Operation Enduring Service - 9/11 Memorial Rose Garden at Sunset Park!

September 11th is a day that changed all our lives and has affected our nation and NYC irreversibly. It marks the stark change in many of our lives as we chose to serve our communities and our nation to protect it from forces that would do them harm. Those choices brought us to foreign lands, introduced us to amazing people, and shaped our ideas about where we call home and what it means to be a community, a tribe. 

We celebrate all our fellow citizens who have served in any capacity since that day with a service project at Sunset Park, Brooklyn at the 9/11 Memorial Gardens. The area of Sunset Park in Brooklyn has historically been a mecca of innovation and diversity; however, this innovation and change has also brought deep disparities in the socio-economic circumstance of its diverse residential population, especially as gentrification has continues to impact its citizens. The New York Platoons operational focus is to work with their communities to re-imagine and reinvent spaces and places; strengthening the connections between the people and places they share to support an evolution of what the community is known for.

The Sunset Park Memorial Grove consists of 45 Trees: 16 Yellow wood, 21 Two Winged Silver Bells and 8 White Flowering Red Buds planted in an oval. In addition, the Parks system has planted a triangular garden with 78 White Carpet Roses, 70 Cotoneaster Shrubs, and 3,000 White Dwarf Narcissus. However, the garden has struggled to be maintained, especially during the pandemic.

Please join us on September 18th at the 9/11 Memorial Rose Garden in Sunset Park, Brooklyn as we honor our all those that serve our nation by cleaning up and rejuvenate this Memorial Rose Garden and Grove and returning it to its former glory.

After submitting your registration on the Mission Continues website, please follow this link: https://www.nycgovparks.org/reg/pfp-private/11686 to complete your registration on the NYC parks website.

Travel and transit info:
Nearest Subway Stations are:
36st D/NRW train station
45st NRW train station
9th Av D train station
(subject to change please check transit advisories)
Please check the MYMTA App or NYC MTA website for weekend transit advisories.

Lunch will be provided at the end the project.
We can't wait to see you there. Charlie Mike!

Type

Service Project

What To Wear

TMC blues, Clothes that can get dirty, Painting clothes, Closed-Toe Shoes

Who's Invited

Groups
Kids (under 13)
Teens
Adults (21+)
Seniors (55+)
Adults (18+)