20 years of collective impact
Improved food and nutrition security
- Healthy Retail SF: Shape Up SF’s Bayview HEAL Zone Food Guardians laid the foundation for the citywide healthy retail program. Healthy Retail SF increased access to fresh produce and other nutritious food and beverage options for thousands of San Franciscans, especially in low-income communities.
- Healthy vending: Support the passage of a healthy vending policy, ensuring access to healthy food and beverages in vending machines on City property.
Increased opportunities for active living
- Youth PE: PE Advocates raised awareness about the benefits of PE and supported school-aged youth in meeting physical activity guidelines.
- Safe Routes to School: Launched the Safe Routes to School Program in 2009 to increase safe and accessible walking and bicycling to school.
- Sunday Streets: Sponsored the launch of Sunday Streets, a program that temporarily transforms city streets into car-free spaces for community-building and movement. Now in its 18th season, it continues to focus on neighborhoods lacking safe open spaces for recreation.
Reduced sugary drink consumption
- Healthy beverage policies: Helped organizations create healthy beverage policies to make the healthy choice the easy choice.
- Soda Tax: Laid the groundwork for SF's soda tax by building community awareness of the health impacts of sugary drinks, educating on industry tactics, and partnering with policymakers to introduce sugary drinks legislation.
- Water access: Expanded access to clean public drinking water via water bottle-filling stations in public spaces and schools.
Attend a community event
Shape Up SF partners are hosting a variety of events supporting healthy eating and active living throughout the month of September. Check them out below!
September 6 | World Arts West Dance Festival 2026
World Arts West Dance Festival returns to the Presidio. Come out to the park for an afternoon of dance workshops and performances at Presidio Tunnel Tops – bring family and friends, a blanket and picnic, or walk over to Presidio Pop Up’s to purchase delicious food celebrating the Bay Area’s diverse cuisines.
This event is part of a three-weekend festival that includes film screenings and other community activations rooted in this year’s theme, “Legacy of Liberation” –a theme which addresses the holistic needs of the community. World Arts West isn’t just providing visibility to artists but also economic empowerment, cultural preservation, and collective advocacy.
- Date: Sunday, September 6, 2026
- Time: 1-4 pm
- Location: Presidio Tunnel Tops, East Meadow
September 12 | Paul Noa’s Fa’atasi Fitness Festival
Join Fa'atasi Youth Services for a family-friendly fitness festival! All are welcome. Free breakfast and lunch items will be available.
- Date: Saturday, September 12, 2026
- Time: 9 am to no later than 8 pm
- Location: Westlake Park, 145 Lake Merced Blvd, Daly City, Ca
Event schedule:
- 9 am: Adult co-ed softball tournament begins
- 10-11 am: XTreme Hip Hop Step with ROCK
- 11:30 am: Cornhole tournament begins
- 1:30-2:30 pm: Family kickball game
For more information, contact Sylvia “Mammasyl” Selinger Tauala at faatasiyouthservices@gmail.com
September 12 | Sunset Dunes Bioblitz
Join a guided bioblitz along Ocean Beach, document wildlife, and connect with nature. Participants will split into groups and head north and south along the beach to explore and document the plants, birds, mollusks, insects, and other wildlife they encounter.
Ocean Beach is home to more than 400 species, including 28 that are threatened. Every observation you make contributes valuable community science data that helps researchers and land managers better understand and protect biodiversity in San Francisco.
This free event is open to all ages and experience levels.
- Date: Saturday, September 12
- Time: 10 am - 1 pm
- Location: Sunset Dunes at Ocean Beach - Intersection of the Upper Great Highway & Noriega Street, near the picnic tables
September 12 | Pregnancy Village
Join us at the Bayview YMCA for a hip hop and health event celebrating birth, families, and community. Featuring live musical performances, yoga, massages, haircuts, clinical care, labor and birth circle, fatherhood lounge and support, and more free services.
- Date: Saturday, September 12, 2026
- Time: 12-3 pm
- Location: Bayview YMCA, 1601 Lane St, San Francisco, 94124
Visit https://www.sfpregnancyfamilyvillage.org/ or contact info@sfpregnancyfamilyvillage.org for more information
September 13 | Free Yoga in the Park
Start your Sunday morning with free community yoga at Outpost Meadow in the Presidio. This weekly outdoor series offers an instructor-led class surrounded by the park’s natural landscape, creating an opportunity to move, recharge, and spend time outside.
Open to all experience levels, each one-hour session combines accessible movement and mindfulness in a welcoming group setting. Participants are encouraged to bring their own yoga mat and come prepared for an outdoor class.
- Date: Sunday, September 13, 2026
- Time: 10-11 am
- Location: Presidio Tunnel Tops, Outpost Meadow
Free Community Yoga at Outpost Meadow takes place every Sunday from September 13 through November 22, 2026.
September 17 | Shape Up SF Coalition Meeting
Join us for an afternoon in community with fellow healthy eating and active living champions to connect, network, and learn.
- Date: Thursday, September 17, 2026
- Time: 1-3 pm, with optional networking lunch from 12-1 pm
- Location: Community Well, 78 Ocean Ave, San Francisco, CA 94112
September 19 | City Kids Family Fair
Celebrating 10 Years of Family Fun!
Free books, diapers and organic produce*! Plus games, giveaways and exciting entertainment featuring Elmo, JAMaROO, Lion Dance Me and ABADÁ-Capoeira! Looking for child care or preschool for your child? City Kids is the perfect place to start. Learn more and sign up for our Parent Email Bulletin for early access to tickets. We will celebrate outdoors, rain or shine!
- Date: Saturday, September 19, 2026
- Time: 10 am - 1 pm
- Location: 445 Church St, San Francisco, CA 94114
- Host: Children's Council of San Francisco
*While supplies last. Diapers are in limited supply and only for eligible families. 1 sleeve per child present.
September 19: Bayview YMCA 30th Anniversary Block Party
You're invited to our 30th anniversary kick-off block party! Bring your family, friends, and neighbors for an afternoon of fun, food, entertainment, and community as we celebrate 30 years of making a difference in Bayview.
- Date: Saturday, September 19, 2026
- Time: 11 am - 3 pm
- Location: 1601 Lane St, San Francisco, 94124
September 20 | Free Yoga in the Park
Start your Sunday morning with free community yoga at Outpost Meadow in the Presidio. This weekly outdoor series offers an instructor-led class surrounded by the park’s natural landscape, creating an opportunity to move, recharge, and spend time outside.
Open to all experience levels, each one-hour session combines accessible movement and mindfulness in a welcoming group setting. Participants are encouraged to bring their own yoga mat and come prepared for an outdoor class.
- Date: Sunday, September 20, 2026
- Time: 10-11 am
- Location: Presidio Tunnel Tops, Outpost Meadow
Free Community Yoga at Outpost Meadow takes place every Sunday from September 13 through November 22, 2026.
September 23 | Joy Generation
A movement is rising—one rooted in joy, unity, and collective healing. Join us for a series of gatherings that nourish the spirit. These gatherings are an invitation to practice joyful resistance—through movement, laughter, celebration, and play. These are sacred parts of who we are, and no system can take them from us. They are essential tools for self-preservation, community resilience, and radical healing.
- Somatic movement, sound healing, & meditation
- Heart-centered conversations
- Inclusive, non-judgmental space
- Celebration, connection, and community
- Fall Cooking Demo & Tasting
Details:
- Date: Wednesday, September 23
- Time: 5:30-7:30 pm
- Location: 78 Ocean Ave San Francisco, CA 94112
- Host: Community Well
- Who can attend: adults; teens are welcome with a guardian
September 24 | San Francisco Heart Walk
The Heart Walk is the American Heart Association's premiere event for raising funds to save lives from this country's No. 1 and No. 5 killers—heart disease and stroke. Designed to promote physical activity and heart-healthy living, the Heart Walk creates an environment that's fun and rewarding for the entire family.
- Date: Thursday, September 24, 2026
- Time: 11am; walk begins at 11:45 am
- Route Length: 5k, with a Miracle Mile option
- Location: China Basin Park, 101 Terry A Francois St, San Francisco, CA 94158
September 26 | Get Up, Get Out: A Black Men's Health Symposium
Join the Bayview YMCA for an exciting event focused on health and wellness for Black men! We'll have insightful health education presentations for all ages, organizations offering a wealth of health and wellness resources, and, to top it off, thrilling 3-on-3 basketball tournaments, one for youth and one for adults. We'll also be giving out trophies, medals, and swag bags, as well as providing breakfast and lunch.
This event is all about good vibes, fun, uplifting community health resources, and encouraging Black men of all ages to take charge of their health. Don’t miss out on the chance to connect, learn, and shoot some hoops!
Event details:
- Date: Saturday, September 26, 2026
- Time: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm (men's tournament 9am - 11:30am, youth tournament 12pm - 2:30pm)
- Location: 1601 Lane St, San Francisco, 94124
September 26 | Pepper Celebration
Join Foodwise in celebrating peppers, this month’s Seasonal Spotlight, at the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market. Come down to the market for a day of tasting and fun! Look for the orange Seasonal Spotlight tent in front of the Ferry Building.
- Foodwise Demo: Nichole Accettola, Scandinavian Everyday | 11:00 am at the Foodwise Classroom (front plaza)
- Free samples, recipes, and cooking tips at the Seasonal Spotlight tent (front plaza)
- Taste and learn about different tomato varieties and vote for your favorite
- Games and activities for kids
Event details:
- Date: Saturday, September 26, 2026
- Time: 11 am - 1 pm
- Location: Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA 94105 (look for the orange Seasonal Spotlight tent out front)
September 27 | Golden Gate Park Nature Festival
Join us at the Academy of Science for a free, family-friendly Nature Festival celebrating San Francisco’s incredible biodiversity and the people working to protect and restore it. Visitors of all ages can enjoy educational programs, interactive activities, informational booths, and nature-themed displays. Come learn, explore, and discover how everyone can play a part in caring for nature in San Francisco!
- Date: Saturday, September 27, 2026
- Time: 10 am - 2 pm
- Location: 55 Music Concourse Dr. (in front of the California Academy of Science)
September 27 | Free Yoga in the Park
Start your Sunday morning with free community yoga at Outpost Meadow in the Presidio. This weekly outdoor series offers an instructor-led class surrounded by the park’s natural landscape, creating an opportunity to move, recharge, and spend time outside.
Open to all experience levels, each one-hour session combines accessible movement and mindfulness in a welcoming group setting. Participants are encouraged to bring their own yoga mat and come prepared for an outdoor class.
- Date: Sunday, September 27, 2026
- Time: 10-11 am
- Location: Presidio Tunnel Tops, Outpost Meadow
Join us in supporting a healthier San Francisco
We invite partners, community leaders, and changemakers to support our collective work:
- Participate: Attend an in-person coalition or join an action team: Policy, Systems, Environment or Capacity Building.
- Speak: Present your work or share your expertise at a meeting or workshop.
- Share: Highlight a recent success, plug an upcoming event, or share resources in our monthly newsletter or Google Group.
- Host: Invite Coalition partners to your space by hosting us for an in-person coalition meeting.
Reach out to our backbone staff Danielle Lundstrom at danielle.lundstrom@sfdph.org to get involved.