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\u00a0Final Renderings For Panels 1 & 2 for Coney Island Murals<\/strong><\/p>\r\n \u00a0I Designed a mural for the wall of The Kensington Way in Coney Island and<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n Category: Tourism Cares for America<\/a><\/p>\r\n May 30 & 31, 2013, New York, NY \u2014\u00a0<\/strong>Tourism Cares, NYC &\u00a0Company 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.<\/p>\r\n 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.\u00a0\u00a0 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.<\/p>\r\n Tentative Schedule of Events<\/strong><\/p>\r\n Subject to change. Please check back for regular updates<\/em><\/p>\r\n Thursday, May 30<\/strong><\/p>\r\n 6pm – 8pm: Opening Icebreaker Reception<\/strong><\/p>\r\n Register and meet your fellow volunteers! This event is limited, so please RSVP when registering.<\/em><\/p>\r\n Friday, May 31<\/strong><\/p>\r\n 9am – 4pm: Work Day!<\/strong><\/p>\r\n Volunteers will be split into two groups – one will be working at Coney Island and the other at Jamaica Bay.<\/em><\/p>\r\n Breakfast, snacks, lunch and an after-work BBQ provided<\/em><\/p>\r\n 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.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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June 6<\/abbr><\/a><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\nOne of the unique volunteer projects in NY was creating this beautiful mural along a main thoroughfare to America\u2019s first vacation destination, Coney Island. Special thanks to team members from TAUCK<\/a> for their hard work on this day and support throughout the year as a Corporate Partner<\/span><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n![\"Photo:](\"https:\/\/fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net\/hphotos-ak-ash3\/p480x480\/941849_10151500975492903_1689560769_n.jpg\")
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