Look Park Archives - Beetle Press https://www.beetlepress.com/tag/look-park/ Tue, 27 Jun 2017 03:42:37 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 Movie Night to Raise Funds for Look Park Basketball Courts https://www.beetlepress.com/movie-night-to-raise-funds-for-look-park-basketball-courts/ https://www.beetlepress.com/movie-night-to-raise-funds-for-look-park-basketball-courts/#respond Fri, 26 Aug 2016 14:03:04 +0000 http://www.beetlepress.com/?p=3140 NORTHAMPTON— Look Park and a local nonprofit, League Legends, will partner to host a free outdoor film screening of the 1990s classic film “Space Jam” on Thursday, Sept. 1 at 7:45 p.m. at Look Park in the Pines Theater. The rain date for the event is Friday, Sept. 2. The event is a fundraiser for […]

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]]> NORTHAMPTON— Look Park and a local nonprofit, League Legends, will partner to host a free outdoor film screening of the 1990s classic film “Space Jam” on Thursday, Sept. 1 at 7:45 p.m. at Look Park in the Pines Theater. The rain date for the event is Friday, Sept. 2.

The event is a fundraiser for upgrading the basketball courts near the park’s playground and water spray park.

Funds will be raised through the sale of refreshments donated by Florence Hardware and Citizen’s Bank of Northampton as well as through a 50-50 raffle. Look Park will also accept donations.

The event, co-sponsored by Northampton Community Television and Hits 94.3 FM, is free and open to the public. The park entry fee for vehicles is $7; free for seasonal pass holders. Guests may bring a blanket or chair. Alcohol is not permitted.

League Legends is an all-volunteer nonprofit in Northampton that provides scholarships and recreational opportunities to community members while also hosting a number of public events aimed at bringing people together for fun, low-cost experiences.

For more information or to donate, visit www.areyoualegend.org or contact Michael O’Brien at leaguelegendsinc@gmail.com.

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]]> https://www.beetlepress.com/movie-night-to-raise-funds-for-look-park-basketball-courts/feed/ 0 Relay Family Raises Over $216,000 https://www.beetlepress.com/relay-family-raises-over-216000/ https://www.beetlepress.com/relay-family-raises-over-216000/#respond Wed, 01 Jul 2015 18:15:25 +0000 http://www.beetlepress.com/?p=1528 The way Tom McCusker tells it, this year’s relay at Look Park was like a family reunion. Over 850 participants and 150 survivors on 82 teams came together to celebrate survivors, remember loved ones lost, and fight back against cancer. A crowd of over 1,000 spectators gathered for the Survivor Celebration. It was a relay […]

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]]> The way Tom McCusker tells it, this year’s relay at Look Park was like a family reunion. Over 850 participants and 150 survivors on 82 teams came together to celebrate survivors, remember loved ones lost, and fight back against cancer. A crowd of over 1,000 spectators gathered for the Survivor Celebration.

It was a relay like no other, Tom says. The American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life of Hampshire County was held June 19 and 20 at Look Park in Florence, raising over $216,000 and meeting this year’s fundraising goal. Numerous family-friendly activities were offered, including live musical performances, cardboard car contests, aerobics and Zumba.

The energy was fueled by many additional highlights, such as presentations by Northampton Mayor David Narkewicz and Joanne Marqusee, president and CEO of Cooley Dickinson Health Care.

Janice manages the publicity for relay, and just today she sent out the last press release for the season, announcing that a total of$216,606 was raised and that donations will be accepted through August. Now volunteers such as Tom who have been meeting for months to organize relay, can take a short breather before regrouping to plan Relay 2016.

Relay For Life is a 24-hour fundraising event for the American Cancer Society. During relay, teams of participants take turns walking on a temporary track to raise money for cancer research and programs that benefit cancer patients and their families.

Learn more about the event or donate before Aug. 31.

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