Hello Neighbors! I’m Helene (one of just many of your neighbors on the FDP board) and I’d like to (re)introduce Friends of Duboce Park to the neighborhood.

Friends was started in 1997 by a group of neighbors determined to improve and beautify the heart of our neighborhood, Duboce Park. Some of our projects have been helping build the playground and youth play area, laying out the labyrinth, and installing lighting and benches for everyone to enjoy amongst many others. What you see today is vastly different than it was 25 years ago, and much of that is due to the tireless efforts of Friends of Duboce Park.

Currently, we’re organizing volunteer park cleanups on the second Saturday of every month, working to repair and replace some of the playground equipment, and hosting free movie nights for all to enjoy. The movie showing in Spring 2023 and Fall 2023 were total successes, despite the wind trying its hardest to blow the screen down in April.

As we look ahead, we need your help! We’re looking for input. What would you like to see changed in the park? Are there things you love, or don’t? Do you have any ideas for great community building events (Silent Disco, anyone)? We gather community input, then work with the fantastic folks at SF Recreation and Parks to make changes a reality.

Duboce Park remains the heart of our local community, providing our Town Square, and as such, it needs the voice of all of us. And if you have some time to help, we could always use more people, engaged and ready to roll up their sleeves to make something happen.

You can find us on Instagram @friendsofdubocepark or just reach out to us via email at board@friendsofdubocepark.org. We’re looking forward to working together to protect and improve our beautiful park.

See you in the Park!

Helene Kocher
Friends of Duboce Park