Sunday Streets

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Thanks for joining us at Sunday Streets!   We had so much fun in Golden Gate Park and along the Great Highway! There we so many highlights to the day, it's hard to know where to even begin! What were your favorite moments?  Share your photos, videos and stories on our facebook page:     The San Francisco Rock Project came out and performed on the Great Highway and were AMAZING!!! They will be back at the August 14th event, so don't miss them!! Photo by Frank Chan      Spotlight on Our Pet Programs:                                   Every month, Shelah Barr donates her time to Sunday Streets by  organizing all of the pet programs that come out. Each month,  she brings out all kinds of folks who dedicate their lives to helping  out our furry friends. Here are some words from Shelah on the work she does, and how she gives back to the community:     "Happy Hounds Massage started as a desire to do for our pets what I was doing for humans – helping them achieve efficient and comfortable movement through bodywork and massage.  I specialize in rehabilitative and therapeutic work, because that’s what my training is in (for humans, and it translates well into work with animals). The majority of pets I see through Happy Hounds Massage are seniors, injured, highly active and permanently disabled - not necessarily in that order.  I work with all small animals but specialize in dogs because they’re like the rugby players of the domestic animal world. They throw themselves into whatever they’re doing with no sense of self-preservation, bang themselves up, then go back for more.  A cat or a lizard for example won’t usually do that – they’ll pretty much just rest when they need to.   I try to support the animal community as much as possible. I’m expanding my social network through Facebook and Twitter as a way to share information about what’s happening in the pet world. I donate Happy Hounds Massage Gift Coupons whenever I can to help organizations raise money, and attend as many of the fundraising events as possible. I started organizing the Pet Program at Sunday Streets because I thought it would be a great way to introduce the local rescues and a public that might normally never meet.  My idea was that it would give the rescues a bigger pool of potential adopters, fosters, volunteers and supporters, and the public would have new opportunities to get involved, be helpful, and learn about personal and social animal care."   Highlight on a Rescue Copper’s Dream is new to the Sunday Streets Pet Program.  It was founded by a local woman, Jennifer Wang, who like so many of us would like to see the end of pet overpopulation and euthanasia. Copper’s Dream rescues dogs and cats of all ages, breeds and sizes, and has North and South Bay chapters. They brought a good variety of dogs and had a pretty successful first day with us.   Pet Photography by Mark Rogers    Mark Rogers is a San Francisco pet photographer specializing in candid, intimate portraits of pets and their people throughout the Bay Area. The above images were taken by him, as well as the volunteer photo on the right. Sunday Streets Raffle!   We are having a season long raffle! Enter for a chance to win an electric bike from The New Wheel or a Public J7 bike! Other prizes include a child's push bike, kid's bike (brand tba), City CarShare Membership, Urban walker packages, transit passes, and more! Stop by the green Sunday Streets tent at the next event to buy your raffle tickets! They are only $5 and the money goes to fund the Sunday Streets program.  SAVE THE DATE!! The next Sunday Streets will be on August 14th in the Tenderloin and Civic Center. If you have an organization that would like to come play in the streets, contact us at [email protected]. Look for details to be posted on our website soon and RSVP to our Facebook event. Once you've done that, all you have to do is invite your friends! How to get to Sunday Streets: MUNI: These routes serve the event area: Metro lines J, K, L, M, N, T  to Civic Center; 5 Fulton, *19 Polk, 21 Hayes, *27 Bryant, 31 Balboa, *38 Geary;* NOTE: 19, 27 and 38 lines will be re-routed on nearby streets. For trip planning and other Muni-related info, go to sfmta.com Bike: Go to: http://bicycling.511.org/ for help mapping a bike-friendly route from your area to the Civic Center BART area BART: Civic Center Station: Exit at 8thand Market Street. For trip planning, go to bart.gov. For more info: www.SundayStreetsSF.com or visit us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sundaystreets  Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/SundayStreets    Sunday Streets 2011 Sponsors: Sunday Streets is made possible by the good work of the San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, (the program's official City sponsor), the San Francisco Mayor’s Office, and Livable City. This program could not be possible, however, without the significant support of our many sponsors, program partners and individual donors. To make a contribution online, go to: https://livablecity.org/donate/    Lead Sponsor: Bank of America Sponsors: AT&T; Bay Area Air Quality Management District; Shape Up; City CarShare; SF Bicycle Coalition; Red Cross Bay Area; Bike & Roll; Bay City Bikes; Blazing Saddles; California Pacific Medical Center; Rec & Parks Dept., YMCA; California Outdoor Rollersports Association;  Media Sponsors: The San Francisco Examiner, Clear Channel Radio, Streetsblog SF	Do you love Sunday Streets??  Volunteer!! We can't put on these events without our hundreds of amazing volunteers. Volunteer at Sunday Streets as an Intersection Monitor or Route Rabbit and help Sunday Streets run smoothly! All volunteers get a t-shirt and lunch on us! Sign up to Volunteer today!!
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