Healthy Parks Healthy People is an international initiative to promote public awareness about the connection between individual and community health, and accessible, well-managed parks.
Healthy Parks, Healthy People: San Francisco
In 2014, East Bay Regional Park District teamed up with UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland to launch the SHINE program to bring their patients - children with chronic illnesses such as obesity, diabetes or ADHD - to the outdoors as a way to improve their physical and mental health.
On October 24, 2021, the Park District was awarded the Global Citizen Award by the United Nations Association USA, East Bay and Silicon Valley Chapters at the virtual 76th UN Day celebration.