Children and their families enjoyed a fun-filled Sunday afternoon at this year’s inaugural Take Back Your Park at Bufano Park on Sunday, August 20.
The event was organized in response to a failed attempted child abduction at the park on Tuesday, July 18.
The family friendly celebration featured such activities as jacks, drawing, hula hoops, double-dutch, freeze tag and potato sack races while raising community awareness.
Clean-up for the event was provided by Partnerships for Parks and Community on Patrol.
(l-r) Take Back Your Park organizers Maria Rosario and Sonia Colon-Guilfuchi with her son Dante and her husband Danny celebrated togetherness at Bufano Park.
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Matt Cruz (l), Community Board 10 district manager and Bob Bieder, 45th Precinct Community Council president met Sonia Colon-Guilfuchi, Survivor I Am founder, at the celebration.
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(l-r) Assemblyman Michael Benedetto; George Luis Acevedo, ACE Promotions and Consultants president and Sonia Colon-Guilfuchi enjoyed a nice Sunday afternoon at the park.
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Noah Santiago stayed cool while dancing under the sprinklers.
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Alana Austin gave hula hooping a spin at Bufano Park’s Take Back Your Park Celebration.
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McKayla proudly displayed her face paint design.
Photo by Miriam Quin
