Rain or Shine, The Jamboree will Rock On!

Don't let Irene keep you away!!! If its rainy on Saturday, The Jamboree moves to the Butterfield Library across the street. A perfect way to get your wiggles out on a rainy day! Watch this space for a confirmation.

JAMBOREE TO ROCK THE PARK: Sat. Aug. 27th at 4 pm

Join us for a picnic in the park to celebrate the completion of our renovations. Bring a picnic blanket and enjoy some live music by Stacy Labriola, Al Hemberger, The Lonely, Laminated Menu and Louie. Suggested donation: $20 per family. Cookbooks and tote bags also on sale: as well as lemonade touted by the most enthusiastic bunch of 6 year olds this side of the Hudson. All proceeds support the Tots Park. Stay tuned to this space for rain location... RSVP on Facebook.

See you at the park!

IT IS ACCOMPLISHED!!!

All thanks to our hard working volunteers: Mark Hall, Bonny Carmicino, Tyler Mell, Kathryn O'Hara, Darren Critz, Barton Chew, Mike and Robbi Martin, Chris Sandlund, Justin Edelson, Jay Philippi, Paul Mooney, Bo Bell, Lisa Sabin, Seth Gallagher and Dinesh Kapoor

Thanks to these volunteers for providing food/drink: Katy Cox, Silvia Gaugler, Cecily Hall, Shannon Keegan, Eileen Caulfield, Robbi Smith, Beth Edelson and Eugenie Milroy

Thanks to Rajay Bagaria for being the force behind the project. Thanks to our generous donors including: Mike and Karen Speller, Cold Spring Lions Club and Ken Kearney.

Thanks to the Village of Cold Spring and the Highway Department for their help with this project. Big shout out to Mary Saari, Seth Gallagher, Ed Trimble, Charlie, Russ and Robert.

Thanks to Robert Pettinelli Junior and Senior for supervising and directing the build. Need a playground, call Miracle Recreation!

Thanks to Kathleen Foley, Eugenie Milroy, Beth Edelson, Robbi Smith, Megan Philippi and Eileen Caulfield for working on this project, including enormous fundraising efforts since 2008.


Please note: the park is closed until Monday, July 18th to give the concrete under the structure a chance to dry. Please do not let kids enter for their own safety. Thanks!

NEW MULCH FOR THE PARK!

New mulch delivered to the Park today. Come to our community build this Saturday, July 16th from 8 am onwards to help spread it. Thanks to Mayor Seth Gallagher and the Highway Depratment for their help with this project!

Please note the park is CLOSED until Sunday, July 17th for construction.

Thanks!

PARK CLOSED FOR CONSTRUCTION

The Tots Park will be closed from Friday July, 15th to Sunday July,17th while we remove the old play structure and install the new one. Please do not allow your kids into any area of the park during this time for their safety. Thanks! Come try the new equipment starting July 17th!

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

This is it folks: the final phase of our project started with this blog back in 2008. It all comes together on JULY 16th when we install our new play structure (see post below) at the park. We need all you handy moms and dads out there to come help. All levels of expertise (or lack of it!) will be put to good use! If you are out of town or otherwise occupied that day and would still like to help make a donation here and put Cold Spring Tots Park as the fund name. Or email totspark@yahoo.com to donate snacks/drinks for the volunteers. Hope to see you on the 16th. Local kids will thank you for years to come!

New Playscape coming soon to the Tots Park!

Goodbye Scary Bridge! Hello new, safe, ADA compliant playscape... Thanks to Garrison resident Rajay Bagaria, a new playscape may soon be installed at the Tots Park. Rajay secured us a significant discount on the new structure. Miracle Recreation custom designed the new playscape to mimic what we currently have while eliminating the safety hazards of the bridge and stairs. The Friends of the Tots Park has almost enough funds to make it happen but we need close to $2000 to reach our goal. Will you help secure the future of the Tots Park?
Make a secure online donation by clicking here and put Cold Spring Tots Park as the fund name. Questions or comments? Email: totspark@yahoo.com

NEW SAND AT THE PARK

Four hours of hard labor from 19 families and two dump truck loads of sand have been moved into the sandbox. The mulch is fluffed and trash/leaves picked up. Thank you to our volunteers: new friends and old faithfuls who come through for the Tots Park every year...
Thanks to these volunteer families: Pace, Edelson, Foley/Hedlund, Gaugler, Mooney/Caulfield, Straus, Pouthier,Hutchinson/Cohen, McCoy, Ambrose/Meeropol, Corio, Sullivan, Leva, Philippi, Kapoor, Buslovich, Schadt, O'Sullivan and Butler/Meisner. Also thanks to Fran for coming out to help and Nate Lyons for making a delivery on a Sunday. We could not have done it without you!

See all the pictures on Facebook.

NEW SAND IN TIME FOR SPRING SPRUCE UP SUNDAY, MAY 1st

We're getting new sand!!! Please bear with us as we change out the sand and warn your kids about a deeper-than-they're-used to sandbox for the next couple of days. Thanks to the Village of Cold Spring, Highway Department and Mayor Seth Gallagher for making this possible!

Part of the cost will be borne by the Friends of the Tots Park, so if you are thrilled to have clean sand for your kids to play in (and eat!) make a donation by clicking on the Community Foundation link to the left of the blog.

A special shout out to Nate Lyons of Harold Lyons and Sons for providing the sand at cost price and giving us free delivery.
Thank him when you see him and support his local business!

Hope to see you all at our Spring Spruce Up on Sunday, May 1st from 10 am to 1 pm. Stop by with your rake/shovel/pitch fork and help fluff the mulch and pick up trash.

TOTS PARK HALLOWEEN COSTUME SWAP

Saturday, Oct. 2nd
10 am to 12 noon
at the Tots Park


Tired of spending money on costumes every year?
Tots Park to The Rescue!
Bring your old costumes to the park and swap them out for gently used new favorites for only $5.
All proceeds benefit the Cold Spring Tots Park.

COOKBOOKS ARE HERE!!!

Hot off the press! The Tots Park Cookbook is now on sale at the Country Goose for $15: Family friendly, healthy, quick n'easy recipes from your friends and neighbors!
This cookbook is the labor of love of Eileen Caulfield, along with the genius graphic design of Christine Caballero.
Thanks to all our contributors and to Leonora Burton of the Country Goose for hosting a launch party on Oct. 9th from 4-6pm. Contributors are invited to bring samples of their recipes for folks to taste!

Email totspark@yahoo.com to reserve your copy!
Consider a Tots Park tote bag ($10) and a cookbook for the perfect holiday gift this year!

TOTS PARK IN THE NEWS

Thanks to all especially Stacy Labriola and Al Hemberger for making the Jamboree a grand success. We raised almost $1000.
Special thanks to the musicians: Motherlode Trio, Tiki Daddy, Nick Poholchuk, John Teagle, Art Labriola and the one and only Dar Williams for rocking the park. Thanks to all the families who came out to support the park!

Here is a great story published on Philipstown.info:

TOTS PARK JAMBOREE 2010

Mark your calendars for Tots Park Jamboree 2010:

SATURDAY, AUGUST 28th 4-7pm at the Tots Park

Featuring the musical talents of Stacy Labriola, Al Hemberger and friends.
Suggested donation: $20 per family. All proceeds benefit the Tots Park.

Don't miss it! Its a great end-of-summer party! Bring a picnic blanket and chill out at the park!

Rain location: Butterfield Library

March for the Park in the July 4th parade

Sunday July 4th

Wear your Tots Park T-shirt and march with the Friends of the Tots Park in Cold Spring's Community Day parade down Main St. to the waterfront.
Decorate your strollers/wagons !
Bring a flag to wave...
Contact totspark@yahoo.com if you need a T-shirt.

Line up at Chestnut Ridge off Route 9D starting at 1:30pm. Parade steps off at 2pm.

Hope to see you there!

SPRING SPRUCE-UP: Sunday, May 2nd

Calling all parents to help spruce up the park for the season.
Sun. May 2nd from 9am to 1pm.

Bring rakes/brooms/gloves and/or a healthy (nut free) snack to share.
We will fluff the mulch, rake the leaves, turn over the sand and discard any worn/broken toys.

A great opportunity to meet other young families in town!
Email totspark@yahoo.com if you can help/donate snacks.

Tots Park Cookbook

Please help raise money for the Tots Park by e-mailing your best "Child-friendly" recipes, so that they can be included in a Collective Family Cookbook. The recipes should be on the healthy side, reasonably quick to put together, and something that your child likes to eat. Please make note in the email as to whether the recipe is considered a snack, breakfast, lunch, dinner, or dessert. Feel free to email as many great recipes as you would like, and we will include as many as we can in the book.

If the recipe is not your own creation, please cite the source of the recipe.

*We also plan on including helpful hints regarding eating w/ children: keeping a child's interest on his/her plate, ways to make the table more fun to be at, positive parenting techniques for picky eaters, etc. - so please email any helpful advice, or pearls of wisdom that you'd like to share in terms of making family dining more enjoyable for the whole family.

Please send all recipes/helpful tips including your full name so that we can contact you with any questions to- Eileen Caulfield at magdaemc@optonline.net no later than March 1st. We will send back an email confirming that we have received your info.

Cup-o-ccino at the Tots Park

Good news!
Cup-o-ccino will deliver coffee and other goodies to the park for a $10 minimum. So shout out to the other java seekers when you're at the park (after 3pm) and rack up a $10 bill for a hot cup of joe delivered to your park bench!

Put Cup-o-ccino on your speed dial: 845-8095574

This community service brought to you by the Friends of the Tots Park and your friendly neighborhood coffee shop Cup-o-ccino.

HALLOWEEN COSTUME SWAP:until Sat. Oct.31st

It's that time of year again...get your kid a costume and help support the park while the kids enjoy some playtime at their favorite park. Great gently used costumes available for $5. Tots Park Tote Bags also on sale for $10.
All proceeds benefit the park. Email Karen at totspark@yahoo.com to arrange to meet at the park to swap/buy/donate costumes.

THIS PARK IS YOUR PARK BY AL HEMBERGER

This park is your park | F |
This park is my park | C |
From the sandy sand box | G |
To the lovely tree bark | C |
From the slide and the swingset | F |
To the bouncing, rocking thingies | C |
This park was made for you and me | G | C |

Well I've been to Central Park
In New York City
It's really big there
And it's really pretty
But here at The Tot's Park
Mom can always find me
This park was made for you and me

Chorus

There's lots of toys here
For girls and boys here
Lotsa things to ride on
Even things to climb on
Trees all around it
I'm so glad we found it
This park was made for you and me

Chorus

JAMBOREE ROCKS THE PARK!

Thanks one and all for coming out to support the park! We raised almost $1500 and what a fun way to do it!!! Special thanks to Stacy Labriola, Al Hemberger, Louie Miranda, Jen Clapp, John Teagle and all the generous talented musicians for donating their time and talent today. Thanks to Maggie Benmour for taking her wonderful pictures. Thanks also to all those who baked: Kathryn O'Hara, Carolyn Llewellyn, Heather Schroder, Eileen Caulfield, Carla Peters, Alex Belniak, Laura Danilov, Eugenie Milroy and Beth Edelson. Your yummy treats were enjoyed by all and really boosted the fundraising!
The amazing tote bags and banner you saw today were designed by the awesome Christine Caballero who is always ready to lend a hand...thanks Christine!
Thanks also go out to the two tireless Sara/h's: Sara Walsh and Sarah Carnevale for volunteering with sales and to Katie Brennan for lending a hand with set up and to all the able bodied dads who helped with the clean-up operations: we thank you all!!!

Once again our community has outdone itself! Bravo Philipstown and hooray for the Tots Park Jamboree!!!