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10th Anniversary Retrospective: Valentine Card Party at Sunnyside Conservatory

January 29, 2011 by BONNEE WALDSTEIN

Valentine card making party at Sunnyside Conservatory. Photo by Bonnee Waldstein.

To celebrate the Glen Park Association Website turning ten years old, we are reposting some of our favorite stories from the last ten years.


Kids of all ages were caught red-handed at Sunnyside Conservatory on Saturday, making valentines from recycled materials.  This was the second time this party was held since the official opening of the rebuilt Sunnyside Conservatory over a year ago.

Piles of old calendars, maps, dictionaries, wrapping paper, cereal boxes, tattered books and even textbooks were marshaled for creating expressions of affection.  It was an afternoon of free love, as all the materials and supplies were provided at no charge and to the public, although donations were gratefully accepted.

Stacy Garfinkel, who was instrumental in the renovation of the conservatory, said the event was perfect to be held there because, “Like the conservatory, everything we’re using here today has been repurposed and recycled into something new.”

Folks from Glen Park included Ruth Pleaner, who was facilitating the activities with a gizmo that made cutout designs on paper.  “I’m a Glen Park neighbor who got on their mailing list.  I love all the activities at the conservatory — I’ve been to several concerts and two card workshops.  It’s nice to come out of your house and just come down the road.”

Photo by Bonnee Waldstein.

Several local artists, such as Monica Lee and Dorothy Yuki, helped gather and distribute the materials and supervise the festivities.

Tables were festooned with a colorful mélange of raw materials, plus homemade cupcakes and other refreshments, which no doubt spiked creativity and kept energy levels up over the three-hour event.

Ann Jeremias (age 100) with granddaughter Rosanna Jeremias and great-granddaughter Alegria Jeremias-Lin. Photo by Bonnee Waldstein.

Among the age groups represented was 100 year-old (in April) Ann Jeremias, who until the age of 97 was a marble sculptor. She looked on as her granddaughter Rosanna and great-granddaughter Alegria, a second-grader at Jose Ortega Elementary School, created their valentines.

Photo by Bonnee Waldstein.

The event also attracted families from other neighborhoods, including Potrero Hill.  Many find out about Sunnyside Conservatory events online and by word of mouth.

More will be coming about the first year of so of Sunnyside Conservatory in the next issue of The Glen Park News.

www.sunnysideconservatory.org

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Saturday’s Glen Park Greenway Work Party is Cancelled.

“I’m very sorry to say that
we have cancelled our Work Party for this Saturday July 12, along with all organized volunteer activity on the Greenway until further notice.
As you may have read in the news, our fiscal sponsor, San Francisco Parks Alliance (SFPA), has shut itself down. Just as SFPA has shut itself down, the Greenway, as an organized part of SFPA, has also been “shut down.” We are busy looking for a suitable alternative fiscal sponsor that is willing to replace SFPA. That search is going well but it is a slow process. We had hoped to find temporary ways to enable the Greenway project to function responsibly as a community activity without a fiscal sponsor. Sadly, despite our best efforts and the help of many others in Glen Park, we have failed. That is why we must cancel our Saturday Work Party and discontinue future work parties and other organized volunteer activity on the Greenway (like weeding and watering) until further notice. We recognize that the Greenway is public open space and that the organizers of the Greenway project have no control over the activities of you or of anyone else on the Greenway. However, if you do venture onto the Greenway to satisfy your urge for outdoor recreation, please be aware that your activity is not in any way organized or sanctioned by the organizers of the Glen Park Greenway project. I’m well aware of the efforts that many of the
Greenway’s supporters are making to get the Greenway organized with a new fiscal sponsor and I’m confident that this will be arranged within weeks or perhaps a few months.
However long it takes, I will contact you with news of our progress.
Many thanks for all that you do for the Greenway.”

Nicholas Dewar, volunteer Project Director

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Wonder what’s stopping just organizing it separate from that non-profit. It seems like the volunteers largely come from Glen Park.

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It was a beautiful day for the annual #july4th celebration on Laidley street!

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