San Jose Parks Foundation

San Jose Parks Foundation is seeking donors to help purchase dog waste bags to supply the dispensers citywide. San Jose Parks Foundation also seeks volunteers to help re-stock the dispensers.

Buena Vista Park exists already. It is a small park in a community that values it highly. The Buena Vista Neighborhood Association has worked with the City of San Jose to expand the park on an adjacent lot. Your contribution will help the community develop this new lot and assist in creating long-term care for the entire park.

The soccer bowl at Watson Park has long been a very sepcial place for soccer. Umberto Abronzino was the person most responsible for bringing the sport to San Jose and Santa Clara Valley. A coalition of soccer groups are raising funds to build a Field House at Watson Park to be named for this great champion of soccer.

Click here to go directly to the Abronzino Fund Page.

The VEP Parks Fund is a special partnership designed to fund activities and general care foe the VEP parks.

VEP is an all-volunteer organization of dedicated neighbors working to improve their neighborhoods; VEP is a community “homeowner’s association that covers these three parks:

V = Vistapark;
E = Encore (and Echo Valley); and
P = Parkview Valley.


The Martin Fontana Parks Association is a neighborhood based association formed to work with PG&E to manage the trees and future planting in TJ Martin and Jeffrey Fontana parks. Several of the original trees have been cut down to accommodate PG&E wires overhead. MFPAvolunteers work hard to preserve as many trees as possible and to replace the ones are cut down.

One of the key components of maintaining a vibrant, beautiful Parks system is tom have volunteers help with a variety of tasks, from pruning roses to clearing brush to repairing benches and picnic tables and much more. Throughout the year, Mollie Tobias leads this effort for PRNS. We support this effort in every way, including raising funds to help cover the costs of tools, supplies, and all elements related to being able to provide volunteer services.

This unique park is being given significant beautification by the planting of rose trees by park neighbors. You may contribute any amount to this fund. Planting began in May, 2012.

Terry Reilly and Beverly Rose Hopper, along with a dedicated volunteers or the Friends of the Municipal Rose Garden have restored this great community treasure to a place of prominence that it has not known for decades. Rated as America's Best Rose Garden by a national Organization in 2010, it is a wonder to behold. Donate to help keep the Municipal Rose Garden as a jewel of San Jose's Parks system.

Several groups have collaborated to try to open this new community center, built by the funding that was passed by voters in 2000. Maintenance issues and general operating costs are preventing it from opening, along with the Bascom Library that shares the building. We are working in partnership with the Friends of Bacom Library, Community Center and Café (FOBLCC).