Astoria Park Alliance Volunteer Corps - May 2015

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The Astoria Park Alliance works closely with Park Managers to identify need, plan work projects, and facilitate volunteers on the ground. Please email us here at
GetInvolved @ AstoriaParkAlliance.org or message us on Facebook 
if you are interested in volunteering. Please note: minor children (12+ ) must be accompanied by a supervising adult.

The Astoria Park Alliance is proud to welcome:

Astoria Park Alliance 

Volunteer Corps!

Here are the dates for MAY:

facebook.com/events / Astoria Park Volunteer Corp
Sunday May 03

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www.newyorkcares.org /projects/ 
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May

 10:30 am - Noon +

www.facebook.com/events APA It's MY Park

#ItsMyPark

Join Astoria Park Alliance in Astoria Park for some family fun as we re-imagine 

Charybdis Playground. Starting at 10:30am, children can create postcards to send to Pearl the Squirrel about "what they would like to see in their playground". 

We will also ask adults for input because it's your park too.  

Other activities will include a Nature Scavenger Hunt and flower plantings near the playground.

Saturday May 30 
10:00 am - Noon

facebook.com/events / Astoria Park Volunteer Corp

www.newyorkcares.org /projects/ revitalize-Astoria-Park

Check here and our Facebook page for upcoming dates!

Thanks for your passion for Astoria Park!

APA Volunteer Corps days are an expansion of our already great partnership with NYCares and in response to the large amount of requests we get from the public to volunteer in Astoria Park. Volunteer opportunities average twice a month, March through November. 
Thank you for wanting to make a difference!

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Volunteer Corp

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Thank you

 New York City Department of 

Parks & Recreation

 for supporting our efforts to 

help you keep 

Astoria Park great!

www.facebook.com / AstoriaParkAlliance

www.newyorkcares.org /projects/ revitalize-astoria-park
Saturday, June 13, 2015

Revitalize Astoria Park

ASTORIA PARK


#APAcares

Thank you, NY Cares, Partnerships for Parks, NYC Parks & Rec's Green Teens,  for volunteering in Astoria Park.

Mulchfest Treecycle NYCparks

It’s tree-cycle season! @nycparks MulchFest is this weekend, go to https://t.co/cSTXyTWOPk for more info! pic.twitter.com/nOUICvsBoE

— NYC Sanitation (@NYCSanitation) January 7, 2016

TreeCycling is fun at MulchFest!

www.nycgovparks.org /highlights/festivals/ mulchfest

Saturday and Sunday, January 9 and 10, 2016 

10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

2016  www.facebook.com / Astoriaparkalliance /photos_stream

www.nycgovparks.org/reg/stewardship

Stephanie Barnhart  @missstephanieb

#treecycle and pick up a #sustainable tree for next year! #mulchfest #astoriapark @NYCParks @APAlliance

Christmas is officially over. Tree to the park & #MulchFest happened. @APAlliance @NYCParks #astoriapark #Queens pic.twitter.com/UwIIsQxdRk

— danap (@danap2170) January 10, 2016

Thank YOU Very Mulch.

MulchFest 2016

Saturday and Sunday, January 9 and 10, 2016

10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Please remember to remove all lights, ornaments, and netting before bringing the tree to a MulchFest site. Bags will be provided if you wish to take some free mulch home. Mulch is available at the sites marked.

Join the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, the New York City Department of Sanitation , and GreeNYC  to recycle your Christmas trees into wood chips. These wood chips are used to nourish trees and plants on streets and gardens citywide. Or, take home your very own bag of mulch to use in your backyard or to make a winter bed for a street tree . More than 30,000 trees were recycled last year. Help us top this number!

Saturday, January 9, 2016

MulchFest 10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. at New York City

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2015 

This weekend, January 10 & 11 from 10am to 2pm, drop off your holiday tree in the Astoria Park parking lot. All trees will be chipped into mulch, which will be used in NYC's parks. Community members are also welcome to stop by and take home mulch for your own use. 

A gracious thank you to Bohemian Beer Garden for donating hot chocolate to be served from approximately 12:30-2pm on both MulchFest days. 

Stay tuned to our Facebook page for the latest information and weather updates regarding MulchFest as well as other opportunities in Astoria Park.

For more information about MulchFest visit:
www.nycgovparks.org /highlights/festivals/ mulchfest  

MulchFest 2015

It was a very successful year for MulchFest at Astoria Park - a total of 480 trees were collected! Thank you to our friends in Astoria, Woodside, Sunnyside, and beyond who treecyled and visited us in Astoria Park this year!

NYC residents recycled nearly 30,000 trees throughout the city for Mulchfest this year! @NYC Parks @GreeNYC. http://t.co/3d6qYCN5d7
— PartnershipsForParks (@PfPNYC) January 23, 2015

Bumped into myself while I was out for a walk. #MulchFest next weekend. pic.twitter.com/KmPUg7h21Q
— Birdie NYC (@Birdie_NYC) January 3, 2015

Volume XXXX, Number 6253

Wednesday, Jan 21, 2015

NYC Parks Celebrates Another Year Of Recycling Christmas Trees At Mulchfest 2015

Photo by Daniel Avila

Trees collected at MulchFest will nourish parks and gardens across the city.

New Yorkers recently celebrated the 19th annual MulchFest by recycling their Christmas trees at over 80 locations across the city. NYC Parks, partnering with the Department of Sanitation, GreeNYC, and numerous community organizations, provides New Yorkers with the opportunity to sustainably recycle their trees. Participants were also invited to take a free bag of mulch home. 

Rather than turning Christmas trees into trash, New Yorkers were provided the opportunity to act sustainably and mulch their trees into wood chips. This year's MulchFest recycled nearly 30,000 trees. 

Not only will NYC Parks be counting recycled trees, this year we'll also be launching our Trees Count! 2015 tree census to count every street tree on every city block. For more information on how you can volunteer, visit www.nyc.gov/parks/treescount or call 311 

MulchFest 2015

Saturday and Sunday, January     , 2015
10:00 a.m. 

Bring us your old Christmas trees and help grow your local park over the next year. http://t.co/TdRBzYysFI for info. pic.twitter.com/h6T3PZA9yi
— NYC Parks (@NYCParks) December 26, 2014

www.nyc.gov/html/nycwasteless /html/compost/ collections_XMAStrees_coll

www.NYCgovparks.org /highlights/festivals/ mulchfest

Queens CB1 [2016]

Queens Community Board 1

www.NYC.gov // qnscb1 //

qnscb1 // meetings / meetings_minutes

Queens Community Board 1 covers all of Astoria, parts of Long Island City, and Woodside, Queens. Our boundaries are: North – East River, Bowery Bay, East – 81st Street, Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, South – Queens Plaza No., Northern Boulevard, LIRR Tracks and West – East River.

The purpose of each New York City Community Board is to encourage and facilitate the participation of citizens within City government within their communities, and the efficient and effective organization of agencies that deliver municipal services in local communities and boroughs.

Our waterfront area provides the very best views of the City’s skyline, 

especially Astoria Park’s  Shore Boulevard.

Community Board 1 holds its regularly scheduled, full Board, meetings on the third Tuesday of each month at the Astoria World Manor, 

25-22 Astoria Boulevard  (On occasion time may vary, please check agenda.) 

www.dnainfo.com /new-york/20151021 /astoria/  Astoria-attorney-family-man-elected-chair-of-queens-community-board Joseph Risi - Chair Florence Koulouris - District Manager By Jeanmarie Evelly |@jeanmarieevelly "I think we have a vibrant, diverse, beautiful community," he told his fellow board members at the time. "I wouldn’t have all the answers, but I would need your help, your input, and I want you never to be afraid to get up and ask questions." CB1's next monthly meeting will take place Nov. 10  17 at the Astoria World Manor, at 25-22 Astoria Blvd. at 7 p.m. www.qgazette.com /news/2015-07-01 / Features/  Florence_Koulouris_Named_As_CB1_District_Manager Meeting date changed from 1/19/16 to 1/12/16 2016 Jan 12 Feb Mar Apr June Dates from September 2015 through June 2016 2015 Sept 21* Oct 20 Nov 10 *  17 Dec 15 … 2015 January 20 February 17 March 17 April 21 May 19 June 16 pic.twitter.com/Xr0p00j03v — CB1, Queens (@Cb1Queens) October 30, 2015 Residents should always report complaints by calling 311. Representatives from 311 will process complaints or have the ability to transfer your call to the proper agency. If a problem persists, without resolution, contact the Community Board. It's become too easy to take this view for granted #NYC #AstoriaPark #lovethemoment pic.twitter.com/wCQKXPMZnX — David H Baynes (@dhbaynes) November 4, 2015 NYC Election Atlas 2013 demographics CUNY Graduate School of Journalism Center for Community and Ethnic Media [CCEM] www.nycelectionatlas.com/tables / 4101 / demographics ... Mexican 6.9% Italian ancestry 6.6% Puerto Rican 5.7% African American 5.6% Irish ancestry 4.1% Ecuadorian 3.6% Other Asian (non-Hispanic) 3.6% ... *** Nov 2013 nyc.gov / bikeshare / suggestion-archive

Thanks to Queens CB1 for coming out to hear about #CitywideFerry! @NYCEDC pic.twitter.com/2xlGuRDZk0

— Citywide Ferry (@CitywideFerry) November 11, 2015

Save the dates - 7th annual Shore Fest [9/20 and 9/27]

7th annual Shore Fest  

 Sept 20 and Sept 27 

2015

Celebrate Astoria Park along your waterfront!

Sundays 1-7pm

GetInvolved @Astoriaparkalliance.org

All are invited:

www.facebook.com / Astoriaparkalliance / events

Shore Fest 2015 - Day 1
Sept 20



Shore Fest 2015 - Day 2
Sept 27

Write to

GetInvolved @ Astoriaparkalliance.org

www.facebook.com / Astoriaparkalliance /photos_stream

#Astoria Park Alliance to host second day of annual Shorefest this Sunday http://t.co/L7HIy6Ud87 @APAlliance pic.twitter.com/1WxwKTGKKa

— QueensCourier.com (@queenscourier) September 24, 2015

Grateful THANKS to our community partners and supporters.

Thanks to all of #Astoria who joined us for Shore Fest this year! So happy to add to the Astoria Park community. pic.twitter.com/Tw1z9uUdpe

— AstoriaParkAlliance (@APAlliance) September 28, 2015

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 Shore Fest is this Sunday from 1-7pm. We can't wait to see you!

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Help us make Shore Fest 2015 the  best one yet! Join us on Shore Blvd. this Sunday and next.  Please share with your friends and neighbors- Let's have some fun.    Activities include Yoga, Zumba, Pilates, dance performances, dance, Ukulele and Taekwondo lessons, a photoscavenger hunt and much more.   There will be great live music performances throughout the day.  NYC Parks Playmobile will be there!  Plus there will be bike lessons and a helmet giveaway.   Bring your scooter to participate in the scooter race, bring your cell phone to participate in the photo scavenger hunt, bring your picnics, your loved ones, and just hang out by the water.  Check out our Facebook page for updates and additional information on partners.  We will have activities for everyone.  Zumba   Francesca Santangelo will warm you up with a booty shaking Zumba class.  Meet on Shore Blvd below the Great Lawn at 1pm.   Dance Lessons    Audrey Martinez will teach you and your partner how to look awesome on the dance floor.  Meet on Shore Blvd below the Great Lawn at 2pm.  Yoga   Enjoy the lovely sunset and take a Yoga class courtesy of LatticeWorks Dance Collective.  Be sure to bring your own mat.  Meet on the Great lawn at 5pm. Pilates    There will also be a Pilates demonstration and class near the War Memorial from 3-5pm provided by Gina from Zend Avesta Pilates. Healing Arts Returning again this year for 2 consecutive weekends is Healing Arts practitioner Luz Milagros of Luz Milagros Healing Arts. On Sunday, September 20, 2015 from 5-7pm she will hold space for a Community Healing Circle welcoming in (a little early the fall Equinox). Participants from the community are asked to bring a rattle or drum, if they own one, a yoga mat or blanket to rest on during journey work. If possible bring an offering of organic goodies for the park's elemental spirits or to share with each other. Examples: Fruit, nuts, veggies, veggie chips, etc. Luz Milagros is a practitioner of Reiki, Mayan, and Peruvian medicine disciplines. She offers energy healing, clearings and spiritual  counsel. More info can be found about her work on her website: www.luzmilagroshealingarts.com Learn to Ride  <> Learn to Ride—Kids is a free group class for children who are ready to ditch their training wheels and pedal a two-wheeler for the first time. With our safe, easy, effective method and experienced instructors, kids will learn how to balance, pedal, start, stop, and steer a bicycle.  Join us on Shore Blvd near the Basketball court from 2-4pm on September 20 and 27. Bikes and helmets are NOT provided at these Kids classes (unless otherwise noted). Be sure to register soon, as class size is limited.  http://www.imathlete.com/events/EventOverview.aspx?fEID=25734.

 

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Astoria Park for all New Yorkers 

by empowering public partnerships.

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Upcoming Volunteer Days

Shoreline Cleanups

Saturday September 26th, 3-5pm 

We will be partnering with Green Shores NYC to give the shoreline along Astoria Park some TLC!  This is your opportunity to hop over the wall and cleanup your shore.  

We will meet South of the War Memorial before heading to the work area(s).

Astoria Park Alliance will provide gloves and all necessary equipment. Please arrive comfortably, in clothing suitable for outdoor work (sturdy closed toe shoes). Bring water, stay hydrated!

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Thank you to everyone who came out to volunteer with Astoria Park Alliance.



Check out our Facebook page for updates!

Celebrate Astoria Park and enjoy Shore Blvd.

 

Thank you to our community for helping keep Astoria Park awesome!

For more details, visit our Facebook page. Have specific questions about getting involved? You can also email us at GetInvolved @astoriaparkalliance.org.