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Volunteers Needed To Spruce Up Park

New York Cares needs 2000 more volunteers to complete their citywide green effort.

Volunteers are being sought to help clean and plant greenery in in Bay Terrace on April 21.

New York Cares, a group that organizes volunteer programs, is currently seeking 2,000 additional volunteers to help spruce 80 public spaces across the city. The group is specially focused on waterfront for this year's effort.

The event is being sponsored by HSBC bank.

“New York Cares Day Spring is an annual rite of the season, and we thank New York Cares and HSBC for bringing 5,000 volunteers to New York City’s parks, playgrounds, community gardens and coastlines to clean up and green up these vital public spaces,” said Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe, adding, “Parks are New Yorkers’ backyards, and the perfect place to start your spring cleaning." 

Little Bay Park is a natural beach on the west side of the ’s peninsula.

The Bayside Anglers will be hosting a Little Neck Bay shoreline cleanup the next day, on April 22 at 9 a.m. 

Other Queens parks slated for renewal include Cunningham Park, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Kissena Park, Astoria Park, Forest Park and Jamaica Bay Park.

The event, which will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 3p.m., has a $20 per person registration fee, and is for participants ages 12 an older. Volunteers can register at the New York Cares Day’s website.

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Jaime May 10, 2013 at 10:42 am
The local, fresh fruit and vegetable market was a worthwhile addition to Douglaston. Obviously, itRead More did not receive the support of the community, at least not enough to make it a successful venture. This is sad. Every Sunday, rain or shine, I would stop at the market and purchase something. My favorite was the bakery stand. Often, when I stopped in the afternoon I would get two FREE French breads with my purchase. Parking was never a problem. The vendors where friendly and very informative. It was a perfect setting for the picturesque nature of this community. Too bad it is not returning.
Jaime May 9, 2013 at 03:02 pm
Unfortunately, according to the Douglas Manor Association, the fresh fruit and vegetable market willRead More NOT return this year. No specific reason was given other than this was at the initiative of the merchants or the market's organizers. And this..., just as we were beginning to enjoy the Long Island wines and the $34 per pound skirt steak, ordered two months in advance.
Evelyn Schechter May 2, 2013 at 07:33 am
Please continue to circulate the petition:Read More http://www.change.org/petitions/michael-p-huerta-faa-reverse-harmful-flight-patterns-over-bayside-hollis-hills-and-n-e-queens#
J Douglas Montgomery May 3, 2013 at 02:43 pm
The correct Date is the 21st of May at The Community Church of Douglaston, 2-4