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OASIS mapping website to find NYC community gardens
Interested in getting involved in community gardens? Check out the OASIS mapping website to find a community garden near you!
Harlem Word: Mary Alice Lee and Maddalena Polletta explain how the playgrounds built by the NYC Playground Program are “green”
Mary Alice Lee and Maddalena Polletta work for the NYC Playground Program at the Trust for Public Land (TPL). Maddalena works as the coordinator of the NYC's Children's Gardening Program at TPL and is aware of children's interest in gardening and the natural world. Since open spaces and community gardens are important to TPL, they include a lot of "green" elements in the playgrounds they build for schools in New York City. Read more below!
Harlem Word: Executive Chef/Culinary Educator Chris Daly talks about his organization, Hip4Kids
Chris Daly has worked in some of the finest kitchens in New York, Los Angeles and Paris during his 20 years in the restaurant hospitality business. However, it wasn't until after he left the city to work in Europe and California that he first got the idea to create Hip4Kids, a New York-based non-profit organization that teaches young people and their parents about healthy cooking
Harlem Word: Mary Alice Lee and Maddalena Polletta talk about some elements of the Harlem playgrounds constructed by NYC Playground Program
Since 1996, the Trust for Public Land (TPL) has built playgrounds at schools throughout New York City, including Harlem. In Harlem, they've worked at Future Leaders Institute (134 W. 122nd Street), P.S. 180 Hugo Newman (370 W. 120th Street), P.S. 076 A Philip Randolph (220 W. 121st Street), and J.H.S. 90 Julia de Burgos Junior High School/Academy of Environmental Science Secondary High School (410 E. 100th Street). Read more about these fun and beautiful community spaces in this interview with Maddalena Polletta and Mary Alice Lee below-then you should visit them to see how great they are!
NYC Grows - Earth Day Event in Union Square
NYC Grows is an annual environmental-themed public festival that invites New Yorkers to explore community gardening, urban agriculture, sustainability, organic cooking and environmental education. Union Square, Saturday, April 25th from 10-4
Grading restaurants based on cleanliness in NYC
I was reading in am New York this morning that the city health department is going to start grading restaurants based on how clean they are and posting those grade letters (A, B, or C) on their windows for all New Yorkers to see.
Harlem Word: Sid Howard – Running races in New York City and abroad
Sid Howard, a runner for more than 30 years, has received numerous awards and traveled around the world to race. Here, he talks about the different races he has been involved in over the years including his ideal place to run.
Find out where you can get flu shots in NYC
Flu season (flu occurs most often in fall and winter months with peaks from December through March) is right around the corner. You should consider getting the flu vaccine to protect yourself this year! Visit the DOHMH Flu Clinic Locator to find a flu vaccine clinic near you!
