My neighbor town Union Beach, NJ was devastated by Sandy. A small town of working class people Union Beach lost more than a quarter of the homes and nearly every resident was impacted. The waterfront is slowly being restored.
Along with the RAINE Foundation and volunteers from all over the country a park in honor of Jack Pinto was dedicated this spring.
I chose a rainy day to go take some shots so that I didn't interrupt any children at play.
As you can see from the last photo, people from all over the country come to visit Jack's park.
You can see all the other parks built so far at the Sandy Project site. The RAINE foundation site lists the efforts underway to rebuild Union Beach and other towns in the county.
16 comments:
What a wonderful idea! I think it's fabulous these children are being remembered this way!
I always learn something from you. Thanks for sharing. I hope you are feeling better. Hugz
A wonderful idea indeed!! These children will never be forgotten!! Terrific post for the day, Dianne! Hope you're feeling better and that you have a great weekend!
I had no idea about this park, Dianne. OMG....how faaaaaabulous is that!
Beautiful photos, dear lady. How touching!
Hope you're feeling better...
(((((((( You )))))))
X ya!
20 new parks is a good thing.
brought tears to my eyes...
Wonderful way to memorialize these children....little angels!
What a great gesture and a great park!
Oh, I LOVE this! It is such a Creative way to Honor this dear little boys life! Very Very sweet!
Thanks, my dear....This is really uplifting!
Oh Dianne this was so sad and so joyful all at the same time. The Foundation has chosen a wonderful way to commemorate these angels whose lives were so needlessly lost and at the same time help out a devastated community. What an amazing idea. Thank you for sharing these great pictures. I loved reading about how and why you went on a rainy day!
Oh my goodness, what a great and wonderful thing to do. I didn't know anything about all this. Thanks for telling and showing us the pictures. Take care.
What a beautiful idea!
what a really lovely memorial
Thank you for sharing this. Great idea! I'm sure the parks will be happy places even though such sadness brought them to be.
What a great project. So touching and tear-evoking. I never thought to connect the two "Sandy"s before.. hurricane Sandy and Sandy Hook.
How wonderful! "where angels play". Out of death and destruction comes new life and new joy.
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