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Summer's here! Do you have gently used items taking up closet space? Bring everything over to the Greencycle Swap at Go Green! Brooklyn Festival!  This is traditionally our biggest swap of the year!

Bring some! Or take some!
One man's trash is another man's treasure.
Let's recycle, reuse and reduce!

MEN’S, WOMEN’S & CHILDREN’S CLOTHING, SHOES, BOOKS, TOYS, BICYCLES, PHONES, HOUSEHOLD ITEMS & ELECTRONICS. We will accept electronics until 4 PM. Cleaned, gently used and working items please. No need to bring anything to take items. However, out of consideration for others, we may limit folks to the greater of one bag or the total number of bags that you brought to donate to the swap.

$5 suggested donation to help cover costs. Town Square is a qualified 501(c)(3) not-for-profit institution. Your donation will be TAX DEDUCTIBLE to the full extent of the law. For more info, please contact Town Square at 347.559.1410 or greencycle@townsquareinc.com.

We gratefully thank our partners and sponsors: CM Stephen Levin, CM Antonio Reynoso, NYC DYCD, Brooklyn Boy Scouts Troop 26 and Friends of Greenpoint Public Library. We are also thrilled to partner with Home Life Services. All remaining swap items will be donated to The Clay Family Residence, a local Home Life Services shelter at 66 Clay Street and four other Home Life shelters in Brooklyn and Bronx with over 500 children. Toys, books and children's clothing will be earmarked for the Albemarle Family Residence in East Flatbush; this shelter was designed by NYC as the best shelter last year, based on perfect school attendance by their 184 children, ages 5 through 18! Please help these children and families while benefiting our environment.

Want to learn how to upcycling a tee shirt or skirt?  Bring one from your closet or grab one from Greencycle Swap and check out the Upcycling Stations at the festival.

Brooklyn Creative Studio and designer Sho Konishi will be on hand to demonstrate and lend you a hand.  What fun!  And check out some of the amazing couture by Sho. 

Go Green! Brooklyn Festival will take over McCarren Park for a FREE celebration of the North Brooklyn community and local environmental programs. Park-goers can engage with and learn about sustainability initiatives while sampling local food, art and music.

This year's highlights include:

• Live Music and Dance Performances
• Free Fitness Workshops curated by Breakin Boundaries
• Box City & other kids activities hosted by Toys R Us
• Reading Garden by Brooklyn Public Library and BK Story Voyager
• Go Green School Challenges and Educational displays
• Greencycle Swap and Upcycling Station
• “Green Flair” styling by Edamama
• Volunteer park clean ups with Good.Clean.Fun
• Live action art projects

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A few exhibiting booths are available.  Apply at https://go-green-bk-2016-exhibitors.eventbrite.com. Applications will be reviewed on a first-come basis.  For more information, contact us at gogreen@townsquareinc.com or visit www.gogreenbk.nyc. 

Festival Partners: Broadway Stages, ExxonMobil, Newtown Creek Group, NYC Dept of Youth & Community Development, ToysRUs, and VICE.

Local Partners: A Child Grows in Brooklyn, Breakin Boundaries, Edamama, Greenpointers, NAG, and National Sawdust

Renee Manzolillo, owner of Breakin' Boundaries has curated an outdoor line up of classes for Go Green! BK Festival.  Breakin' Boundaries is a local performance and wellness center in Williamsburg/Greenpoint.  

What a great way to start the summer!  RSVP for classes are not required but greatly appreciated:   https://go_green_fitness_2016.eventbrite.com

GO GREEN CLASS SCHEDULE (Bedford Lawn):

11:30   Zumba Collab
12:30   Fiyah Fit with Jessica
   1:00   Dancehall with Jessica
   1:00   Yoga by CRUNCH
   1:30   Vixen with Julie
   2:00   Kickboxing with Yudelka
   2:30   Zumba Collab
   3:00   Thai Boxing by CRUNCH
   3:30   Pound by CRUNCH

Friends, please stay in touch! #GOGREENBK

• RSVP for the Festival at:  http://tiny.cc/gogreenbk
• LIKE us on Facebook:   https://www.facebook.com/town.square.7
• FOLLOW us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TownSquareBK
• FOLLOW us on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/TownSquareBK/
  
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School Challenge Trophy

Has your school signed up? Go Green School Challenge is an exciting contest for our local schools. Schools are invited to use imagination, artistry, and scientific knowledge in a 10'x10' footprint to create exhibits of art and science, representing the theme, "Greening our Urban Environment."  

First place winners will receive a stupendous teak trophy to brag about until next year's Go Green School Challenge. Winners will also receive a beautiful plaque & $500 cash prize!

The contest criteria are:  (1) Scientific content, (2) Aesthetics (presentation), (3) Creativity, (4) How well the display/project communicates and informs the public on the theme, (5) Contest submission must represent work by the school's students and (6) Contest submission must be displayed at Go Green! BK Festival from 1 PM to 5 PM.  Contest winners will be announced after 4 PM.  

Go Green! Festival 2016 also celebrates the launch of Town Square’s newest initiative, Go Green Brooklyn Hub, a new online destination for local environmental news, events and opportunities. Its mission is to increase participation in environmental programs and make our communities better places to live.   Please share GoGreenbk.org with everyone you know who lives in Greenpoint and Williamsburg and be sure to have them sign up for local eco news here. 

By sharing interesting content — local heroes’ stories, events and concrete ways for citizens to get involved in North Brooklyn’s myriad of green organizations — Go Green Brooklyn will support green advocates, galvanize all residents and bring neighbors together to benefit the community.

This project is made possible with funding provided by the Office of the New York State Attorney General and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation through the Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund.

For those of us who don't avidly follow chess happenings, the IS 318 took 3rd place in the National Middle School Chess Championships 2016 last month in Indianapolis.  And without taking a breather, the IS 318 Girls took 2nd place in the National Girls Chess Championships 2016 in Chicago.  PS 31 also won team trophies: 22nd and 17th in the u900 and u800, respectively. So very proud!  

Tax deductible donations for IS 318 can be made here: https://goo.gl/007Zhj.

Long awaited AFTERSCHOOL CHESS is happening now! Click here for more info & to register for afterschool. We'll arrange for pick up if there're at least 4 students from your school who sign up for the Spring Session.    

You can also sign up for the awesome Greenpoint Chess Holiday Camp (every NYC public school holiday) & Summer Camp are available. Matches, lessons, games like musical chess, playground time, pizza, ice-cream and more! Click here for more info & to register. 

AMAZING FLEXIBILITY!  Sign up for a day or even half day! Great way to try it out.