Dedication of Baseball Field 48 for David Braun-Friedman

Saturday, May 19, 2012 at 1:00 PM

There will be several brief remarks by RISF and David’s family. Following the dedication Field 48, an inaugural baseball game will take place on the new field between David’s friends and his former Longhorn teammates.

The Randall’s Island Sports Foundation (RISF), The Bronx Museum of the Arts, and Made Event are pleased to present FLOW, a two-part environmental art exhibition on view during the summers of 2011 and 2012 along the shoreline at Randall’s Island Park. The project is aimed at fostering appreciation of the shoreline through artistic expression, while calling visitors to interact with and care for the Park’s island environment. FLOW features ten site specific art projects, five each summer, by participants in the Bronx Museum’s Artists in the Marketplace (AIM) program for emerging artists.

Randall’s Island Park is a unique and remarkable waterfront resource, located in the East River with views of the Queens, Bronx and Manhattan shorelines. New waterfront pathways run along the 4.5-mile shoreline, which includes almost 9 acres of restored salt marsh and freshwater wetlands. The Park also offers a track & field stadium, a golf center, a 20-court tennis center and dozens of new playing fields, as well as the Harlem River Event Site, home of Made Event’s Electric Zoo, a three-day Labor Day weekend concert event at Randall’s Island which draws local and international DJ artists and audience.

FLOW.11 was a great success, fostering a coalition of environmental, musical and artistic partners. Summer park visitors and concertgoers visited the artworks alongside the river, looking out across the city’s skyline.

FLOW.12 – this year’s exhibition – will be open to the public from June-September, and will feature five new site-specific installations, all reflecting and encouraging interaction with the Park’s history and environment.

FLOW has been made possible through a generous grant from the Rockefeller Foundation’s New York City Cultural Innovation Fund (CIF) and through support from Made Event, proud producers of The Electric Zoo Festival, NYC’s largest electronic dance music festival, held annually at Randall’s Island Park.

The FLOW exhibitions express the confluence of art, music and environment at Randall’s Island Park, in the midst of one of the world’s greatest cities.

Visit www.flow12.org for more information.

Featuring: Tiesto, David Guetta, Arimin Van Buuren and many many many more. For full lineup, tickets and more information please visit: http://www.madeevent.com/ElectricZoo/

Wednesday July 6 vs Boston Lobsters (featuring Martina Hingis)

Monday July 11 vs St. Louis Aces (featuring Martina Hingis)

Thursday July 14 vs Philadelphia Freedom (featuring Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe and Martina Hingis)

Friday July 15 vs Springfield Lasers (featuring John McEnroe & Martina Hingis)

Wednesday July 20 vs Washington Kastles (featuring Kim Clijsters & Martina Hingis)

For more information or to purchase tickets please visit: www.nysportimes.com

Randall’s Island Sports Foundation is thrilled to be a Bronze Level Charity in the ING New York City Marathon, the Premier Event of the New York Road Runners, in 2011. We have a limited amount of guaranteed race entries into the marathon for those that want to run and raise funds to support RISF!  Our team members will not only get a guaranteed entry into the marathon, but also other perks such as assistance fundraising, apparel, a team dinner and free entry into our Run the River 5K on October 22.  For runners that have already received an entry into the marathon from NYRR we have opportunities for you to join our team as well.

In an effort to make fundraising as easy as possible for our team members, we are working with Crowdrise – the ING NYC Marathon official fundraising website.  Crowdrise gives each of our team member the ability to set up their own individual page complete with pictures, your story and social networking feeds.  Crowdrise makes seeking support from family and friends simple so you can reach your personal donation goal.  Visit Crowdrise and click Join the Team! 

Each team member must raise a minimum of $2500 in support of RISF.  The $2500 minimum is set by NYRR.  In addition, runners are also responsible for paying their own NYRR registration fee.

By joining Team Randall’s Island you will be raising funds to support RISF.  RISF is a nonprofit organization that, in conjunction with New York City leadership, works to realize the unique potential of Randall’s Island Park by developing sports and recreational facilities, restoring its vast natural environment, reclaiming Parkland, and sponsoring program for the children of New York City.  Just last year, RISF cut the ribbon on over 60 new athletic fields – the most fields of any Manhattan park!  In 2008, RISF finished a $5 million dollar project to restore 9 acres of wetlands, which is now improving water quality, providing wildlife habitate and a place for school children to learn about the environment.  RISF also provides free sports and environmental programming to thousands of NYC children each year.  These are just a few of our projects.  To learn more about RISF and to see the truly amazing transformation of Randall’s Island Park please click here.  Today we continue to work towards improving and maintaining Randall’s Island Park for the enjoyment of all New Yorkers.  Join Team Randall’s Island and support RISF.

To join Team Randall’s Island please complete our team application and email it to deborah.maher@parks.nyc.gov.  Please contact Deborah via email or 212-830-7716 if you have any questions regarding joing Team Randall’s Island!

UPDATE:  RISF has SOLD OUT of all it’s guaranteed marathon entries.  However, there is still room on the team for runners that already have bib numbers.

The World Police & Fire Games are coming to NYC from August 26 through September 5, 2011. Come join us for eleven days of sports competition and specially planned events, which will respectfully coincide with the ten year remembrance of September 11, 2001.

The New York City Police Department, The New York City Fire Department, The Port Authority Police Department, and the New York City Department of Corrections are inviting you to experience our City and participate in the most memorable World Police & Fire Games ever. Spread throughout the five Boroughs, the city that never sleeps will be the setting for the world’s largest multi-sport, Olympic style event. As many as 20,000 full time firefighters and law enforcement personnel from 70 different countries are expected to compete in 69 sports.

Learn more at http://2011wpfg.org/