Sabres Green Team Tree Planting

On Sunday October 24th the Sabres Green Team with the help of Buffalo Sabres Paul Gaustad and Mike Weber planted 50 trees in Riverside Park. Several volunteers from the community also assisted in the planting.

Walsh Insurance Group Tree Planting

On Saturday, October 23rd, over 100 employees from the Walsh Insurance Group donated their time to plant 150 trees and dozens of flower bulbs along the ring road in Delaware Park.  These new trees and their maintenance will be paid for by a generous donation of $50,000 from the Walsh Insurance Group and their subsidiaries.

HSBC and the BOPC join forces for the United Way Day of Caring

On Wednesday, August 18, 2010, 200 volunteers from HSBC Bank helped to remove the invasive Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris) plant from South Park as part of the United Way Day of Caring. This annual event is Western New York's largest community service event, mobilizing thousands of volunteers to complete hands-on, community service projects in Erie and Niagara counties. The Conservancy has consistently been the largest recipient of the Day of Caring volunteers! We would like to thank HSBC for their continued support of the park system throughout the years.



SABRES GREEN TEAM TO PLANT TREES AT RIVERSIDE PARK

The Buffalo Sabres announced that they will team up with Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy to plant trees at Riverside Park in Buffalo on Sunday, October 24 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Sabres Paul Gaustad and Mike Weber will join Buffalo Sabres Green Team volunteers as they plant 50 trees around Riverside Park. The program is the first of many “green” initiatives that the Sabres will implement this season in an effort to make Western New York a better place to live.

The Sabres Green Team was established in 2007 and is designed to educate, inform and activate Sabres fans who wish to make a difference in their local community.

The Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy (BOPC) is a 501 (c)(3) not-for-profit, independent, community organization that promotes, preserves, restores, enhances and ensures maintenance of Olmsted Parks and Parkways in the greater Buffalo area to guarantee Olmsted park experiences for current and future generations.

Presented by National Fuel’s Conversation Incentive Program and proudly supported by our green partners: Chautauqua Energy, Modern Recycling and Integrys Energy.

Media and Press Event at MLK Park

The Buffalo Olmsted Park Conservancy is proud to announce The Mind, Body and Art Stroll in Martin Luther King Jr. Park. The event takes place on Saturday October 16th 2010 from 11am to 6pm. The Conservancy invites the community out for a day of family fun in the fresh air and sample activities to keep mentally and physically fit during the cold winter months ahead.

In conjunction with The Collective Buffalo and it's neighborhood arts based program, the BOPC's goal is to help at-risk communites realize that active and regular participation in theater, music, visual arts, and dance is an affordable and accessible way to prevent and manage diabetes, hypertension, obesity, heart disease and arthritis.

The press release will be held  tomorrow, Thursday October 7th, 2010 10:30am. at Martin Luther King Jr. Park