Over
50 people participated in cleaning up Willow Street Park on Saturday June
12th, 2004. It was a beautiful sunny day hot enough to sit in the shade
of the park's trees but not too hot to clean and paint and play basketball.
The goals of the day's event were to clean up litter, paint the brick walls
and jungle gyms and paint over grafitti. A lot of enthusiastic volunteers
met the challenge and then some. The basketball court was touched up, overgrown
grass and branches were cut back, flowers were planted and even the park's
chess boards were restored. After burgers, hotdogs and ice cream, the park
was immediately put to use with basketball games and children enjoying the
swings and other attractions.
The event was sponsored by Neighborhood Housing Services of New Britain as
well as other New Britain organizations which donated dollars and resources
to make the event a success. See the links below for more information on
these organizations. Scroll down to see pictures from the event.
Details:
Spring Clean-Up Event
Saturday, June 12, 2004
9AM - 2PM
Willow Street Park, New Britain
Sponsors:
Neighborhood Housing Services of New Britain, inc.
Free to Grow
Weed and Seed
The City of New Britain
New Britain NRZ's
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