On Sept. 26, Residents for a More Beautiful Port Washington (Residents) held the 16th annual Party in the Park in Blumenfeld Family Park.
“It was a terrific event!” said Residents Director of Development Lisa Grossman. “We had over 600 people there throughout the afternoon. The weather was perfect, we couldn’t have asked for a better day.”
This year the Party in the Park added a movement circle featuring family yoga with Yoga Life, agility tests with Next Gen Fitness and Parisi Speed School, “Spinal Simon Says” with Gold Coast Chiropractic, singing with Voice Academy and dancing with Dance Arts Centre. “These activities were a big hit,” said Grossman.
Another great addition to the day was planting mums and other flowers.
The event also included musical instruments, arts and crafts, live animals, a trackless train, carnival games, “batter up” baseball, basketball, miniature golf, singing lessons, building robots with Legos, face-painting, ices, cotton candy, fruit and more.
“I would also love to include a shout out to all of those individuals and businesses that sponsored our event,” Grossman said. “They all have a real love of this community and that is how things like this come together.”
The presenting sponsors were The Peter & Jeri Dejana Family Foundation, Stuart Johnson, Cord Meyer, Precision Work, Inc. and the Town of North Hempstead. Massage Envy sponsored the DJ. Cotton candy sponsors included D&B Engineers and Architects, Assemblywoman Michelle Schimel and SanData Technologies. The trackless train was sponsored by Douglas Elliman. The sports activities sponsors were Dance Arts Centre, Happy Montessori School, Parisi Speed School, The Reconstructionist Synagogue of the North Shore and Gan Shalom Nursery, Voice Academy and Yoga Life. The following people and organizations sponsored the carnival booths: David Brackett, CPA, Bach to Rock, Gold Coast Chiropractic, Licenders, Port Washington Teachers Association, Sylvan Learning, The Rimmer Family, Valley National Bank, Yamaguchi and Ellen Zimmerman. Port Beer & Soda sponsored beverages, Frank’s Pizza sponsored Italian ices, Soul Shine Art Studio sponsored face-painting and Whole Foods Market in Manhasset sponsored fruit.
The Party in the Park was a success and attendees are looking forward to next year’s event.
For more information, visit www.pwresidents.org.
