A County-wide movement to rebuild our parks after the January 2025 fires.
We extend our heartfelt gratitude to the generous sponsors who make our Parks and Recreation programs possible. Your support helps us create vibrant green spaces, host inclusive community events, and offer enriching recreational opportunities for residents of all ages.
Thanks to your commitment, our parks remain places of joy, connection, and wellness. Whether it’s a new playground, a summer concert series, or youth sports leagues, your contributions leave a lasting impact on the lives of thousands. Together, we’re building a stronger, healthier, and more connected community—one park at a time.
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Partner with LACPF to create lasting impact through parks and recreation.
Our parks are more than open space — they’re community roots. In the wake of the devastating January 2025 wildfires, LA County lost not just trees and trails, but cherished places of gathering, healing, and connection. In response, we launched a community-powered movement to restore what was lost and reimagine what’s possible.
Through a shared mission, we united donors, volunteers, and residents: to rebuild our parks as vibrant, resilient spaces for all. From replanting native trees to repairing trails and recreation centers, every effort has been a testament to the power of collective action.
The restoration of parkland in Altadena has begun
More than 600 volunteers have contributed time and care
Partnerships with local nonprofits have accelerated recovery in the hardest-hit areas
This is more than a recovery effort — it’s a recommitment to equity, access, and the belief that nature belongs to everyone. Together, we’re not just rebuilding parks. We’re rebuilding community.
The Los Angeles County Parks Foundation (LACPF) has been making a strong impact through a variety of initiatives aimed at enhancing access, equity, and engagement across the county’s park system. Here’s a snapshot of their standout programs and efforts:
In partnership with the Los Angeles Clippers Foundation (LACF), the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation and the Los Angeles County Parks Foundation have developed a program to upgrade basketball courts across the County parks system.
The Clippers Foundation, featuring the likes of professional basketball player and Los Angeles native Russell Westbrook, is a non-profit organization aimed at promoting educational, environmental, and humanitarian values through community-oriented events and programming.
In 2023, the Clippers Foundation donated $5.3 million to the Los Angeles County Parks Foundation to fund the Clippers Community Courts program, a countywide initiative to refurbish and improve all 117 basketball courts operated by the Department of Parks and Recreation.
These courts are located at 60 parks countywide, including many in park-poor neighborhoods that are lacking in quality recreational facilities and programs. This program builds upon the Clippers Foundation partnership with the City of Los Angeles, bringing the total number of Clippers Community Courts across Southern California to nearly 500 courts.
The Los Angeles County Department of Parks and offers an 8-week ESTEAM Camp (Environment, Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) at 28 sites throughout Los Angeles County Parks. Campers can become connected with the outdoors, explore early career pathways, build their self-confidence and understanding of ESTEAM topics, and learn to take action to improve their natural environment.
Curriculum is inclusive and supports the development of school-age BIPOC youth between the ages of 6-11. ESTEAM provides campers with hands-on learning activities that excites, energizes, and exposes youth to a wide variety of skills and ideas. Children will have fun learning through group games, arts and culture experiences, technology using robotics, coding and gaming, field trips, engineering logo projects, guest speakers in the fields of ESTEAM, and project-based learning. Morning and afternoon snacks and lunch are provided.
The ESTEAM Program is primarily offered in BIPOC communities and is designed to integrate informal multi-subject learning into hands-on collaborative project-based activities for school-age camp participants. The program’s big picture goal is to foster community-wellbeing by having a positive educational impact on Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM), that will ultimately provide career pathways for young campers, which will elevate college access and future employment opportunities.
It is appropriate for an employer as large as the County to also engage other County Departments in the curriculum planning to create pathways into County STEAM jobs by increasing access and opportunity through programs like ESTEAM. Participation in STEAM programs is shown to increase educational attainment, improve social skills through collaboration as well as strengthening community and County engagement in preparing young people for future careers.
DPR created a Sports Division in 2021 to address the lack of accessible and affordable sports. Since then, DPR has served over 60,000 youth in the unincorporated communities with recreation sports programs including flag football, baseball, softball, basketball, volleyball, soccer, wrestling, cheer and skateboard jam sessions.
We have also expanded aquatics programming to include water polo, dive and swimming teams, as well as the Junior Lake Lifeguard program and urban fishing derbies.
Organized athletic activities and baseball leagues that help young people develop sports skills, build confidence, and learn teamwork in a supportive community setting.
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