Being Civic Minded

There are lots of ways to give back to the community we call home. Be sure to check out any of the events below. I'm especially excited about the Astoria Park Group Meeting. I love spending time in the park. Oh, how I long for warm days to picnic by the bridge....

Astoria-LIC Waterfront Parks Alliance Meeting
What: Join us to help figure what we can do to improve our Astoria/LIC waterfront parks and our waterfront as a whole.
When: Wednesday, February 7, 6pm
Where: Greater Astoria Historical Society Quinn Building 35-20 Broadway, 4th Floor Long Island City, NY 11106
Who: All Are Welcome!
Why: To join together with friends and neighbors to re-envision our waterfront and improve our neighborhood.More info: Please call 718-706-8044, 917-902-9165 or email Emily.Maxwell@parks.nyc.gov

Astoria Park Meeting
What: Formation of an Astoria Park group:
Currently, we are in the beginning phases of forming a Astoria Park group. The group hopes to bring together nearby residents and organizations to work together to ensure the overall health of the park. We are currently a collective group of Astoria Park users interested in clean ups and gardening days, advocating for physical park improvements, partnering with other program and events that take place in the park, environmental education, and creating literature/brochures. Whew, as you can see we have generated many ideas in a short period of time! Please come join us refine these thoughts and add your own ideas in one of our first meetings on February 12th at 6:30pm in the basement of the Steinway Reformed Church.
When: Monday, February 12th, 6:30pm
Where: Steinway Reformed Church, 41-01 Ditmars Blvd at 41st Street
Who: All are welcome!
More info: If you have questions please call Helen Ho at 718-520-5913 or e-mail at helen.ho@parks.nyc.gov. Helen works with Partnerships for Parks and also happens to be an Astoria resident.
(yay Helen! )

FEB 15 PADDLE PEDAL PARTY!!! Volunteers needed! 01-20-2007
Hi All,It's that time of year again, when we join with our bicycle brethren to celebrate, fundraise, and envision a new New York City where people explore and commute under their own power, by road and river. Okay, street and strait. :) Our partners on this are The Foundry, our kind hosts ( http://www.thefoundry.info ) and Recycle-a-Bicycle ( http://www.recycleabicycle.org ), who are fellow tenants in the converted waterfront district meat building that landlord Plaxall Inc. ( http://www.plaxall.com ) is helping us to convert into a community arts, ecology and recreational hub. To make this an event greater success than in previous years, LIC Community Boathouse Director of Arts and Events John McGarvey needs your help! To name just a few vital responsibilities, volunteers are needed to:Design promotional flyers right away! Print flyers at a discount Coordinators for flyering, set-up, cleanup, entertainment, food & beverages, silent auction, special guest list outreach, publicity Door greeters and shirt sales The good news is that much of this has been established and learned from last year and 2005. So please step up!Also, we need a new finance director as Norma contends with the happy craziness of preparing her wedding!If you'd have fun being part of our happy crew, please email both:john (at) licboathouse (dot) orgerik (at) licboathouse (dot) orgWarm regards,The Crew