Brooklyn Greenway Initiative, Brooklyn
$1,000 to support the open space visioning workshops, specifically at the Red Hook Recreation Center.
BrooklynShade, Street Trees, Citywide
$2,000 to develop a website to measure the success of BrooklynShade’s citywide tree guard-building workshops.
Friends of Kaiser Park, Brooklyn
$2,000 to buy a kiosk to be installed for displaying a park map and information about upcoming events and group meetings in Kaiser Park.
Friends of Oakland Lake, Queens
$500 to print and/or mail the first two editions of the group’s new newsletter.
Gateway Bike and Boathouse, Queens
$650 to purchase and install a weatherproof bulletin board to post notices about events at the new park at Beach 88th St.
Homegrown, Brooklyn
$820 to purchase and install an outdoor message center to showcase the activities of PS 10 students in the park and inform neighbors about how to get involved in Butterfly Garden and Homegrown.
M’Finda Kalunga Community Garden/RPCC, Manhattan
$2,100 to support teen involvement in positive activities to prevent teen violence, including expenses for a repurposed laptop, promotion, and intern stipends for movie series in the garden, a project that will involve middle school students in building a chicken coop and caring for chickens, and a recycling pilot project.
Operation Exodus Inner City, Manhattan
$1,500 to print T-shirts with images of J. Hood Wright Park.
Friends of Greenwood Playground, Brooklyn
$1,000 to print 2,500 outreach brochures to attract new members to the group.
Manhattan Amateur Art and Columbus Music Association, Manhattan
$2,000 to print 5,000 brochures (in Chinese and English) about Columbus Park and listing the schedule of MAACMA's free Chinese music and dance performances.
Queens Coalition for Parks and Green Spaces, Queens
$1,000 to print banners and programs and buy food for Going Green in Queens 2010 and Going Green in Queens 2011.
Rock Garden/Little Green Garden, Bronx
$500 to cover small stipends for two interns to help run the program, supervised by garden members.
Save a Park to Save a Child, Manhattan
$250 to buy invitations, decorations, programs, and food on Spring 2010 It's My Park Day in Fred Samuel Playground.
Shiloh Community Garden, Brooklyn
$500 to support the composting workshops and for food and promotion for events.
Friends of Nicholas Heyward Jr. Park, Brooklyn
$1,500 to cover some event expenses and print postcard calendars promoting summer events.
Narrows Botanical Gardens, Brooklyn
$900 to support expanding outreach to recruit new members and volunteers.
World Education Endeavor, Brooklyn
$900 to print posters to advertise and purchase supplies for free summer art classes in Coffey Park.
Green Shores NYC, Queens
$2,500 to support a website redesign with streamlined email communication for Green Shores NYC.
Asian Americans for Equality, Citywide
$3,500 to produce a brochure in Chinese, Korean, and English about Chinatown parks to make park information available to non-English speakers; to provide a stipend for a local teen intern to coordinate weekly park stewardship activities for seniors in Columbus Park; and to purchase tools for stewardship projects.
Hattie Carthan Community Garden and Market, Hattie Carthan Community Garden, Brooklyn
$1,500 to create promotional materials which will help the larger community learn more about the garden as a fresh food source and a tool to increase our community's health; expenses include a bulletin board, a website, and printing flyers.
September 11 Family Group, Asser Levy Park, Brooklyn
$1,200 to print a booklet to be developed by local students about the history of the park.
George Walker Jr. Community Coalition, George Walker Jr. Park, Brooklyn
$1,500 to host free movies in the park in summer 2010; expenses include buying a projector, which they'll share with other Brooklyn park groups, as well as office supplies and a website update.
Friends of Luther Gulick Park, Luther Gulick Park, Manhattan
$2,250 to establish our group's visual identity in the community and to effectively communicate our group's goals, upcoming events, and the status of (capital) fundraising efforts; expenses include a bulletin board, banners, and website.
UNRAP (United Neighbors to Revitalize Allen and Pike) Coalition, Allen and Pike Street Malls, Manhattan
$2,000 to produce public events and outreach materials promoting a series of community-created and site specific temporary public art installations on the malls.
CHERP (Community Hooked on East River Park), East River Park, Manhattan
$2,000 to update the East River Park map with a focus on issues like access and ongoing capital improvements, translate the map into Spanish, and distribute it online and in print.
Root for Trees, Chelsea Street Trees, Manhattan
$660 to launch e-newsletters to communicate with volunteers and supporters and develop prototype street tree signs.
East River CREW, East River Esplanade, Manhattan
$3,000 to produce an illustrated educational booklet about the East River for kids.
P.S. 116, Bellevue South Park, Manhattan
$750 to purchase a banner, signs, and t-shirts to make student planting projects in the park more visible.
Friends of Queensbridge Park Committee, Queensbridge Park, Queens
$2,100 to install 8 garbage cans with signs saying "brought to you by the Friends of Queensbridge Park" and how to get involved in volunteering in the park.
Astoria Park Alliance, Astoria Park, Queens
$2,000 to expand outreach efforts with brochures and a bulletin board, and purchase collapsible tents for their outdoor events that they'll share with other groups along the western Queens waterfront.
Friends of Fort Totten Parks, Fort Totten Park, Queens
$775 to print 5000 updated maps that highlight new park features and the motorized tram route and list Friends of Fort Totten's free events and programs.
Wolfe’s Pond Pooches, Wolfe’s Pond Park, Staten Island
$1,400 to strengthen the group by applying for 501(c)3, renting a P.O. box, printing flyers, and buying refreshments for group meetings.
Tompkinsville Park Arts and Cultures Neighborhood Community, Tompkinsville Park, Staten Island
$1,500 to support spring 2010 St. George Day Art and Music Festival, “an international holiday which we have redefined as a day to celebrate cooperative problem solving;” expenses include art supplies and outreach.
New York City Water Trail Association, all waterfront parks, citywide
$2,000 to establish the identity of the NYCWTA and promote it's mission, through a new website and tide wheel cards, which use a functional tide wheel that gives high tide for NYC waterways as an organizational calling card.
Friends of Poe Park/The Ravens, Poe Park, Bronx
$1,500 to install two weather-proof bulletin boards and print banners and flyers.
Urban Divers Estuary Conservancy, Valentino Park and Pier, Brooklyn
$2,500 to offer a series of Enviromedia Mobile environmental education programming this summer.
Brooklyn Titans, Red Hook Park, Brooklyn
$2,000 to provide free football and cheerleading leagues for 5-7 year olds.
Community Vision Council, Maria Hernandez Park, Brooklyn
$2,000 to hire local artists to design materials promoting park-based farmers markets and exercising in parks.
Friends of Greenwood Playground, Greenwood Playground, Brooklyn
$1,000 to purchase art supplies and outreach materials for summer program of free children’s art classes and community clean-ups.
Friends of Douglass Greene Park, Thomas Greene Park, Brooklyn
$500 to print flyers and buy refreshments for 2nd annual Family Day event.
Save a Park to Save a Child, Fred Samuel Playground, Manhattan
$800 to work with Partnerships for Parks’ Art Director to design and print posters and postcards promoting summer events.
Astoria Music & Arts, Astoria Park, Queens
$1,000 to promote Astoria Music Now! 2009, a free music and arts festival.
Bayside Anglers Group, Little Bay Park, Queens
$2,000 to print an outreach brochure articulating the group’s mission and goals and promoting their annual events, including an Earth Day shoreline clean-up.
Richmond County Orchestra, Tappen Park, Staten Island
$2,000 to put on a free performance with local high school musicians.
Kayak Staten Island, South Beach, Staten Island
$1,700 to expand their free public kayaking program by purchasing boats, printing brochures, and starting a website.
Brooklyn Ballers Sports Youth and Educational Corp, Nehemiah Park, Brooklyn
$2100 to establish a mobile office in the park to support their youth
program combining athletics and college preparation.
Friends of Kaiser Park, Kaiser Park, Brooklyn
$2000 to establish a website and print banners to inform the community
about park events and volunteer opportunities.
Bronx Council for Environmental Quality, all Bronx parks
$3000 to print color brochures with reply cards.
Kissena Park Civic Association, Kissena Park, Queens
$400 to incorporate and apply for 501c3.
Friends of Tribute Park, Tribute Park, Queens
$1500 to print postcard calendars promoting their 2009 schedule of events
and start a website.
JH Green, Travers Park, Queens
$1000 to produce outreach and volunteer recruitment materials to support the 78th Street Playstreet.
Two Coves Community Garden, Two Coves Community Garden, Queens
$1000 to print and distribute a postcard calendar promoting workshops and events in the garden.
Queens Coalition for Parks and Green Spaces, all Queens parks
$3000 to plan and promote “Going Green in Queens,” a community parks forum.
Eibs Pond Education Program, Eibs Pond Park, Staten Island
$1000 to hire a web designer to teach students how to update and manage the organization’s website in order to make the website a more sustainable tool for promoting the group and the park.
Manhattan Amateur Art & Columbus Music Association, Chinatown parks, Manhattan
$1000 to help cover permit expenses for performing free concerts of Chinese folk music and dance in Chinatown parks.
West 132nd Street Block Association, West 132nd Street Community Garden, Manhattan
$400 to purchase a printer/copier, paper, and ink to make flyers.
The George Walker Jr. Community Coalition, George Walker Jr. Playground, Brooklyn
$1350 to run a free summer basketball program and purchase coalition business cards, letterhead, and voicemail.
Friends of Park Slope Playground, Park Slope Playground, Brooklyn
$1800 to apply for 501c3 and acquire a banner, tent, table, and chairs to use at their events.
Friends of Underhill Playground, Underhill Playground, Brooklyn
$500 to purchase and install a bulletin board to promote group meetings and park events.
The Highbridge School Coalition, Highbridge Park, Bronx
$1000 to create the walking tour component of a curriculum about the High Bridge. Tours will introduce students and teachers to neighborhood park resources and plans for the bridge to reopen.
Long Island City Roots, Firefighter Michael E. Brennan Memorial/Long Island City Roots Community Garden and neighborhood street trees, Queens
$500 to erect a weather–proof bulletin board to engage and educate the community in street tree care.
Friends of Travers Park, Travers Park, Queens
$3000 to work with Partnerships for Parks to produce outreach brochures, in English and Spanish, to tell the community about the efforts and activities of the Friends of Travers Park.
Friends of Roy Wilkins Park, Roy Wilkins Park, Queens
$800 to print flyers and programs for their Community Family Day Fair.
Friends of Cunningham Park, Cunningham Park, Queens
$350 to print letterhead and mail newsletters.
ROZA Promotions, Stapleton Park, Staten Island
$800 to obtain equipment for a free sports program serving primarily African immigrant youth.
Greater Chinatown Community Association, Columbus, Seward, and Sara D. Roosevelt Parks, Manhattan
$1000 to promote a new walking club in Chinatown parks using postcards and t–shirts.
Jackie Robinson Park Conservancy, Jackie Robinson Park, Manhattan
$3200 to work with Partnerships for Parks to design and print membership brochures with reply cards.
East River C.R.E.W., East River Esplanade, Manhattan
$500 to print postcards promoting their free boating program and providing the schedule of boating opportunities.
Friends of Bleecker Playground, Bleecker Playground, Manhattan
$600 to install an outdoor bulletin board to share information about events and getting involved with playground users.
Friends of Fort Tryon Park, Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan
$2000 to print “Getting Fit” guides about fitness opportunities in the park.
Dance Theatre Etcetera, Louis Valentino Jr. Park and Pier, Brooklyn
$2000 to produce hand–painted signs and postcards promoting the Red Hook Waterfront Arts Festival to local residents.
Brooklyn Pitbulls Youth Football, Commodore Barry Park, Brooklyn
$1000 to offer a free youth football league for 5–7 year olds.
Friends of Greenwood Playground, Greenwood Playground, Brooklyn
$2300 to run an environmental arts education program this summer.
Red Hook Boaters, Louis Valentino Jr. Park and Pier, Brooklyn
$3000 to offer a free, public boating program.
Grass Roots Farmers Market, Jackie Robinson Park, Manhattan
$1600 to print flyers, posters, and signs informing neighbors about the market.
Friends of Payson Avenue, Payson Playground, Manhattan
$500 to create outreach postcards to attract new members and volunteers.
Stuyvesant Square Community Alliance, Stuyvesant Square Park, Manhattan
$1250 to print an outreach brochure.
Friends of St. Nicholas Park, St. Nicholas Park, Manhattan
$2500 to reprint the St. Nicholas Park brochure.
Astoria Park Alliance, Astoria Park, Queens
$800 to print and mail postcard calendars listing summer events.
Reconciliation and Culture Cooperative Network (RACCOON), Astoria Park, Queens
$1000 to hold the Astoria Park Community Fair, which will bring diverse immigrant communities together in the park.
LIC Community Boathouse, Hallets Cove, Queens
$2000 to print an outreach brochure promoting new weekday boating programs for youth.
Kidz Care Junior Civic Association, Forest Hills parks, Queens
$2000 to produce an outreach brochure to inform people about local parks and recruit youth volunteers.
Lorraine Forte, street trees, citywide
$1600 to build and donate tree guards to volunteer groups that care for street trees.
Salt Marsh Alliance, Marine Park, Brooklyn
$3500 to produce a brochure promoting volunteer–run public programs at the Salt Marsh Nature Center.
American Littoral Society, Plumb Beach, Brooklyn
$2000 to print press releases and invitations for a beach cleanup and restoration event.
September 11 Family Group, Asser Levy Park, Brooklyn
$2000 to establish the Living Memorials education and walking tour program and to create a website about Asser Levy Park, the September 11 Memorial, and how to join the September 11 Family Group.
Greening for Breathing, street trees, Bronx
$1000 to purchase tree guards for recently planted street trees and signage about street tree care.
Bartow–Pell Mansion Museum, Pelham Bay Park, Bronx
$900 to create outreach materials and participant packages for spring and fall Volunteer Days.
Dred Scott Bird Sanctuary, Grant Park, Bronx
$1800 to start a website and print the first two issues of a newsletter.
Friends of the High School for Environmental Studies, DeWitt Clinton Park, Manhattan
$2000 to hire trainers and pay student stipends for the Park Stewardship and Youth Leadership program.
Glendale Civic, Forest Park and neighborhood street trees and greenstreets, Queens
$350 to plan the Community Envision Forum to identify potential new green spaces in the neighborhood.
Allied Rockaway Foundation for Animal Recreation and Fitness (ARF–ARF), Rockaway Freeway Dog Park, Queens
$1150 to maintain the group’s website and to produce a promotional pamphlet.
Star Track, Kissena Park Velodrome, Queens
$2350 to purchase youth fixed–gear track bikes and helmets.
Rockaway Waterfront Alliance, Rockaway Waterfront Park, Queens
$2800 to create an outreach brochure and promotional materials for Earth Day Rockaway 2008.
Silver Lake Reservoir Dogs, Silver Lake Park, Staten Island
$2000 to purchase office supplies and print business cards and flyers, and for the acquisition of a tool shed for the dog run.
Friends of Van Cortlandt Park, Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx
$1500 to print and mail their Many Hands newsletter and a self–mailing membership form.
Red Hook Initiative, Red Hook street trees, Brooklyn
$2350 to support two “tree interns” to educate the community about the importance of street trees and the need to care for young trees.
Neighborhood Outdoor Exercise for New York, Cooper and McCarren parks, Brooklyn
$1250 to design and print an issue of the East Williamsburg Neighborhood Guide to Outdoor Exercise.
Narrows Botanical Gardens, Shore Road Park, Brooklyn
$1000 to produce a brochure to increase awareness about the garden and recruit new members and volunteers.
Red Hook Movies in the Parks, Coffey Park, Valentino Pier, and Red Hook Community Farm, Brooklyn
$2300 to purchase a portable P.A. system and postcards promoting their program of free movies.
Project Harmony, Joseph Daniel Wilson Garden, Manhattan
$500 to print Earthwatch Environment Ranger Guide for environmental summer camp.
Harlem’s Youth in Action, Jackie Robinson Park, Manhattan
$1000 to support “Summer Jobs in Harlem” program for teens to produce and market a free concert to be held in the park.
9th Street Community Garden & Park, Inc., 9th Street Community Garden & Park, Manhattan
$1500 to produce membership brochure and website.
Chinese Progressive Association, Sara D. Roosevelt Park, Manhattan
$3000 to hire neighborhood youth as interns to create a map depicting the different users and uses of the park.
Lower East Side Ecology Center, East River Park, Manhattan
$1000 to promote the Hooked on East River Park planning group.
The Morris–Jumel Mansion Museum, Roger Morris Park, Manhattan
$1000 to make and post signs welcoming neighbors to the new Colonial Revival Herb Garden.
Chinese Theatre Works, Kissena Park, Queens
$750 to stage a free performance of Chinese opera.
Friends of Oakland Lake and Ravine, Oakland Lake, Queens
$1300 to purchase promotional and educational materials for the Oakland Lake Youth Stewardship Program.
Friends of Rufus King Park, Rufus King Park, Queens
$3000 to publish an outreach brochure that will promote the park as a space that can accommodate a diversity of uses and users.
Greenshores (formerly the Astoria–Long Island City Waterfront Parks Alliance), waterfront parks from Bowery Bay to Newtown Creek, Queens
$1500 to host a community visioning forum about the future of the waterfront parks in western Queens.
Wolfe’s Pond Pooches, Wolfe’s Pond Park, Staten Island
$1000 to carry out an evaluation of the drainage problem at the dog run site.
St. James Memorial Classic, St. James Park, Bronx
$1000 to hold weekly basketball tournaments and to set up a membership table at games.
Bronx Coalition for Parks & Green Spaces, borough–wide, Bronx
$2700 to print postcards promoting the 13th annual Bronx Parks Speak Up and to develop a Bronx Coalition for Parks & Green Spaces website.
Camp Friendship, Red Hook Park, Brooklyn
$2000 to offer a free, intramural tackle football program for approximately 60 youth between the ages of 5 and 7.
McCarren Dog Run Association, McCarren Park, Brooklyn
$1000 to replace a broken fence in the dog run.
Wyckoff House & Association, M. Fidler–Wyckoff House Park, Brooklyn
$1500 to produce publicity materials promoting the Wyckoff Community Demonstration Farm and Market.
Dance Theatre Etcetera, Louis Valentino Jr. Park and Pier, Brooklyn
$1500 to design and print banners to promote the move of the Red Hook Waterfront Arts Festival to Valentino Park and Pier.
Clarendon Cortelyou Beverly Block Association 2005, Nostrand Playground, Brooklyn
$3000 to commission an educational theatre program addressing littering, graffiti, noise pollution, and public health to be presented at Nostrand Playground in July 2007.
The Urban Divers Estuary Conservancy, Louis Valentino Jr. Park and Pier, Brooklyn
$1500 to offer environmental education through recreation programs to the Red Hook community.
The Friends of the Highland Park Children’s Garden, Highland Park, Brooklyn/Queens
$1000 to create a garden club to maintain perimeter display gardens.
Grassroots Farmers Market, Jackie Robinson Park, Manhattan
$2000 to purchase farmers market infrastructure (tents and tables) and to print flyers and banners promoting the market.
Friends of Morningside Park, Morningside Park, Manhattan
$3500 to hold the Morningside Park Symposium, a free, public conference at which the role of the park in the surrounding community will be discussed.
Hester Street Collaborative, Sara D. Roosevelt Park, Manhattan
$5000 to carry out the Sara D. Roosevelt Park Community Installation, a design/build community art installation that will be realized as part of the Department of Parks & Recreation renovation of Hester Street Playground.
Harlem 50, St. Nicholas Park, Manhattan
$1000 to support a basketball tournament and a college preparation program for local youth.
Downtown Columbus Park Music Club, Columbus Park, Manhattan
$1000 to purchase audio equipment for public concerts of Chinese folk music and dance.
Friends of St. Nicholas Park, St. Nicholas Park, Manhattan
$1350 to set up a post office box and voicemail and to collaborate on an after–school event with the City Gardens Club.
Riverside Oval Association, Riverside Oval, Manhattan
$1000 to expand a free, public series of lectures about local history, architecture, and landscape architecture.
Friends of Fort Totten Parks, Fort Totten Park, Queens
$1800 to publish and distribute newsletters.
Greater Astoria Historical Society, western Queens waterfront parks, Queens
$1500 to develop www.eastrivernyc.org, an educational website providing information about the East River and its waterfront parks.
Socrates Sculpture Park, Inc., Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens
$2500 to design and publish brochures promoting educational programs in the park.
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