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Movie Night in Overington Park

Our second movie night in Overington Park, went off without a hitch, on Thursday August 15. Over 150 people showed up to enjoy the cool summer evening with their neighbors, watching the movie The Avengers! movie night in the park

This time the projection went off a bit late but the equipment was in good working order. Everyone talked about how the park was looking good this summer, and that they bring their children there almost every day. The Friends group accepted thanks for their good work as they handed out snacks. Being in the park at night thrilled the small ones. Shrieks of laughter could be heard thru out the evening. It was wonderful to see so many families coming into the park for a shared good time with their community. State Representative James Clay, sponsored the film and printed up flyers.

Friends of Overington Park , with the support of our councilwoman Maria Quinones Sanchez, supplied the snacks, and the venue.

The Friend’s next event will be on September 28th, from 12 till 3pm, Third Annual Art Under The Trees. We will have a chalk art contest, craft project, and more. Please come out and bring you flair for color with you. Prizes will be awarded.

Once again, thanks to everyone who supports Overington Park, the park belongs to us all and we need everyone pulling together to make it shine!

 
Diane Kunze
Friends of Overington Park
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Movie Night in Overington Park

By Diane Kunze

We had over 140 people turn out to see the movie Brave on July 24th. The weather was perfect, it was good to be in our park together to enjoy a movie on a cool summer movie night 4x6evening. The movie was sponsored by the Friends of Overington Park and Parkside Apartments, the snacks were given out by the Northeast EPIC Stakeholders. The blankets were spread and chairs arranged.

We were ready to have a good time, but we ran into some problems with the movie equipment. The color bulb went out on the projector and the speaker malfunctioned. We ‘braved’ it out until the movie ended but our crowd had thinned to under 40. We hoped for a better night at the movies but we were glad that so many neighbors came together for summer fun in Overington Park. Hopefully by our next movie the equipment will be in good order.

Please join us on Thursday August 15th for the showing of the Avengers, sponsored by State Representative James Clay, with treats fro Northeast EPIC Stakeholders. Bring your blankets or a chair and spend a nice evening in your community at the movies!

Thanks to everyone who came out to Overington Park last Wednesday night and come again on August 15th!

Diane Kunze, Friend of Overington Park

 



		

		
		

		








			

		
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Overington Park June Picnic
		

				

		
It was a beautiful day in Overington Park this past Saturday, June 15th. We had a pot luck picnic for green volunteers and Friends of Overington Park.


Pat White and Marty played music while we chatted and consumed our picnic fare . Our third annual Salsa contest was won by Jason Dawkins, second place Nona Bloom and third place our SMA Lisa Handy.


Thanks goes out to everyone who brought something to share and stopped by to have a good time. We were a small group, about 20, but it was nice to get together in our park. Every Thursday we gather for a work day from 9 till noon, so sitting around relaxing was a new experience.


If you like what you see in our park come out and join our efforts to make and keep Overington a lovely place to spend an afternoon.


Diane Kunze and the Friends of Overington Park