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 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 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 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
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.