Friends of Seaside Playground

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Kiddos got to make handmade seed paper with and had fun with the scavenger hunt. Thank you Sarah, we ❤️ you!!!! You are simply the best!

Thank you to for spending time with our kiddos and teaching them about water safety at the beach!
Thank you Mr Bradley for setting up composting system and teaching our volunteers all about compost!
What a wonderful day!!!

What a wonderful day! Thank you to all the volunteers that came out to beautify Seaside Playground! We planted a whole new section of the playground. What a great way to care for our community and our park! Thank you!!!!

Congratulations to our Rockaway neighbors in Arverne! Alameda Playground looks amazing!

Thank you Queens Borough President Donovan Richards!

🌸🌼Saturday May 15, 12-2🌼🌸
Get your hands dirty and plant some flowers, make seed paper craft and learn about water safety with Lou from BSA@black_surfing_rockaway 🌊🌊🌊

To Celebrate Parks we are giving you the Green 💵with a 50/50 raffle drawing live at the event! You can advance purchase raffle tickets at
https://parks5050.cheddarup.com
by May 14th. You do not have to be at the event to win.
For the planting and craft portion you are welcome to bring paper scraps if you have, we will use them for the seed paper activity.
Please don't forget to bring hydration, masks and be safely distanced! This is a family event, all are welcome. Children must be supervised.

Massive mural at Seaside Playground. Come check it out and tell us what you discover
Great article on
👆link in bio👆

What a great turn out to the Community Day Event with Shantell Martin as the transformation of the Big Yard takes place!!!
Many thanks to everyone involved!!!
We can’t wait to see the faces of the kids Tuesday morning when they return to school.

The Big Yard Mural is made possible by generous support from The Rockaway Hotel, 7|G
Foundation, and Citizens Committee for New York City.

Community Day with artist Shantell Martin
Sunday October 11
11-12 and 1-2
Registration highly recommended.
See links below.

Participants will have the opportunity to learn about Shantell's practice as she performs the installation of her signature line drawing designs and to be part of creating a collective art piece inspired by the artist’s work.
All participants will be invited to create their own 6" x 6" canvas tile that the organizers will collect and display as an ongoing community participatory mosaic installation on school grounds.
Session 1
11-12
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/124326791781

Session 2
1pm-2pm
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/124337080555

Friends of Seaside Playground (FOSP) in collaboration with 7G Group invite you for a Community Day with artist Shantell Martin as she installs a custom mural for Seaside Playground.

Sunday October 11 11am-12pm
Session 1:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/124326791781

Sunday October 11 1pm-2pm
Session 2:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/124337080555

We are thrilled to announce
AWARD-WINNING VISUAL ARTIST
SHANTELL MARTIN SELECTED
FOR BIG YARD MURAL COMMISSION

Friends of Seaside Playground (FOSP), in collaboration with 7G Group, are pleased to announce Shantell Martin as the artist chosen for the Big Yard Mural. Martin’s proposal will transform the “The Big Yard,” located at Seaside Playground on the corner of Rockaway Beach Boulevard and B109 Street in Rockaway Park, Queens, into an oasis for the 700 students from Waterside Children’s Studio School, Waterside School for Leadership, and the community members who use the school’s yard daily. The hand-painted mural will debut October 11, 2020, and is sponsored by the Rockaway Hotel.