This past Tuesday evening we gathered our amazing forces and totally rocked the new look for the skate park...
Scraping...
Putting designs on trash/recycle bins...
From the smallest...
and our friends...
all worked so hard in the heat and the job got done in record time and with lots of fun, music and teamwork! Whadda ya think?...
We have so many great humans to thank for their help! We could not have done this without all of you!!
The Lion's Club - they paid for paint and supplies and provided the insurance we needed to do the job!
Mayor Michael Newhard and the Board of Trustees and our DPW for their continued help and support!
Paddock and Son Painting - thank you, Eric Paddock, for your expertise, guidance, help and hard work. After working all day painting you came to help us too...and your help with ordering the right paint and supplies was so appreciated!
Friends of Ian Sharp/Art of IS group:
Thank you, Ekua Sharp (Ian's mom) for much needed hydration, photos and royal service at the break table! Mike and Stefanie Poulson and kids; Kira and Jenna and their friends Kaitlin Hunter and Mekiah Hall for your time and labor, photos and support! Zoe DeBruhl for her artistic help with the bins and Will for his continued support! Thanks to Lisa Coffey for her help with cleanup and breakdown! Thanks go out to Ekua's friends who came to see and support - and another good perma-culture connection made!
Project Knomad Supporters:
The Walsh Family: Bill, Kim, Devan, Will, Aidan and Kilian for your hard work and providing great snacks! Kristin Sicina also for your artistic support and skater Kyle Allwood for his hard work
PK Skate Team - Devin Walsh, Darren Faul and Keishawn Norman (other members of our skate team couldn't make it, but they were there in spirit!)
Thanks to the Paddock Family for providing bottled water and ice (twice!) and to the Walsh Family for great cookies and watermelon!! You kept us hydrated and fed and we thank you very, very much!!
Thanks to Ian Sharp who with his love and spirit inspire us to do more for our youth and community...and for what Essra says was him keeping the breeze going around each of us in the heat to keep us going strong! Rest in Presence...One Love, Ian, One Love.
We will send a short summary of the event and some photos to George Nitti (thanks so much!) from Warwick Valley Living and we also hope to get a write up in local papers too!
This event was brought to you by....Project Knomad Arts and Organization Division... thanks to Jon Lawrence, Innis Sampson, Neisha Hirsch, Essra Paddock, Donna Kaminski for planning, preparing, labor, time and efforts!
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