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THE CAMPAIGN FOR CHRISTOPHER PARK
Between 1995 and 2014, Christopher Park slowly fell into disrepair – the landmarked wrought-iron fence was rusting and falling apart, the irrigation system ceased working, the soil became so tired it could hardly sustains plants, the gardens were overrun with ivy and rats and littered with dead branches and invasive shrubs.

Soon after Christopher Park Alliance (CPA) was revived in 2014, the group launched the Campaign for Christopher Park to raise the $50,000 to begin revitalizing the park. The first year of the campaign raised $30,000 in donations from area residents and businesses. These funds paid for the first phase of the park’s revitalization, including installation of a new irrigation system, enrichment of the soil, the planting of hundreds of new perennials and thousands of spring-flowering bulb, engagement of an exterminator, and replacement of old oil cans with decorative trash bins.

In 2015, CPA installed a new planting scheme throughout the gardens and in the fall planted thousands of spring bulbs for placement throughout the park. The fall bulb planting tradition that has continued since.

In the spring of 2016, CPA purchased and planted more than 500 annuals to make the gardens a verdant oasis throughout the summer and fall. Community volunteers have come together every spring since to plant colorful summer/fall gardens.

As Christopher Park is solely dependent on private donations for its operation and receives no public funding.

TO DONATE
Tax-deductible online donations can be made securely through our fiscal sponsor Open Space Institute. To do so, go to their site here, then select Christopher Park Alliance from the drop down on the donation page. 

Donations by check (payable to “The Open Space Institute, Inc.” with “Christopher Park Alliance” in the memo section) should be mailed to: 

      1. Christopher Park Alliance
      1. c/o Andre Becker
      1. 20 E 9th Street, 14P
                New York, NY  10003

Christopher Park Alliance is fiscally sponsored by the Open Space Institute, Inc., as part of their Citizen Action Program. OSI is a nonprofit public charity exempt from federal income tax under Sections 501(c)(3) and 509(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code.