The Playfields Stewardship Initiative is a partnership between three organizations that aims to care for newly installed synthetic turf fields. It does this by forming stewardship groups to care for fields, hosting community events, holding workdays, and allowing users to report maintenance issues. The initiative encourages residents and users to participate by joining groups, volunteering at events and workdays, reporting issues, cleaning up before and after use, and taking responsibility for the fields they enjoy. This helps ensure the fields last into the future and fosters a sense of community around local parks and fields.

1. Playfields Stewardship Initiative
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Silver Terrace - South Sunset

2. Playfields Stewardship Initiative
What is the Initiative?
Silver Terrace Workday
Silver Terrace Workday
February 7th, 2009 2009
February 7th,
The Playfields Stewardship Initiative is a partnership between the Neighborhood Parks
Council, City Fields Foundation, and the Recreation and Park Department that aims to
ensure community enjoyment of newly installed synthetic turf fields, foster a sense of
community pride around the park and playfield, and maximize life expectancy of these
fields.

3. Playfields Stewardship Initiative
How we do it:
I love helping
to keep my
1. Building Playfield
playfield clean!
Stewardship Groups
2. Hosting community-building
events
3. Hosting playfield and park
workdays
4. Reporting maintenance
issues on ParkScan.org or 311 Silver Terrace Workday
February 7th, 2009

4. Playfields Stewardship Initiative
What’s a Playfield Stewardship Group?
Silver Terrace Harvest Festival
October 24th, 2008
A Playfield Stewardship Group is a group of residents, field users, and
other community members who want to participate in preserving the
athletic field they enjoy.

5. Playfields Stewardship Initiative
Community-Building Events:
Silver Terrace Holiday Party
December 13th, 2008
Community-building events are a great way for people in the
neighborhood to get to know each other. They are also an opportunity for
field users to meet the people who live next to the fields they use, which
creates better understanding between field and park users.

6. Playfields Stewardship Initiative
Playfield and Park Workdays:
Silver Terrace Workday
February 7th, 2009
Playfield and Park Workdays engage
volunteers in cleanup and park improvement
efforts. On-field tasks include raking and
trash pickup. Off-field tasks include weeding,
planting and sand-sifting in the playground.

7. Playfields Stewardship Initiative
What is ParkScan.org?
ParkScan.org is a program of
the Neighborhood Parks
Council that allows park users
to report maintenance issues
online.
You can use ParkScan.org to
report field maintenance
issues and track the progress
of your report!
You can also call 311 to report
maintenance issues when you
see them at the field.

8. Playfields Stewardship Initiative
How can you participate?
1. Join a playfield stewardship
group
2. Participate in an event or
workday
3. Report maintenance issues on
ParkScan.org or 311
4. Cleanups before games and
practices
5. Take your trash with you when
you leave Silver Terrace

9. Playfields Stewardship Initiative
Why it matters…
Silver Terrace
Like good sportsmanship, good stewardship is vital to an enriching
athletic experience. Not only does it teach the valuable lesson of taking
care of the fields we enjoy, but it also helps ensure that those fields will be
primed for next season and for seasons to come.

10. Playfields Stewardship Initiative
Contact Information:
Playfields Stewardship Initiative Website:
http://www.sfnpc.org/playfields
City Fields Foundation Website:
http://www.cityfieldsfoundation.org
Matthew Silva, Outreach Coordinator
msilva@sfnpc.org
(415) 621-3260