How can YOU be involved?
Volunteer in the Park
Roll up your sleeves with family, friends and neighbors at Coastal’s events, held throughout the year. Sign up to volunteer and receive emails about upcoming events.
Separate your Food Scraps
Separate your food scraps from your regular trash. If you live in NYC, put them curbside in your brown NYC compost container. If you live in LI, participate in our pilot community composting project, or start a backyard compost bin. By separating food scraps, you'll keep them out of the landfill and help curb global warming, since rotting food emits methane -- a greenhouse gas that's 80x more potent than carbon dioxide. Learn more about how to start and why it matters.
Share your Ideas
We need community input to improve our local parks and protect our waterfront. Voice your concerns and ideas at meetings and events organized Coastal.
Send a check
Our organization is run by volunteers but still requires money -- to make banners, purchase supplies, host events, advertise. Contribute to Coastal and help us continue to help the environment! Pledge your donation online or mail a check to Coastal Preservation Network.
In-kind donations
Not every donation needs to be monetary. Donations of goods or services are of tremendous help. Contact CPN at 917.612.0235 to discuss your in-kind contribution. Some examples of how businesses have pitched in:
- HSP Inc. donated their bucket truck for several consecutive years, so that we could decorate our Christmas tree at MacNeil Park, adding lights from top to bottom.
- Frank Marando Landscape Inc. transported and planted a Weeping Beech tree in MacNeil Park. CPN bought the tree with a grant, to replace a 100+-year-old weeping beech that was dying (and has since died and been removed).
- Astro Masonry donated three bluestone steps for the MacNeil Park kayak launch.
- Pepsi Bottling Co. and Starbucks have donated beverages for our events.
- Home Depot has donated shovels, trash bags, and gloves to support our clean-ups and plantings.
- Toys r Us (RIP!), Whitepoint Cleaners, Millie’s Salon, and College Meat Center donated gift certificates as event raffle prizes.
- The College Point Community Ambulance Corps has stationed an ambulance at events to tend to health emergencies that may arise.