42ND ANNUAL SANDCASTLE CLASSIC BENEFITTING LEAP ARTS IN EDUCATION
October 26, 2024

The 42nd Annual Leap Sandcastle Classic, a San Francisco tradition, raises funds for high quality arts and architecture education for 7,000 Bay Area public school students who would otherwise go without. Thousands flock to Ocean Beach to build giant sand sculptures with architecture, design, technology, engineering and construction companies in partnership with students from local schools. Leap’s 2024 goal was to raise more than $300,000.

BAR has been a regular participant in the Sandcastle Classic since 2013 and partnering this year with Cahill Contractors, KPFF Consulting Engineers, and Maffei Structural Engineering, our team joined forces with the Leonard R. Flynn Elementary School in the Mission. This year’s theme ‘Out of This World’ provided an array of alien inspiration to coincide with the Halloween season. Various BAR architects along with our other team members held sandcastle workshops at the school to fully engage and excite the children while designing the structure to be built using sand.

The program culminated in Build Day, when teams take over Ocean Beach to create the largest sandcastle contest in Northern California.

Additional funds were raised via a Guest Bartending Event at Jackalope, San Francisco – thank you to BARster Emily who did an amazing job bartending. A Trivia Night and raffle, kindly held at Chief Sullivan’s in North Beach, was a huge success and fun as ever.