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Supporting Spring Picnic!

New York Restoration Project would like to thank each and every person who came out to Spring Picnic last night from the very bottom of our hearts – it truly was a magical evening!

None of our work is possible without you – our supporters!

NYRP extends a special thanks to our honorees, Diane and Clyde Brownstone and Todd DeGarmo, for their extraordinary vision and commitment to ensuring that nature is a fundamental right of every New Yorker.

Debbie Harry, the lead singer for Blondie, captured the evening at Thomas Jefferson Park in East Harlem with beautiful sing-a-longs, including L.O.V.E. and That’s Amore, which the crowd delightfully participated in along with NYRP’s incredible founder Bette Midler. Leimay, a unique dance troupe from Brooklyn, kicked off the the night in the Rodale Pleasant Park and Tiffany Community Gardens where cocktails were served as guests looked on. Inside the tent, the John Pizzarelli Quartet and the Harlem Wizards entertained party-goers with live music, basketball tricks, and laughs all around.

“Your generosity enables NYRP to turn barren concrete lots into lush green open space, giving tens of thousands of children a place to spend time with family, learn that tomatoes don’t grow on trees, touch worms, meet neighbors, and have some peace,” said NYRP Executive Director Deborah Marton.

Thank you for all your support!

Bid on 2 front row tickets and after party passes to the Opening Night performance of Hello, Dolly! on Broadway on April 20, 2017. The Auction will benefit Bette’s Jeckyl Foundation Stages for Success initiative

Bette returns to Broadway as Dolly Gallagher Levi in Jerry Herman and Michael Stewart’s masterpiece Hello, Dolly! This new revival, the first new production of this classic musical to appear on Broadway since the original, features direction by Tony-winner Jerry Zaks and choreography by Tony-winner Warren Carlyle, but also pays tribute to the original work of legendary director/choreographer Gower Champion, which has been hailed both then and now as one of the greatest stagings in musical theatre history. Bid here!

Donated by: PARNES PRODUCTION

Bid on 2 front row tickets and after party passes to the Opening Night performance of Hello, Dolly! on Broadway on April 20, 2017. The Auction will benefit Bette’s Jeckyl Foundation Stages for Success initiative

Bette returns to Broadway as Dolly Gallagher Levi in Jerry Herman and Michael Stewart’s masterpiece Hello, Dolly! This new revival, the first new production of this classic musical to appear on Broadway since the original, features direction by Tony-winner Jerry Zaks and choreography by Tony-winner Warren Carlyle, but also pays tribute to the original work of legendary director/choreographer Gower Champion, which has been hailed both then and now as one of the greatest stagings in musical theatre history. Bid here!

Donated by: PARNES PRODUCTION

As ye sow, so shall ye reap. When I think of what we could be, can be, and should be. America the beautiful.

#TeamBette! Thank you for all the donations, RT’s, selfies! You are helping to change lives for generations to come.

.@KimKardashian Put your selfie to work…for a good cause! Donate, RT, I’ll match $$ 2-1! https://t.co/3tfkNFnPic https://t.co/f5yqqlbjvg

.@KimKardashian wants me to send her my nudes! I’ll send them right over but the lighting’s bad right now since she threw all that shade!

@realDonaldTrump BUT WHERE’S THE PLAN, MAN?? Yes, yes we know you’re a great business man, but what’s the PLAN? Can we have some specifics?

RT @NYRP: .@FLOTUS launches a garden tour of the US! Perhaps she wants to pop by an @nyrp garden in #NYC? https://t.co/7mIlagUPsv @BetteMi…