Parks Foundation of Miami-Dade: Creating a Thriving Park System

The Parks Foundation mobilizes financial and sweat equity support to ensure a thriving and accessible parks system for a healthier, more liveable and sustainable today and tomorrow.

Our Parks System at a Glance

Our Parks

Get Salty

Explore | All Beaches

Surf’s Up

Explore | Pools and More

Bark Park

Explore | Dog Parks

Get Fit

Explore | Fitness Zones

Get Muddy

Explore | Bike Trails

Drop In

Explore | Skate Parks

Live a Park Life

Attend Event

Get outside and enjoy some open spaces. Join us at one of our many upcoming events.

Volunteer

Give the gift that keeps on giving. Volunteer with us.

What We Do

Vital Parks Programs

The programs we support lead to well-being, personal enrichment, and life-long learning. We offer ways for you to put your stamp on elements of the park system’s 40,000 precious acres, including 280 parks and open spaces, golf courses, beaches, and miles of greenways, trails, and waterways.

Your support starts here.

Fit2Play

Learn-To-Swim

Bicycle Safety Education Program

What’s Happening

Events

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Publications

Keep Kids on Track during after school hours with Miami-Dade Parks Fit2Play™
It’s 3 p.m. The school bell rings. Now what? For a majority of the nation’s youth, the hours from the time school lets out to the moment families are reunited are becoming a period of loneliness and boredom. The U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, points out that juvenile violence peaks in the after ...
The Value of Parks
The iconic components of most major cities are found in their parks. Central Park in New York, Chicago’s Millennium Park, Boston Manor Park in Boston and San Francisco’s Golden State Park, to name a few. What these cities knew early on was that not only do these parks transform their city’s skyline, but they also ...

In The News

The Story of Janiia
At 16 years old, Janiia’s single mother completed her application for the Parks Foundation internship program with many dreams for her daughter. Qualifying for the program, Janiia was assigned to work at the office of the District 8 Commissioner, who is now the Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava. It was difficult balancing the responsibilities of caring for ...
Parks Foundation of Miami-Dade Honors Past Board Members
Parks Foundation of Miami-Dade Honors Past Board Members MIAMI (September 1, 2021) – The Parks Foundation of Miami-Dade honored past board Members Jack Kardys and Lisa Martinez on August 20, 2021 for their years of service to the Parks Foundation of Miami-Dade and Miami-Dade County Parks. Dedicating his career to public service, Mr. Jack Kardys has served the parks department for more ...