It wasn’t the best time of year for a movie outside but the location was wonderful! Friends of Overington Park, Tony Payton, EPIC, and the Frankford CDC hosted a great time in Overington Park last Friday night. The weather was clear but cold. The film started at 7 under a starry sky. Rango, a cartoon, was really about the spirt of the old west, no matter who you are or where you come from, people working together can change the world. Not a bad idea for the folks of Frankford to think about. It was a very good time, laughs from the adults came often, and the kids enjoyed the action and snacks. There were over 50 people attending the event, quite a success!

Next year we are hoping to host a summer movie night in our park. On a hot summer night, I think we can expect a big crowd. Thanks to all who came out, we had a wonderful time right here in our little corner of the world.

Diane K. Friend of Overington Park

Friends of Overington Park are holding their Fall Festival on Saturday October 29th, from 12 noon to 3. Come and Have some Halloween Fun! We will have a Pumpkin Patch, Apple Printing, Games , Refreshments and Candy, and Performance by ‘Operation Glow In The Dark’ Puppeteers at 1:00 and 2:00!

We are dressing up, so Come Out and Join Us In Your Costume! Hope to see everyone there!

State Representative Tony Payton, the Frankford CDC, Northeast EPIC Stakeholders, and Friends of Overington Park are hosting a free Frankford family movie night. Join us on Friday, October 21st, 7:00p, in Overington Park, as we watch Johnny Depp in Rango! We’ll also be raffling off a free DVD player, and refreshments will be served! See the flyer below for more details.

Movie Night

Another great event went off this weekend hosted by the Friends of Overington Park. We had over 50 people in our park on Saturday September  17th from 12 till 3.

Our Second Annual Chalk Art Contest for the children of the neighborhood had 29 people enter the contest. Our top winners in each age group took home beautiful prizes of art supplies. The park was filled with color and excitement.

We had a tree ID workshop, leaf printing, games, and refreshments supplied by Tony Payton  and Maria Quinones Sanchez. There was talk about expanding the art to include different young artist’s works, displayed next year. We believe our event will grow over the next few years to include local artists, showing us just how enriched with talent our Frankford neighborhood has become. The local ROTC from Frankford High, as always, came out in force  to lend a hand. Someone in their group even took home a prize.  Click on this link for a slide show.

Hard work by the Friends of Overington Park has made the park a show  place in the community, a spot to get together with their neighbors to have a good time and share the positive things that living in Frankford has to offer. We were happy to have hosted this exciting event and hope everyone comes out to our next big event on Saturday, October 29th from 12 till 3. Our Fall Festival will have a Halloween theme, costumes, games, pumpkin patch, puppets, and being Halloween, Candy! Start thinking about  your costume for the 29th and we’ll see you there!

Thanks again to everyone who came out, you made the day a big success! Diane Kunze, Friend of Overington Park

From Janet Bernstein of Friends of Overington Park:

Friends of Overington Park will host it’s Second Annual ‘Art Under the Trees’ event on Saturday September 17th from 12 to 3pm. There will be a children’s Chalk Art Contest, with prizes, Tree Identifying and Mapping for kids and adults who want to join in, Leaf related art projects and games, and refreshments! Please come out and join in the fun! The park is looking great this summer so there is lots of inspiration to get your artistic juices flowing. We found out over this summer that our trees date back to the Civil War era. We need to get them on the map. Can you guess what tree stood watch during 1861? Come out and find the answers. Hope to see you there!