{"id":662845,"date":"2024-11-14T00:01:45","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T04:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/?p=662845"},"modified":"2024-11-14T22:25:12","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T02:25:12","slug":"bring-the-family-celebrate-autumn-at-the-hackensack-environmental-justice-alliances-sweater-weather-walk-along-the-hackensack-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/662845\/","title":{"rendered":"Bring the Family! Celebrate Autumn at the Hackensack Environmental Justice Alliance\u2019s Sweater Weather Walk Along the Hackensack River"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Monica Chavarria Malin teaches an environmental arts themed workshop, Art Class and Community Conversation\/ Clase de Arte y Conversac\u00edon Comunitaria, as part of the Northern New Jersey Community Foundation\u2019s Green Infrastructure for Environmental Justice project. Photo Credit: Monica Chavarria Malin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hackensack, New Jersey:\u00a0 The Hackensack Environmental Justice Alliance (HEJA) invites the public to attend \u201cSweater Weather Walk\u201d, a family friendly, fun event, along the Hackensack River on Saturday, November 16 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Bring the family and dress up your pets to celebrate autumn along the Hackensack River at Foschini Park, 78 River Street in Hackensack, New Jersey 07601. The event is sponsored by the Northern New Jersey Community Foundation and free. For information, contact the HEJA at ContactHEJA@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Participants will have an opportunity to\u00a0walk along the Hackensack River\u2019s path and learn more about the City of Hackensack and the river\u2019s rich history. Several fun free activities are planned, including face painting for children and a family photo opportunity to be taken against an autumnal backdrop. Professional artist Monica Chavarria, president of the Hackensack Art Club, will present the \u201cPainting the River Art\u201d session for children and their families. Gift card prizes will be awarded for the best pet sweater. Refreshments of cider donuts and apple cider will also be available.<\/p>\n

Green Infrastructure for Environmental Justice<\/u><\/p>\n

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Community members participated in a painting party, as part of City of Water Day: Learn About the Hackensack River\u2019s Crucial Role in our Ecosystem. Photo Credit: Leonardo Vazquez<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This Hackensack Environmental Justice Alliance\u00a0is a project incubated by the NNJCF’s\u00a0Green Infrastructure for Environmental Justice\u00a0<\/strong>program. The program seeks to reduce flooding\u00a0and improve environmental conditions for residents in central Hackensack and other parts of the city affected by flooding.\u00a0More information about this program may be found at\u00a0http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/GreenInfrastructureJustice<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The program is produced by the Northern New Jersey Community Foundation in partnership with the City of Hackensack and Greater Bergen Community Action, as well as residents of Hackensack and representatives from several organizations in Hackensack. The program is supported in part by The Funders Network, AARP, Valley Bank Foundation, M&T Bank Foundation,\u00a0M&T Bank Foundation, PSEG Foundation, The Rotary Club of Hackensack,\u00a0TD Charitable Foundation, and other donors.<\/p>\n

For further information about the NNJCF,\u00a0contact\u00a0Leonardo Vazquez, AICP\/PP, Executive Director of the NNJCF, at\u00a0leo@nnjcf.org<\/a>\u00a0or call 201-568-5608 extension 2.<\/p>\n

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Photo shows a dog wearing a sweater. Photo Credit: Pixabay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

About Northern New Jersey Community Foundation<\/u><\/p>\n

Founded in 1998, The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation, a not-for-profit 501(c) 3 organization based in Hackensack, New Jersey, works with local governments, school districts, businesses, non-profit organizations, and citizen groups to improve community life. Through collaborative partnerships, regional problems are identified and resolved. Opportunities are discovered and explored by talking and learning from each other and sharing ideas, best practices, services, and resources. The Foundation works to grow more creative and inspiring places, greener and healthier places, and more places of belonging and opportunity. For more information, visit\u00a0www.nnjcf.org<\/a>, send an email to\u00a0nnjcf@nnjcf.org<\/a>, or call 201-568-5608.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hackensack, New Jersey:\u00a0 The Hackensack Environmental Justice Alliance (HEJA) invites the public to attend \u201cSweater Weather Walk\u201d, a family friendly, fun event, along the Hackensack River on Saturday, November 16 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Bring the family and dress up your pets to celebrate autumn along the Hackensack River at Foschini Park, 78 River Street in Hackensack, New Jersey 07601. The event is sponsored by the Northern New Jersey Community Foundation and free. For information, contact the HEJA at ContactHEJA@gmail.com. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Participants will have an opportunity to\u00a0walk along the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":662847,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47748],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-662845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=662845"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":662850,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662845\/revisions\/662850"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/662847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}