From free swim lessons to pop-up summer camps around the city, your support for the People for Parks Fund is helping to get kids into the fresh air...
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People for Parks Fund 2024 Grantees Selected
Your support is helping fund 13 great ideas for getting Minneapolis communities closer to nature From free swim lessons for underserved families, to...
A Brief History of our Benches and Pavers Program
Buying a bench or brick helps bolster the Bandshell and beyond. The Minneapolis Parks Foundation’s People for Parks Fund recently celebrated the...
Pickleball for All
Spring into the country’s fastest-growing sport at the Minneapolis parks According to sports industry reports, the ranks of the nation’s...
Reconnecting to the Source
With help from a People for Parks Fund grant, kayaker Devin Brown is committed to getting more paddlers of color into the current. Devin Brown was...
Casting Call
With fishing clinics offered in Spanish and English, Baztec Outdoors is helping more BIPOC anglers discover a life-long love of fishing When...
The Nature of Community
With guided hikes and outdoor experiences, Huellas Latinas is helping Spanish-speaking Minnesotans feel at home in the parks A civil engineer...
Outdoor Learning
People for Parks Fund projects are teaching students new ways to connect in the natural world . As an outdoor educator at the Kroening...
Sailing Away
Your support for the People for Parks Fund is helping a new generation set sail The imagery and iconography of Minneapolis has long been connected...