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The PIT is participating in New York Cares Day Spring this year! It’s actually TOMORROW.

Along with NYCDS being a day of community service, it’s also a chance to fundraise. We’re asking YOU to support us by making a donation to New York Cares in honor of our service. Your donation will help 400,000 New Yorkers in need.

Every dollar donated to New York Cares is transformed into $6 in service to the community. I hope you’ll sponsor us as we volunteer. Learn more about New York Cares at http://www.newyorkcares.org.

Would you like to donate? Click here!

Thank you so much!

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Tasks This Year:

Paint Benches (Throughout the park - Outdoor Painting) - Volunteers will scrape and give a fresh coat of central park green paint to the park’s benches.
Paint Sprinkler Mural (The Sprinkler near the playground - Outdoor Painting) - Volunteers will paint a bright and welcoming mural on the sprinkler’s ground.
Paint Gazebo (Gazebo - Outdoor Painting) - Volunteers will give a fresh coat of central park green paint to the support pillars in the gazebo.
Paint Playground Equipment (Playground area - Outdoor Painting) - Volunteers will give a fresh coat of paint to the playground equipment.
Paint Railings (Railings throughout the activity area - Outdoor Painting) - Volunteers will scrape and give a fresh coat of black paint top the railings throughout the activity area.

We won’t be doing all of these, but this is what they have lined up for us this year.

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Site Assignment: Rufus King Park

Where: Rufus King Park, Jamaica Ave and 153rd Street, Queens, NY 11435

Take E, J or Z to Jamaica Center (last stop). Exit station and walk north towards Jamaica Avenue. The park is between
Jamaica Avenue and 89th Avenue and 150th Street and 153rd Street.

What: On New York Cares Day Spring, volunteers will be giving the park a major makeover by repainting benches, repainting playground equipment, and painting a mural in the children’s sprinkler.

Volunteers should bring plenty of water and a bagged lunch. They should also wear closed-toe shoes and comfortable clothes that they do not mind getting dirty.

About the park: King Manor Museum and Park in Jamaica was once the home of Rufus King (1755-1827), a distinguished lawyer, statesman, and gentleman farmer. The son of a wealthy lumber merchant from Maine, King graduated from Harvard in 1777. He suspended his law studies to serve in the Revolutionary War in 1778. Two years later, King was admitted to the bar in Massachusetts. He served as a member of the Confederation Congress from 1784 to 1787, where he introduced a plan that prevented the spread of slavery into the Northwest Territories. King was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1787, and made his most famous contribution to American history as a framer and signer of the Constitution.

Key dates for participation!

March 27th: Site Selection Begins
April 5th: Super Fundraising Day 1 (Raise the most money (minimum: $500) between 12:00 a.m. and 11:59 p.m. and win a Nintendo Wii + Mario Kart and a Wii Fit Plus.)
April 13th: Last Day for Individuals to Join a Team
April 16th: Site Selection Confirmed
April 19th: Super Fundraising Day 2 (TBD)
April 21st: New York Cares Day Spring

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Join our team to give New York City a spring greening on New York Cares Day!

Join our team and get ready to give New York City a spring greening on Saturday, April 21st. On New York Cares Day Spring, we’ll plant, mulch, compost, paint and more, as we work together on volunteer projects that improve our communal backyard. By the end of the day, 80 parks, community gardens and green spaces across the five boroughs will be spruced up and ready for the arrival of spring.

The work our team accomplishes on New York Cares Day Spring benefits everyone in the city. And our work doesn’t stop there - New York Cares creates volunteer programs that build better lives for 400,000 struggling New Yorkers.

Sign up deadline is April 13th!

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What a good looking @HoNYD11 team at Bowne Park! We worked really hard and we’d like to think the park is better off for it. :)

And remember, it’s not too late to sponsor our team!

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Message to our volunteers:

Just a reminder about Saturday. It is rain or shine but if the weather is very bad NYCares will advise on what the plan is and I will relay to each of you.

Our park: Bowne Park, 159th Street, between 29th & 32nd Ave. Flushing, NY

If you are going directly to the site, please get there between 9-9:30am. You will sign in and get your t-shirt there. If you are taking the shuttle (with me!) we will sign in at the New York Cares office (214 W. 29th Street) at around 8:15am.

Also there is a pizza place and deli about 2 blocks away or bring a bagged lunch and water. Hopefully the weather is not too bad but dress accordingly in case - aka you might want to bring some rain gear. The current forecast says PM showers so we might be in the clear!

And remember, the projects on site will be raking, a small gardening portion and painting the park benches. So dress appropriately.

Our site captain’s name is Jessica and she’s been very helpful so far. If you get to the site before me, please say hello to her! The back of her shirt will say “Site Captain” on it. :)

Hope to see everyone and if there are any questions let me know!

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Please sponsor our Hands on New York Day Team!

Your donation will help create 11,000 volunteer projects this year, helping 400,000 New Yorkers in need.

Every dollar donated to New York Cares is transformed into $6 in service to the community

$10 prepares and serves 180 meals to the hungry and homebound.
$25 gives three adult immigrants study materials to prepare for the U.S. citizenship exam.
$50 buys children art supplies for four sessions of the Art Explorers program.
$100 grants books and supplies to 15 children in an Early Morning Reading program.
$250 transforms an empty lot into a vibrant playground with paint and supplies for line games and murals.
$1,000 provides eight low-income students one-on-one SAT tutoring for one year.

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Bowne Park Update!

Message from the Site Captain:

Just wanted to update everyone and send out a few reminders. I visited the Site Saturday and it is a very nice Park. The projects on site will be raking, a small gardening portion and painting the park benches. It is a mid size park in a residential area.

Just a side note: There is a pizzeria about 2-3 blocks from the park and a food store/deli for food in case any one wants to buy their lunch.

ALSO, TOMORROW, APRIL 8TH IS THE LAST DAY TO REGISTER WITH THE TEAM ONLINE! CLICK THIS TO JOIN THE TEAM!