Your Support is Needed for Friends of Brook Park

Dear Friends:

As 2008 draws to a close, I want to take this opportunity to highlight a few of Friends of Brook Park’s most recent successes.

This year we have served hundreds of youth in our garden oasis, introducing them to organic gardening and Nature, in the middle of the South, South Bronx.

On the water, advocating for access to the rivers, and clean waterways, we were honored to outfit internationally renowned Puerto Rican environmental justice activist Tito Kayak to ply the Harlem and East Rivers and the Bronx Kill.

I'm proud of what we've achieved. But none of it would have been possible without the support we get from you.

One of our volunteers, Robert, writes:

“I've helped put up tipis with students at nearby public schools, showed them how to chop wood safely, seen a young girl, 4 years old, who moved from West Africa to the South Bronx with her family, keenly examine the many ladybugs on her hand being released as natural pest control against aphids. That young girl, and the many other children and adults who have had the pleasure of digging in the soil to harvest radishes and carrots, or clipped fresh mint from around the base of the willow tree, or walked the labyrinth of peace and contemplation, have enriched me and my life as much as the garden has enriched theirs.”

Your commitment is especially important in these tough economic times. Like other organizations, we are tightening our belts. But because so many people depend on us to continue to provide real green peaceful resources, we have the responsibility to continue-and, in some places, intensify-our work.

We cannot do that without your support. So please, during this holiday season of peace and hope, send a year-end, tax-deductible donation to Friends of Brook Park. You can do so by simply clicking here: http://www.friendsofbrookpark.org/donations

If you prefer to send in your vital contribution, mail to:

Friends of Brook Park
PO Box 801
Bronx, NY 10454

Please donate today: http://www.friendsofbrookpark.org/donations

Sincerely,
Harry J. Bubbins
Executive Director