September brings welcome summer sun and anticipation of weekends filled with adventure. The members of the Marina Community Association are excited to host a new family-friendly event, which we hope will be an annual tradition: the Marina Family Festival. District 2 Supervisor Mark Farrell joins us in supporting this community activity, and we have partnered with Jaffe Events, UVMG and others to put together an exciting day. The inaugural Marina Family Festival is Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Little Marina Green. Admission is free.

Family-friendly attractions will include bounce houses, a petting zoo, pony rides, face painters, balloon artists, music, gourmet food trucks, and local merchant-sponsored booths. There will be a beer and wine garden for the “big kids,” as well as other booths (still being added as this is written). So please mark your calendars, get the sunscreen and the water bottles ready, and come join us for a great day of fun with the whole family.

The MCA welcomes those interested in helping to sponsor the festival. Please contact Jennifer Consalvi at [email protected]. For more information on how to get involved with the event, please contact Adrian Goddard of Jaffe Events at [email protected].

MCA Annual October Meeting

October is the month that the MCA holds its annual general meeting. We welcome members and those interested in joining the MCA to gather with us, hear from our speakers, and help us elect our new board members. You are eligible to be a member of the MCA if you are over the age of 18 and a resident or owner of a dwelling within that area of San Francisco bounded on the west by Lyon Street (including those parcels fronting Lyon Street), on the south by Lombard and Richardson Streets (but not including those parcels fronting Lombard and Richardson Streets), on the east by Van Ness Avenue (but not including those parcels fronting Van Ness Avenue) and on the North by Marina Boulevard, including those parcels fronting Marina Boulevard. If you are interested in joining the MCA, please visit us at www.sfmca.org. You can join through our website.

We’d also like to hear from you if you are interested in becoming a member of the MCA board of directors. Each term is two years. The MCA is a 501(c)(4) organization that is dedicated to protecting and improving the distinctive residential quality of San Francisco’s Marina District. We are a bunch of neighborly volunteers that actively participates with government and other civic agencies for the betterment of the community. If you are interested in becoming a board member, you can nominate yourself by contacting Kat Anderson, corporate secretary, at [email protected].

Please keep an eye on our website for the exact date of the annual meeting, which will be in late October. You may e-mail us with any questions at [email protected]. Check out our Facebook page and be sure to “like” it so you can stay up to date on news and events in the Marina as they happen: www.facebook.com/pages/Marina-Community-Association-of-San-Francisco/136298589760413?v=info

Kat Anderson is the corporate secretary for the Marina Community Association board of directors. For more information about the MCA, visit www.sfmca.org.