Outdoor Skills Workshop with Freshkills Park

Join the Freshkills Park Alliance and learn important basic outdoor skills, including Shelter Making, Essential Knots, and Firecraft. This hands-on, engaging workshop will demonstrate how to:

• ⛺ Create a reliable tarp shelter.
• 🪢 Tie some essential knots used in a variety of situations.
• 🔥 Explore best practices for making and managing a safe fire.

We will end the workshop with s’mores!

📌 Location: We will meet at the parking lot adjacent to our FKO Building, located at 2240 Richmond Ave. Staten Island, NY 10314.

Limited parking is available.

This location is most conveniently served by the S44, S59, S94, and SIM4C bus routes.

🎟️ Ticket Info: Each ticket admits 1 person. This workshop is open to Ages 8+ and minors must remain accompanied by an adult for the duration of the program. Anyone coming on-site must reserve a ticket for themselves.

Space is very limited. This workshop is free, but registration is required.

♿ Accommodations: If any reasonable accommodations are needed, please let us know how we can help via email.

🦋 About The Freshkills Park Alliance:

The Freshkills Park Alliance works in partnership with the City of New York to transform the former Fresh Kills Landfill into Freshkills Park, which will be the largest public park built in New York City in more than a century. The nonprofit serves as the park’s primary advocate, championing its completion, and increasing public access and engagement alongside government, civic and community stakeholders. With a focus on sustainability and environmental reclamation, the Alliance continuously works to make the park a destination for all.

If you would like to support the mission of The Freshkills Park Alliance, follow the link here: https://freshkillspark.org/donate

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