MEDIA ADVISORY
The event includes backpack and school supply giveaway
WHAT:
Join us for a Back to School Party and Movie Night featuring School of Rock, presented by YourCare Health Plan.
Event Highlights Include:
WIN a Texas Instrument Scientific Calculator (3 Winners)
Backpack & School Supplies Giveaway (While Supplies Last)
Buffalo & Erie County Public Library Bookmobile
Tim the Balloon Guy
FREE Popcorn & Snacks
WHERE:
Riverside Park
Located off Hotaling Drive, next to the Ice Hockey Rink
WHEN:
Friday, August 16th
6:00pm: Activities Begin
Sundown: Movie Begins
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About the Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy
The Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy is the first nonprofit organization in the nation, through a unique public-private partnership, to manage and operate an entire urban park system consisting of more than 850 acres of beautifully designed historic parks, parkways and circles. The Conservancy is an independent not-for-profit, community organization whose mission is to promote, preserve, restore, enhance, and maintain the Frederick Law Olmsted-designed parks and parkways in the Greater Buffalo area for current and future generations. Since 2004 the Conservancy has held responsibility for the management and care of these nationally registered historic green spaces, and in 2019 the Conservancy and City signed a new 12-year partnership agreement with an approved update to its five-year plan for the Olmsted parks in continuing to assist the City in bringing recognition to its collective renaissance. Designed by America’s first landscape architect, Frederick Law Olmsted more than 150 years ago, these 25 iconic connective spaces represent the nation’s first urban park system. More than 2.5 million visits occur in Buffalo’s Olmsted Park system annually for recreation, relaxation and rejuvenation. Most recently, the American Planning Association recognized Delaware Park as one of the 2014 Great Places in America, The Guardian publication named Buffalo’s Olmsted park system as one of the best park systems in the world, and in 2018 the Conservancy set a Guinness World Record in historic Bidwell Parkway. www.bfloparks.org
The Buffalo Olmsted Park System includes:
Six parks: Cazenovia, Delaware, Front, Martin Luther King, Jr., Riverside, and South parks
Seven parkways: Bidwell, Chapin, Lincoln, McKinley, Porter, Red Jacket, and Richmond
Eight landscaped traffic circles: Agassiz, Colonial, Ferry, Gates, McClellan, McKinley, Soldiers, and Symphony
About YourCare Health Plan
YourCare Health Plan, Inc., provides access to high-quality, affordable health insurance for residents in seven counties across the Greater Buffalo and Rochester regions. Always putting its members first, YourCare offers Medicaid, Child Health Plus, Essential Plan and other government-sponsored programs to eligible individuals. It is a not-for-profit subsidiary of Monroe Plan for Medical Care, a healthcare services organization for the safety net population. As a Monroe Plan company, the team has held a dynamic rapport in the communities it serves for more than 45 years. YourCare embraces a highly collaborative approach to working with a vast network of local, respected providers and community organizations to coordinate care, improve health outcomes, and enhance quality of life. Consistent with its mission, YourCare’s approach is to uniquely provide thorough, compassionate, and extraordinary care to every member. To learn more, visit yourcarehealthplan.com or call 1.866.273.6121.
