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for larger version       RWA Gets Ready For Rockaway Earth Day
RWA reached out to Queens Green Apple Corps to get help cleaning the park land area between Beach 26th and Beach 31st Street along the boardwalk. This weekend was the Rockaway Waterfront Alliance's Stewardship Saturday, which is always the first Saturday of each month and meets at Beach 29 street and the boardwalk. Many people walking on the boardwalk looked surprised to see so many people gathering litter. But there were a number of groups that came to help. Marlen Waaijer of Norton Basin Stewardship Group came to lend a hand, with three young stewardship interns from Beach 40 street. They had a chance to talk to some of the members of Green Corps about their work, and practice some Global Positioning System (GPS) location skills. The first part of the day was spent with the continued cleaning of the area along Beach 30 Street and the boardwalk. The accumulated debris was gathered in garbage bags, which were piled high for the park department's sanitation truck.
The second half of the work project was spent installing a pedestrian- friendly fence on Beach 27 Street. The fence allows pedestrians to enter, but it will be hopefully prevent cars from entering the dune area. While the Green Apple worked tirelessly on installing the fencing posts, neighbors came out and helped to fill up more garbage bags with debris that had been dumped among the pine trees. McKinley Hightower-Beyah, Director of the Hamer-Campos Farmer's Market and JUSTFOOD, came with his son, Fareed and repaired the existing snow fencing at Beach 26 Street side of the park land. The fencing is continually being destroyed by unscrupulous truck and school bus drivers who continually break down the fencing installed last fall by the Parks Department.
Jeanne DuPont of Rockaway Waterfront Alliance said, "It was great to have the support of the Green Apple Corps, but it will take many more people to clean the whole area before April 28. "We especially thank the members of the Green Apple Corps for spending the day with us and we hope they will return again to support our efforts to revitalize the area for the community," DuPont said.
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