A walk-a-thon is a great way to get outdoors and enjoy Prospect Park (especially when the leaves are turning color!), while also helping us raise much-needed funds for maintenance,restoration, and programming.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
5K loop around Prospect Park (course map)
Enter at 15 Street & Prospect Park West
(Bartel Pritchard entrance – see Park map)
9 a.m. – check-in begins http://www.prospectpark.org/media/image/green-dot.jpg 10 a.m. – walk starts
Advanced registration: $10 for adults, $5 for children under 12
(Advanced registration deadline: October 21, 2010)
Day of registration will be available at $20 for adults and $10 for children under 12
The walk-a-thon is open to all ages and abilities Rain or shine
For more information about walk-a-thon, contact Lindsay Casale at
lcasale at prospectpark.org or (718) 965-6992.
Sunday, October 17, 2010
HALLOWEEN WEEKEND IN PROSPECT PARK!
On Saturday, October 30, from 12 - 3 p.m., the beloved Haunted Walk is back and more fun than ever at Brooklyn’s Prospect Park! Lurking high on Lookout Hill are zombies, wolf men, headless horsemen, good and bad witches, and other creepy characters. The Halloween Haunted Walk is suitable for young children accompanied by parents/guardians or older siblings. Suggested donation is $1. Enter the Park at the Prospect Park Southwest and 16th Street entrance.
October 30, from 12 - 3 p.m. is also the Haunted Carnival. This annual treat on the Nethermead in the center of the Park features games and music. Free. Both the Walk and Carnival are rain or shine.
ALSO on October 30: “Horses and Humans: A Celebration of Dancing and Healing.”
The Equus Projects, a professional dance company that makes performances with horses, and GallopNYC, an equine therapy program that works with children with disabilities, presents a series of performance staged in The Nethermead. 12 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Free.
PLUS, on Saturday Oct. 30 AND Sunday Oct. 31:
Haunted Carousel, 12 – 5 p.m.
Crank up the scary music on the Wurlitzer: our Carousel is haunted for Halloween! $1.50 per ride.
Scary Stories from the Past, 2 & 3 p.m.
Meet the old ghosts of Flatbush in haunting tales passed down from Lefferts ancestors. Lefferts Historic House. Free.
Skeleton Cut-Outs, 1 – 4 p.m.
Make your own Halloween headbands using the traditional Scharen-Knippen paper-cutting art form. Lefferts Historic House. Free.
Creepy Crawly Halloween, 12 – 5 p.m.
It’s a critter-fest in Prospect Park with lots of spiders, worms, and other creepy creatures that are sure to make your skin crawl! Creepy crafts, live critters and hands-on experiments. Audubon Center. Free.
Boo at the Zoo, 10 a.m. – 5: 30 p.m.
Go batty for Halloween with activities like face painting, craft making, encounters with "spooky" creatures and a trip through the Zoo's legendary haunted barn. Free with Zoo admission.
Get your ghoul on - be a volunteer! Volunteers are needed to dress up and be scary, prepare meals for performers, assist with carnival games, load the sets, and much more. Call (718) 965-8960 or email volunteers at prospectpark.org for more information.
For more information on Prospect Park programs, volunteering and membership, call the Park Hotline at (718) 965-8999, or visit www.prospectpark.org
Dial 311 for all Parks & Recreation information
October 30, from 12 - 3 p.m. is also the Haunted Carnival. This annual treat on the Nethermead in the center of the Park features games and music. Free. Both the Walk and Carnival are rain or shine.
ALSO on October 30: “Horses and Humans: A Celebration of Dancing and Healing.”
The Equus Projects, a professional dance company that makes performances with horses, and GallopNYC, an equine therapy program that works with children with disabilities, presents a series of performance staged in The Nethermead. 12 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Free.
PLUS, on Saturday Oct. 30 AND Sunday Oct. 31:
Haunted Carousel, 12 – 5 p.m.
Crank up the scary music on the Wurlitzer: our Carousel is haunted for Halloween! $1.50 per ride.
Scary Stories from the Past, 2 & 3 p.m.
Meet the old ghosts of Flatbush in haunting tales passed down from Lefferts ancestors. Lefferts Historic House. Free.
Skeleton Cut-Outs, 1 – 4 p.m.
Make your own Halloween headbands using the traditional Scharen-Knippen paper-cutting art form. Lefferts Historic House. Free.
Creepy Crawly Halloween, 12 – 5 p.m.
It’s a critter-fest in Prospect Park with lots of spiders, worms, and other creepy creatures that are sure to make your skin crawl! Creepy crafts, live critters and hands-on experiments. Audubon Center. Free.
Boo at the Zoo, 10 a.m. – 5: 30 p.m.
Go batty for Halloween with activities like face painting, craft making, encounters with "spooky" creatures and a trip through the Zoo's legendary haunted barn. Free with Zoo admission.
Get your ghoul on - be a volunteer! Volunteers are needed to dress up and be scary, prepare meals for performers, assist with carnival games, load the sets, and much more. Call (718) 965-8960 or email volunteers at prospectpark.org for more information.
For more information on Prospect Park programs, volunteering and membership, call the Park Hotline at (718) 965-8999, or visit www.prospectpark.org
Dial 311 for all Parks & Recreation information
financial course
Pratt Area Community Council Events
HSBC financial course
PACC is hosting a FREE Financial Workshop
sponsored by HSBC and John Hancock
Sessions begin Monday, November 1st, 2010 and continue every
Monday in November until November 29th from 6:30pm - 8:30pm
PACC's Community Room
226 Lefferts Place
at the corner of Franklin Avenue
Brooklyn, New York, 11216
Course Highlights:
Highlights Managing your money
Budgeting & Banking Credit History & Using Credit Wisely
Basics of Borrowing & Preventing I.D. Theft
Home-ownership & Managing your mortgage
Stocks, bonds, money market and retirement
Free Individual Credit & Investment Counseling
This is a free event
Reserve your spot now!
call 718-783-3549 Ext. 15
www.prattarea.org
Travel Info:
C/S train to Franklin Avenue
B48/B49 stops right outside the building
B25 to Franklin Avenue
or use www.hopstop.com for door to door directions
Join Our Mailing List!
Pratt Area Community Council
201 Dekalb Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11205
718-522-2613*22
HSBC financial course
PACC is hosting a FREE Financial Workshop
sponsored by HSBC and John Hancock
Sessions begin Monday, November 1st, 2010 and continue every
Monday in November until November 29th from 6:30pm - 8:30pm
PACC's Community Room
226 Lefferts Place
at the corner of Franklin Avenue
Brooklyn, New York, 11216
Course Highlights:
Highlights Managing your money
Budgeting & Banking Credit History & Using Credit Wisely
Basics of Borrowing & Preventing I.D. Theft
Home-ownership & Managing your mortgage
Stocks, bonds, money market and retirement
Free Individual Credit & Investment Counseling
This is a free event
Reserve your spot now!
call 718-783-3549 Ext. 15
www.prattarea.org
Travel Info:
C/S train to Franklin Avenue
B48/B49 stops right outside the building
B25 to Franklin Avenue
or use www.hopstop.com for door to door directions
Join Our Mailing List!
Pratt Area Community Council
201 Dekalb Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11205
718-522-2613*22
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