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NYRP Spring Picnic
NYRP's annual Spring Picnic has quickly become a highly anticipated New York City tradition – celebrating the season with a salute to all things spring. So get out your gingham, roll up your sleeves and dig into a barbeque feast with all the fixins'. No one can combine a pig roast with a champagne toast like the divine Miss Bette Midler – making NYRP's Spring Picnic the fun and fab place to be and be seen every May under the stars at one of the gorgeous New York City green spaces that NYRP has helped restore.
Past picnics have been held in Fort Washington Park, NYRP's Swindler Cove Park, Fort Tryon Park and Tompkins Square Park – serving up great grub and an eclectic array of guests, including America Ferrera, Iman, Tony Bennett, Glenn Close, Katie Couric, Tim Gunn, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, John Lithgow and Sarah Jessica Parker – to name a few!
To help make sure that the winter blues are bid farewell, each year NYRP's own resident force of nature, Bette, leads everyone in a raucous sing-a-long to the delight of many and the dread of some. All in good fun as attendees enjoy cocktails, dinner, entertainment and dancing at one of New York City's most venerable vernal events!
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NYRP Hulaween
More than 1,000 star-studded guests were dressed as disguised divas, and fabulous fashionistas at the annual Hulaween 2011, Bette Midler's annual gala benefit that raises important funds for New York Restoration Project (NYRP).
Stevie Wonder, legendary artist, songwriter, musician and producer, was the featured performer for the evening. Joining Michael Kors, Judy Gold, Douglas Durst, and Benjamin F. Needell were Debra Messing, Carmelo Anthony, Narcisso Rodriguez, Martha Stewart, Sam Champion, Alan Cumming and many more.
Dress for the event was "Costume or Else" with CFDA Lifetime Achievement Award-winning designer Michael Kors scrutinizing the always-creative and colorful crowd for winners of the annual costume contest. Judy Gold emceed, using her Emmy-award winning stage presence to run the show.
A highlight of this year's Hulaween, Benjamin F. Needell and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher, & Flom received Midler's "Wind Beneath My Wings" Award for Leadership. Needell has served as chairman of the board of directors at NYRP since 2001, and has guided the organization with confidence and strength towards its current prominence in the city's greening and philanthropic worlds.
Douglas Durst was honored with the inaugural "Green God" award, for his personal and professional commitments to environmental activism. As Chairman of the Durst organization, he has made environmental concerns as of their top priorities, pioneering green skyscraper infrastructure and building techniques. He is also responsible for McEnroe Organic Farm, one of the largest organic farms in New York State, and has been a long-time supporter of NYRP and many other environmental organizations.
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