San Mateo County Parks Foundation

The San Mateo County Parks Foundation’s mission is to inspire people to care for, learn about and enjoy parks. We have been a nonprofit partner to the San Mateo County Parks Department for over 25 years, raising money and support for park projects and programs like habitat restoration, events like Bicycle Sunday, and small capital improvements to playgrounds, trails and picnic areas that complement the County’s investments.

For 86 years, Flood Park, located in Menlo Park near North Fair Oaks, has been a favorite location for family and group picnics, community gatherings, daily walks by neighbors and a range of sports activities. In 2015, the San Mateo County Parks Department did an assessment that revealed the park’s facilities required repair or replacement and this launched a multi-year community engagement process to redesign the park. Now that community vision is being implemented and some of the new and open park features include a bicycle pump track, a multiuse sports field, sand volleyball, basketball, pickleball and tennis courts and new drop-in picnic areas. Still to come is an accessible playground that will feature climbing towers, bridges, slides, zip lines, swings, and much more, as well as additional picnic areas.

To help fund the final details and maintain these new amenities, commemorative pavers will be sold and installed at the entrance to the new playground. This is a unique opportunity to be a lasting part of the community and to help put the finishing touches on Flood Park. All funds raised by the Parks Foundation through this effort will go toward supporting Flood Park, which in turn supports healthy lifestyles and community connection.

A personalized engraved brick is a wonderful way to honor a loved one, your children or show your support for parks in general! All donations are 100% tax-deductible and the Parks Foundation’s federal tax id number is 94-3306697.