Bette Midler and New York's Restoration Project held the NYRP's Eighth Annual Spring Picnic on Tuesday in New York. Cocktails were held at New Leaf Restaurant & Bar with dinner at Fort Tyron Park.ONE LIFE TO LIVE star Jason Tam (Markko) and ALL MY CHILDREN's Brianne Moncrief (Colby) were among the celebrities in attendance.
This year NYRP is "recession-chic!" which is why the event chose a more down-scaled picnic with BBQ versus more expensive events in the past.
Bette Midler founded the nonprofit New York Restoration Project (NYRP) in 1995 in the belief that clean, green neighborhoods are fundamental to the quality of life, and that every community in New York City deserves an oasis of natural beauty. Seeing many parks and open spaces in dire need of cleanup and restoration, Ms. Midler created NYRP to be the "conservancy of forgotten places," particularly in New York City's underserved communities.
To achieve this vision, NYRP partners with individuals, community-based groups, and public agencies to reclaim, restore, and develop under-resourced parks, community gardens, and other open spaces in New York City. Now into our second decade, we've removed over 875 tons of garbage from project sites and reclaimed more than 400 acres of under-resourced and rundown parkland. We've rescued scores of community gardens from commercial development and served over 10,000 at-risk urban youngsters with free environmental education programs.
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