Coming up on October 20th from 10AM to 1PM. Rain date October 27th.
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Friends of Overington Park Meeting
Reminder: Friends of Overington Park monthly meeting is at the Frankford Historical Society at 7PM on Wednesday, October 3rd.
Hope to see you there! P.S. The CORA building is no longer available as Cora Services is selling the office.
Mary Ellen Post
Secretary Friends of Overington Park
Third Annual Art Under the Trees
The weather was cool but dry last Saturday, September 29th, for our third annual Art Under the Trees. We had 25 Children under 18 who participated in our chalk art contest. A few adults couldn’t resist grabbing some chalk and joining in.
This year our biggest group was the 13 to 17 year olds. Our winners in the teen group were Stephanie Espejo, age 15 and Salina Santiago, age 17. Our 6 and under winner was Rowan Becker age 6, and 7 to 11 winner Lazaia Moore, age 9.
The park looked beautiful filled with kids letting their inner artist rise to the surface. Color was all around. The Friends group also had a printing station where leaves were printed and bookmarks stamped. We had doughnuts in the morning and water and pretzels at noon.
Many thanks go out to all those who helped make this a fun day in our neighborhood: the Friends of Overington Park, councilwoman Maria Quinones Sanchez, Frankford High JR ROTC, and Tony Payton’s office.
Our event was so inspiring that the next day more chalk art filled in the blocks around the park. This corner of our world became a creative and fun place for everyone this weekend. Thanks for coming out and and making it happen!
Our next event will be on October 20th from 10 till 1, Fall Festival! We will all come in costume, find pumpkins in the patch, make an arts and craft project, play games and have candy! Come out and join us!
Diane Kunze, president, Friends of Overington Park
Overington Park Update
What a success! Northeast EPIC Stakeholders and the Friends Of Overington Park held a summer movie night in our park. We had over 100 people come out this last Friday September 14th to watch Puss In Boots.
Parks and REC did a wonderful job putting on the show, and they gave everyone fresh pop corn. The children were fascinated by the pop corn maker, the movie a close second. Over 70 children and 30 adults brought their blankets and chairs and laid out under the stars to enjoy the movie. It was a lovely night. The Friends of Overington Park worked the snack table and helped with the clean up. We handed out flyers for our next event, Art Under The Trees, Children’s Chalk Art contest, Saturday September 29th from 10 till 1, please come out and join us again!
Our beautiful park is a great place to share some time with your family surrounded by nature, and meet with your neighbors! Thanks again to all those who support our efforts in the park. Sincerely, the Friends Of Overington Park
Movie Night in Overington Park a Growing Success
The weather was perfect and the movie and popcorn were free. It does not get much better than that. A larger crowd than last year spread out on the grass at Overngington Park Friday, September 14th, to enjoy “Puss and Boots” in a real pld fashioned family event. Sponsored by the Friends of Overington Park and NE EPIC Stakeholders, it was the perfect wrap up for summer.
Coming up at the park will be Art Under the Trees on September 29th from 10AM till 1PM. We’ll be there again this year for pictures and I hope video.
Short slide show below.
