Final Renderings For Panels 1 & 2 for Coney Island Murals
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I Designed a mural for the wall of The Kensington Way in Coney Island and
- supervised 20 volunteers to paint it. It was a great experience to witness the
- transformation of these people into artists, and to feed on all their positive energy.
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Category: Tourism Cares for America
Tourism Cares for New York City
May 30 & 31, 2013, New York, NY — Tourism Cares, NYC & Company and the City of New York eagerly welcome volunteers to give back to Coney Island and the shoreline at Jamaica Bay in Brooklyn & Queens in May of 2013.
Volunteers are urged to participate in an effort at Coney Island to paint playground benches, light posts, water fountains and decorative trash receptacles and at Jamaica Bay, Queens, participate in dune preservation and beach clean-up projects at Fort Tilden Beach. As a part of this program, special grants will also be awarded to selected tourism related sites that have suffered losses attributed to Hurricane Sandy.
Tentative Schedule of Events
Subject to change. Please check back for regular updates
Thursday, May 30
6pm – 8pm: Opening Icebreaker Reception
Register and meet your fellow volunteers! This event is limited, so please RSVP when registering.
Friday, May 31
9am – 4pm: Work Day!
Volunteers will be split into two groups – one will be working at Coney Island and the other at Jamaica Bay.
Breakfast, snacks, lunch and an after-work BBQ provided
This Tourism Cares for New York City project also marks the 10th anniversary of the Tourism Cares for America program, which, from its inception at Ellis Island in 2003, has brought together more than 3,500 travel and tourism professionals to volunteer and give back to sites across America. To see what you and your colleagues have accomplished, please click the links to the right to learn more about each project.
Mural Painting – Coney Island Before & After (23 photos)Photos Courtesy of Dominic Perri/NYC & Company
One of the unique volunteer projects in NY was creating this beautiful mural along a main thoroughfare to America’s first vacation destination, Coney Island. Special thanks to team members from TAUCK for their hard work on this day and support throughout the year as a Corporate Partner
