolves around this concept.

Child plays in the waves with Golden Gate Bridge in background.
Youth create special installation for My Park Moment Photo Show

A photo exhibit offers a glimpse into the lives of the people behind the camera and the subjects in the images. It also communicates something from the people who selected and displayed the photos. For the upcoming My Park Moment  photo show, eight local high schoolers helped select photos for a special…

Mission blue butterfly seen landing on a yellow flower.
40 for 40: Parks Conservancy celebrates 40 years of connecting parks and people

Wow, 40! It's eye-popping to think of all we've accomplished together since the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy was formed on Aug. 11, 1981. We wanted to look back at some of the people, park sites, and memorable moments that have made the biggest impact on the Parks Conservancy and the GGNRA over our 40 years. 

Paintings from I-YEL Group Art Project
Crissy Field Center youth programs build resilience through wellness

When the pandemic began, youth program leaders and participants supported each other with ideas for communal and individual self-care including neighborhood clean-ups, meditation, journaling, examining family history and art. 

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