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CELEBRATE Film

Author: 
FOCAAdmin
Post date: 
05/05/2014 - 11:59am

We are pleased to announce the completion of our short promotional film about the Aqueduct, the Friends and our Keeper's House Project. Entitled "CELEBRATE!", the film was produced and edited by L. Brandon Krall of Media Triangle, and has already garnered attention, with an award from the Greater Hudson Heritage Network and a Sy Shulman award from the Westchester Historical Society.

You can view it HERE and HERE

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NEW! Patches for walkers who go the distance

Author: 
FOCAAdmin
Post date: 
05/05/2014 - 9:43am

The Friends will recognize walkers/runners who complete the Westchester portion or the entire Old Croton Aqueduct Trail with a 26- or 41-mile certificate and patch (free to members). Click here for details and recognition forms.

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Connecting the Trail Over the Deegan Expressway

Author: 
FOCAAdmin
Post date: 
04/11/2014 - 6:36am


The plan to reconnect the Aqueduct trail across the Deegan Expressway in Van Cortlandt Park, the Bronx, received wide media coverage at an event in the park on March 29. Congressmen Serrano and Engel and about 60 advocates turned out in the rain to demonstrate for city funding for the pedestrian bridge, which would also reconnect parts of the park. Friends of Van Cortlandt Park organized the event; Friends of the Aqueduct were among the co-sponsors.

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CELEBRATE film!

Author: 
FOCAAdmin
Post date: 
02/04/2014 - 9:46am

Check out the short film we created to promote the Old Croton Aqueduct and our Keeper's House project. You can view it in fullscreen by clicking on the symbol in the bottom right corner. Special thank to Parks & Trails New York for supporting this project.

Directed by MEDIA TRIANGLE // L. Brandon Krall

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Mercy College Students Work For The Friends

Author: 
FOCAAdmin
Post date: 
01/03/2014 - 7:40am


Volunteer Camilla chats with a fairgoer. Photo Credit: Andrea Minoff

Suddenly our volunteer group looks younger!

Thanks to a grant received by Mercy College encouraging students to take volunteer jobs with non- profit groups like ours, we have had a fresh new presence of youthful enthusiasts on the trail and at events like Ferry Festa in Dobbs Ferry. The grant pays the students a reasonable wage – and we profit.

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