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The Holly King | Give Your Tree a New Life: Your GoGreen BK Newsletter for 12/20/18
Your weekly source for all things Green in Brooklyn
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Your Weekly Newsletter: 12/20/2018 - 12/27/2018 |
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Hello GoGreeners,
At this joyous time of year, the Go Green BK team would like to wish all our friends a very Merry Christmas! In celebration of this holiday season, our feature article is
The Holly King, the lastest in the Tree Tales series by José Miguel López. And when you're ready to take down your Christmas tree,
Give Your Tree a New Life This Holiday Season! and consider taking it to Mulchfest.
Our featured events this week are Christmas Tree Trimming and Outdoor Skills: Firemaking, both on Saturday. Find wonderful "Greenspace" events on our online calendar: a pet adoption event & a group bike ride are also this week. So many ways to have fun and get involved in our community! So many ways to make our life greener! Check them all out on the
Go Green BK online calendar.
We want to reiterate that Go Green BK is here to highlight and showcase
your wonderful programs and hard work. With easy-to-submit calendar listings and articles on the website,
www.gogreenbk.org, please make it your very own Green Hub!
See you all around the neighborhood!
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Go Green BK's parent, Town Square, is a qualified 501c3 and your donation will be tax deductible to the full extent of the law.
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Tree Tales: The Holly King
"The Holly and the Ivy, when they are both full grown, of all the trees that are in the wood, the Holly bears the crown..." Carolers sing about decking the halls with boughs of holly, but what is the significance of this famous holiday plant? Learn about the holly tree's history and cultural relevance in Tree Tales: The Holly King.
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Give Your Tree a New Life This Holiday Season!
An easy way to Go Green in 2019, participate in "treecycling"! That bedazzled green monster in your living room can go onto have a life of helping other plants in our neighborhood grow. Be a part of Mulchfest.
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See more stories on our
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CHRISTMAS TREE TRIMMING & HOLIDAY KARAOKE
Saturday, December 22nd | 1:00 PM-4:30 PM | Marion Hopkinson Playground
Come help us trim our tree! You can make your own ornament to hang on the tree, or we’ll have ornaments on hand you can help hang. Afterwards, holiday karaoke!
LEARN MORE
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OUTDOOR SKILLS: FIRE MAKING
Saturday, December 22 | 1:00-2:30 PM | Fort Greene Park Visitors Center
Fire is mankind’s greatest discovery. Learn primitive and modern methods for making fire safely and responsibly while exploring the great outdoors. Recommended for ages 8 years and older.
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CAT AND KITTEN ADOPTION EVENT
Sunday, December 23 | 1:00-5:00 PM | Whiskers-A-Go-Go
We show adorable, purry, bewhiskered critters rescued from the streets, backyards, and construction sites of Brooklyn, as well as from kill lists at municipal shelters.
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MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM GO GREEN BK & TOWN SQUARE!
Tuesday, December 25
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L TRAIN BIKE TRAIN
Wednesday, December 26th | 8-9:30 AM
In preparation for the L train shutdown. Every Wednesday morning, we commute together from North Brooklyn to Manhattan. We hope you can join us!
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