The BRGC helped to celebrate Arbor Day on Friday April 27th at the Black Rock School. The Club recieved a grant from the RYASAP Block by Block program to develop a special celebration which was planned jointly by the local Garden Club and the newly formed Black Rock School Garden Club.

Committee members Bob Bociek and Wendy Nylen worked with Tara Smiley, a teacher at the school who started the club, to get two grants which was used to support the children’s school Garden Club and to plan the Arbor Day Festivities. The two grants were received from RYASAP Block by Block program and the New England Chapter of the International Society for Arborculture These funds allowed the clubs to buy tools for the children, to purchase plants to beautify the school and to develop an educational curriculum with materials from the National Arbor Day Foundation.

Bob Bociek donated and planted a tree in front of the school during the festive event. Bridgeport Mayor John Fabrizi and our local City Council representatives, Donna Curran and Tom Mulligan also attended. The Club hopes to make this an annual event in an attempt to educate the students and the Bridgeport community about the essential nature of adding trees to our environment. This compliments the Black Rock Garden Club’s mission to plant trees.

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