Tourism Cares’ Volunteers Beautify Coney Island, Fort Tilden
Destination & Tourism June 02, 2013
NYC & Company hosted Tourism Cares, the U.S.’s largest tourism industry volunteer group, for Tourism Cares for America. The event, which was held May 30 and 31, was the charitable organization’s 10th anniversary giveback event, and included 600 tourism industry volunteers partook in citywide beautification efforts.
The efforts brought volunteers to Coney Island and Fort Tilden. They joined forces with with the National Parks Service, NYC Service, the NYC Parks Department, the Coney Island Alliance and the New York Aquarium to coordinate 6,000 hours of volunteer work.
“We are pleased to welcome volunteers from around the nation to New York City for the 10th Anniversary of Tourism Cares for America’s give-back project. Coney Island—America’s Playground—and Fort Tilden in Jamaica Bay are two important and historically significant attractions in our City, and we can’t think of a more fitting way than this week’s volunteer effort to beautify and preserve these sites for the enjoyment of future generations of visitors,” said NYC & Company CEO George Fertitta.
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