Pershing Field Garden Friends volunteered at the Jersey City Parks Coalition booth at The Everything Jersey City Festival in May. The weather was great; it was a wonderful day.
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Pershing Field Garden Friends (PFGF) and the Jersey City Reservoir Preservation Alliance, in conjunction with the Jersey City Parks Coalition and the City of Jersey City Division of Parks & Forestry, successfully completed its Pershing Field Ninth Annual Spring Planting and Reservoir Spring Enhancement on May 7, 2011. This project was made possible through a partnership with Goldman Sachs, a proud partner of the Coalition since 2004.
We would like to thank all those who participated in this most worthwhile project:
· Our Goldman Sachs Community TeamWorks volunteers
· Our PFGF and Alliance volunteers Blake Hudson, Mary Lee, Patricia O'Hanlon, Pat Mangini, Albina Meluso, Christina Meluso, Vinny McNamara, Bob Murgittroyd, and Maggie Salemi, whose efforts made this project a huge success.
· PFGF member and retired school teacher Diane Brown, PS # 27 school teacher Susan Blanchard, Parents Gita Bhayani, Mr. Patel and Parul Shah for their efforts in recruiting local students to assist in our planting. We were fortunate to have an excellent turn out of children from PS #27, Dickinson High School, Mc Nair High School, Englewood Academy and Brunswick Acres School. They were all a tremendous asset to our project. We are grateful to PFGF members Debby DeVenezia, John Faherty, Leigh Brickey and Paul Hope for their work behind the scenes.
· Thanks to local merchants, Central Ave Liquors, Central Ave Stop & Shop, Pizza Masters, and ShopRite for donating food and beverages. Also, Podewitz Deli for their contribution to the event.
· Thanks to Rodney Hadley, Director of Public Works for his ongoing support and cooperation. As always, Pershing Field employees Bob Stokes and Jose Nunez assisted us in our planting preparation, and John Moncayo worked with us throughout the day to make everything run smoothly.
We invite you to take a walk through Pershing Field to enjoy the beautiful gardens, lovingly tended to by our dedicated group of volunteers, especially Pat Mangini and Patricia O'Hanlon
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Students from PS# 27, Dickinson High School, McNair High School, Englewood Academy and Brunswick Acres School in South Brunswick volunteered with the Pershing Field Garden Friends (PFGF) and the Reservoir Preservation Alliance in their Annual Spring Project 2011. They all received community service certificates. 1st Row: Devki Patel, JankiPatel, Manshi Patel, Brijesh Nai, Shruti Patel, Parth Vora, Manav Shah, Vaenthan Gnanarajah, 2nd Row: PFGF President, Laura Skolar, Aastha Mehta, Rima Dhanani, Parent Mr Patel, Manan Patel, Parent Gita Bhayani, Teacher Susan Blanchard, Anjali Patel, Nilay Vora, Pratik Shah 3rd Row: Nergis Mamur, Marina Zaki, Orpha Bernal, Jeel Taylor, Miti Naik. Kahlil Rayzer is not pictured.
PERSHING FIELD GARDEN FRIENDS PARTICIPATES IN NATIONAL MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY 2010
The Pershing Field Garden Friends 8th Annual Fall Clean-up & Planting was held in Pershing Field on Saturday October 23. This year we participated in Make a Difference Day along with other volunteer groups throughout Jersey City. Make a Difference Day is the most encompassing national day of helping others -- a celebration of neighbors helping neighbors.
We would like to thank all those who participated in this most worthwhile project. Special thanks to our PFGF volunteers, Debby DeVenezia, Tess O'Brien, Patricia O'Hanlon, Albino Meluso, Pat Mangini, Vinny McNamara, & Nikki Sirkin whose efforts made this project a huge success. We would also like to recognize PFGF member and retired school teacher Diane Brown, retired PS #27 assistant principal Avis Johnson, school teacher Susan Blanchard, parents Gita Bhayani, Anastasia Kourmousis & Kellie Kostadimas for their efforts in recruiting local students to assist in our planting. We were fortunate to have an excellent turnout of 20 children from PS # 27, St. Ann's School, McNair High School & Dickinson High School participating in this event. Many of the students have worked with us in prior years & are always a tremendous asset to our beautification projects. They all received community service certificates for their participation. Thanks to Rodney Hadley, Director of Public Works, for his ongoing support and cooperation. Richie and Mark from Pizza Masters generously donated lunch for our volunteers,which was greatly appreciated.
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Pershing
Field Garden Friends (PFGF) and the Jersey City Reservoir
Preservation Alliance, in conjunction with the Jersey City Parks
Coalition and the City of Jersey City Division of Parks &
Forestry, successfully completed its Pershing Field Eighth Annual
Spring Planting and Reservoir Spring Enhancement on May 15,
2010. This project was made possible through a partnership
with Goldman Sachs, a proud partner of the Coalition since 2004. We
were also fortunate this year to receive a generous donation from The
New Jersey Tree Foundation.
We
would like to thank all those who participated in this most
worthwhile project.
· Our
Goldman Sachs Community TeamWorks volunteers worked tirelessly to
complete our projects.
· A
special thanks to our PFGF and Alliance volunteers Blake Hudson, Tess
O'Brien, Patricia O'Hanlon, Pat Mangini, Vinny McNamara, Sean
Connors, Isabella Mederi and Bob Murgittroyd, whose efforts made this
project a huge success.
· We
would also like to recognize PFGF member and retired school teacher
Diane Brown, MS #7 school teacher Elizabeth Pasuco, PS #27 assistant
principal Avis Johnson, school teacher Susan Blanchard, Parent
Council President Gita Bhayani, and PS #25 parent Mr. Patel for their
efforts in recruiting local students to assist in our planting.
· We
were fortunate to have an excellent turn out of children from MS #7,
PS #27, PS #25, and PS #14 in Bayonne. They were all a tremendous
asset to our project.
· We
are grateful to PFGF member Debby DeVenezia who donated gifts for our
student volunteers through the AT&T Pioneers, a volunteer
network.
· Thanks
to local merchants, Joe & Neil from Central Ave Liquors, Maria
from the Central Ave McDonalds, Lee and Joe from Podewitz Deli,
Yogesh from the Tonnelle Ave Dunkin Donuts, Richie and Mark from
Pizza Masters, and Metro Plaza ShopRite for donating food and
beverages. Louie from Hudson Farmers Market provided the flowers.
· Thanks
to Rodney Hadley, Director of Public Works /Jersey City Parks and
Forestry, for his ongoing support and cooperation. As always,
Pershing Field employees Russ Forti and Bob Stokes assisted us in our
planting preparation, and John Moncayo worked with us throughout the
day to make everything run smoothly.
· A
special thanks to Rich Dwyer, PSE&G Regional Public Affairs
Manager, who was instrumental in securing the donation from the New
Jersey Tree Foundation.
We
invite everyone to take a walk through Pershing Field to enjoy the
beautiful plantings lovingly tended to by our dedicated group of
volunteers.
The 7th annual
PFGF Holiday Tricky Tray and Fundraising Dinner was held at The Lincoln Inn on
December 15th. We had an excellent turnout. The food was delicious; the company
outstanding. Once again, thanks to the creativity and generosity of our
members, we had many wonderful baskets for our tricky tray.
As in our past events, Hawk Latham and Aiedan McCarty enthusiastically participated in
calling the winning tickets and delivering the prizes. We
had a fun and profitable night ringing in the holiday season.
