Roosevelt Island Day Saturday June 8, Come Enjoy All The Great Activities - Community Beautification, Games, Amusement, Food, Music, Green Giveaways, Petting Zoo, Paper Shred A Thon, Donate Blood, Gardening, Composting, Recycle Batteries, Crayon Initiative & Much More
Come enjoy all the activities tomorrow at our Annual Roosevelt Island Day. There is so much to do. According to the Roosevelt Island Operating Corp (RIOC):
Roosevelt Island Day is this Saturday, June 8th! Island beautification, games, amusements, petting zoo, giveaways, food, music & more!Donate to the Roosevelt Island Day Blood Drive at the Senior Center (548 Main Street).
Starting at 9 AM on Sat., June 8th, Big Reuse, GRIN, iDig2Learn & RI Garden Club will lead volunteers in a variety of planting and composting activities. Volunteers who complete a shift, will receive a free Roosevelt Island Day bag. To register go to: signup.com/go/fMemOPT
Anyone dropping off batteries or food scraps for the Big Reuse compost program, which will have collection bins on Good Shepherd Plaza during RI Day, will also receive a free bag.
This day of island celebration includes a blood drive, informational tables, food, music, free games, face-painting, giveaways, carnival rides, a petting zoo, pony-rides, and an evening plaza concert performance by La Sonora Nuyorkina, a 10-piece Salsa, Merengue, Bachata band!
SATURDAY JUNE 8th ROOSEVELT ISLAND DAYHere are some scenes from 2018
Grab your sensitive papers and head to the shred truck for secure disposal this Saturday (10am - 1PM) at Motorgate sponsored by the Assembly Member Seawright, Senator Serrano and Upper Green Side.
@riocnys The SHRED truck is coming! The SHRED truck is coming to Roosevelt Island 6/8. It’s like the ice cream truck 4 adults but its FREE. Clear ur apt of unwanted paper securely at Motorgate 10am-1p! Tks to @Rebecca76AD @SenatorSerrano @UpperGreenSide pic.twitter.com/2Q3jCXpctD— iDig2Learn (@iDig2Learn) June 7, 2019
It's all part of keeping Roosevelt Island clean and green.
The farmers market will be under the helix but the food scrap drop off remains at Good Shepherd plaza.
To Celebrate Roosevelt Island's Nature all ages are invited to Roosevelt Island Day to plant flowers with the Garden Club in the empty tree pits near Blackwell house starting at 9am.
@RIOCny is ready! Join the garden club near Rivercross lower lawn & Blackwell house for tree pit Butterflication tomorrow 6/8 at 9am for Roosevelt Island Day. Show your #EarthLove #zerowaste #habitatrestoration pic.twitter.com/wDawFxq2rv— iDig2Learn (@iDig2Learn) June 7, 2019
Bring a clean container because Big Reuse Compost will be given back to the community with Anthony Longo just in time for the growing season and indoor houseplants.
Banana peels to parks! Join @grin_10044 at in the woodland area near Good Shepherd 4 Roosevelt Island Day 6/8 10-Noon for compost activities. Made possible by local food scraps & @BigReuse compost https://t.co/bgxnZqBzQd— iDig2Learn (@iDig2Learn) June 7, 2019
At Good Shepherd stop by the iDig2Learn table for a chance to win a free stylish kitchen-countertop compost bin! Please bring your used batteries to recycle and and drop off your broken crayons as iDig2Learn partners with the Crayon Initiative which melts them into new crayons for children in hospitals. Beautify the island and learn about eco-friendly habits like how to compost and drop your food scraps weekly. Also stop by and check out the Roosevelt Island Green Map
of free resources like the Duane Reade Safe Medication Disposal box and plastic bag collection bin, play the Compost YES or NO game, and visit all the island groups for more fun and to learn how to keep Roosevelt Island Clean and Green!
Congratulations to islanders, over 100,000 pounds of food scraps have been dropped since 2015 with our partner NYC Compost Project Hosted by Big Reuse and transformed into healthy compost to amend our soil, keeping food scraps out of landfill. See you on Saturday June 8th from 9am to 2pm. What a great way to show #EarthLove
Roosevelt Island Day.
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Have fun!!!!!
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