Dear Friends of Liberty State Park,
Greetings! We hope that you are all well and ready to enjoy our urban waterfront
oasis after the winter. Your support and generosity and that of a few Walk
sponsors last year, plus the work of volunteers in the Friends Saturday
Volunteer Garden Program led to the planting of 60,000 bulbs and many plants and
shrubs. Over $10,000 worth of trees will be planted in early Spring near the
large playground and picnic area near Freedom Way.
Our Spring Meeting will take place on Sat. April 14 at 10 am on the Terminal’s 2nd floor. Our annual volunteer Salt Marsh Clean Up will be on Sat. May 12 from 9 am to Noon.
Please
Save these Dates for Events to Benefit Liberty State Park
and help the Friends continue to beautify, improve, and
protect LSP.
Sat. April 21 WALK and Sunday May 6 Luncheon.
Sat. April 21 - Earth Day - This year's WALK for LSP will be a collaboration with the Hudson County Improvement Authority's (HCIA) 5K RUN and its annual Earth Day Festival. The WALK and 5K RUN starts at 10 AM. Please see the enclosed registration flyer and indicate your Shirt size. Participants getting "pledges" are welcomed.
The WALK proceeds will go to FOLSP and the
5K RUN proceeds will go to the Hudson County Green Fund.
Since people from the same family may want to walk or run, and to simplify the
event’s collaboration, FOLSP and HCIA decided that all checks for walkers and
runners will be written to “Hudson County Green Fund”. Our members can be
assured that the Friends will get all proceeds from the Walk registrations. Please
enter Friends Walk in your check’s
Memo section. Registration is $17 before and $20 on 21st. If you
want a shirt mailed for your Walk fee, please indicate that on your
registration. The Earth Day Festival from 11 am to 4 pm has many
interesting exhibits, plus environmental activities, giveaways and
entertainment.
Sunday May 6 Luncheon
Noon to 3 pm Please join fellow park lovers at our 2nd
annual Awards Luncheon at Liberty House Restaurant on Zapp Drive. $50 per
person.
The deserving honorees
include Assemblyman Louis Manzo, a leader against the commercial
waterpark plan and in the cause to save LSP's views and Public Plaza from the
hill and walls 9/11 Memorial; LSP's longtime wildlife photographer Marvin
Silber; Gladys Vasques, dedicated pioneer volunteer of LSP's garden
beautification; and LSP's Liberty Yacht Club Commodore Jim O'Connor,
who initiated major marina area clean up/beautification and other LSP projects.
A
formal invitation will go out in April but it’d be great if you decide sooner.
Please contribute $50 per person to Friends of LSP and send to above address (
write "Luncheon" for “memo”).
Thanks for your important support of LSP in so many ways over the years.
Sam Pesin Michel Cuillerier Eliza
Wright Alice Ocskay Linda
Romanowski
president vice-president
vice-president secretary acting
treasurer