Friday, May 19, 2017

Bogota Beauitful

19-May-2017
 On Wednesday-17- May Bogota Beautiful held their monthly meeting. One of the first items discussed was third annual earth day clean up.  Chairperson Amaru Bustamante  talked, that even though it was a smaller turnout than past years, the same amount of project were completed in less time. He said that one unfinished job was the walk in front of the WWI memorial. A private company, Adam Masonry, donated their time to complete the walkway.
    Other items were the expansion of the Community Garden. The garden now has 20 planting beds of which 12 are available for leasing. It was noted that one of the available bed is handicap assessable.  For more information about leasing a planting bed please contact the garden at: bogotacommunitygarden@gmail.com . Isabel Bustamante next said that the Yoga in the park was canceled for the previous week due to the weather, but will continue this weekend and every weekend until the end of June.
   Ms. Bustamante than confirmed the new date for the first   Bogota Beautiful/ American Heart  Association "FUNraiser" This will take place on Saturday-17-June from 10:00a to 12:00n  and be held in Olsen Park. There will be five activity stations consisting of Jump Roping, Chair Yoga,Basketball, Soccer, and Walking. All process from this event will go to the American Heart Association to aid in finding a cure for heart disease and to promote wellness.  Participants can sign up as individuals or as a team. The first 50 people who sign up will recieve a water bottle and a jump rope. There will also be prizes for the participant who raise the most money. For more information, or to register as a team or an individual please visit their sign up page at:  http://honor.americanheart.org/ Bogota Beautiful

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completed walk to the WWI Memorial 

Yoga in the Park


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