Volunteers of at the Heart
SULLIVAN RENAISSANCECOMMUNITY PROJECTS
1. New gardens and landscaping can be found at Visitors Association Building in Liberty thanks to a Renaissance grant and help from the Boys and Girls Club. The project has surrounded the building with numerous flowers and shrubs welcoming all who stop by. A new seating area with greenery and benches has also been added and is slowly expanding to incorporate more of the surrounding area including Congressman Chris Gibson’s building. Visitor Association President Roberta Byron is overseeing the work around the building with the help of Barbi Nuemann-Marty from the Boys and Girls Club. Among the kids who helped out were, from left: David Schiff, Allison Freer, Julisa Rosa and Dianna Marty. 2. Not only does Monticello UMC have a new leader (Pastor Bob Kersten), and a new sidewalk and railings in front of its Broadway church, but the congregation (and sidewalk strollers) can also enjoy brand new landscaping, flower beds, and flowers planters as part of this Category A Renaissance project. Jeremy Mills leads the Renaissance group at the church.
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3. The Master Gardeners at the Cornell Cooperative Extension in Liberty are making food more accessible with their Edible Garden Extraordinaire Project. With help of a Renaissance grant, the gardeners and local youth planted seeds, flowers and herbs, replacing the old shrubs, behind the CCE building and even painted the curbs to spruce up the building. The harvest of the garden will be used for their in-the-works E.A.T. (Entrepreneur and Teaching) Program that will give community members a kitchen to learn and cook in along with the fresh garden produce. Pictured from left to right: Cathy Grady, Susan Dollard and Sheri Staho. 4. Next time you’re looking for the entrance to the Basha Kill on Haven Rd. off of Rte. 209, you won’t miss it thanks to this new sign placement and garden. Sullivan Renaissance Horticultural Assistants lent a hand to Basha Kill Area Association staff and volunteers. Pictured, from left: Linda Lou Bartle, Patricia Diness, C.M. Dawkins, Nora Brusinski. 5. Winning the Golden Feather award in 2011 enabled the Callicoon Renaissance to get a good start at completing the enhancements at the railroad square and start improvements at the Callicoon Creek Park. The group – comprising of members from the Callicoon Business Association and the Callicoon Creek Park Association – is also improving an alleyway to lead pedestrians to the park with a directional sign and some planters. At the park, the fencing has been repaired and a sign will be put up at the northern end. Pictured from left, are Joanne Rosenberger, Christina Maloney, Amanda Rosenberger, Geoffrey Dahlberg, Coordinator Kathy Langley, Georgia Chambers, Ginny Boyle and Rosie DeCristofaro. Langley said a bench will be placed in this area and also thanked the Town of Delaware Highway Department for it help with the “heavy lifting.” 6. The new patio at the Yankee Lake Preservation Association includes a new flagpole, flower beds, shrubs, a zen rock garden, benches, and (in honor of the bald eagles at Yankee Lake) an eagle-shaped flower bed with red, white, & blue flowers at the base of the flagpole. Pictured, front to back: Diane McDermott, Alice Salmans, Debbie Scott, Alex Goodman and Jim Scott.
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7. The Jeffersonville Enhances More of Sullivan (JEMS) Renaissance group has been maintaining the numerous projects in what was once a Sullivan Renaissance Category C program. These include the gazebo across from the Jeff Bank, hanging baskets and planters on Main St. and of course, the two large flowerbeds ringing the Peck’s Markets parking lots. 8. These volunteers are building a Fireman’s Memorial in front of the firehouse in Swan Lake. The final project will include a memorial stone surrounded by flowers. Seen here with the equipment to cut the pavement and dig a space for the memorial are: Bottom, from left: John Conklin, Kip Gerow, Don Sherwood. Standing, from left: Tom Eronimous, Chief Gary Couitt, Joe Pando, Wayne Knapp, Ivan Edwards, Tim Eronimous and Tim Merklin. AUGUST, 2013
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