A friend I graduated high school with shared this article with me earlier today. I grew up in Bayonne, New Jersey which is pretty much smack in the middle of Elizabeth, Newark, Kearney, and Jersey City (you know, the dirty parts). Anyway, a little over a decade ago I had the pleasure of being taught by Tom Tokar and Anna Panayiotou. We were part of the "Cleaner and Greener 2000" program. Our goal was to make the city of Bayonne (you guessed it) cleaner and greener by the year 2000. To be honest I had forgotten about it since then, or at least I did until today. As a future educator myself, it's nice to see that there are still teachers who care enough to keep programs like this going. So here it is, still running strong.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/09/nyregion/new-jersey/09colnj.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
3 comments:
That's great to see that some people in Bayonne care. I havent' been back up there in a few years. Miss the pizza! :D Thanks for doing your part to keep it clean & green! Did you know that down there by the Kull used to be an amusement park of sorts. Uncle Miltys...
They're both great teachers who just want to see kids do good things. I always looked up to them for that.
As far as Uncle Milty's...my friends and I used to always complain that we weren't around for it.
I only went there as a kid when I was about 2 or 3...I'm not sure how long it was there in total. Fun memories for sure...there was even a ferry that went over to Staten Island if I remember correctly...My grandmother lived in Hoboken and we went there many times to visit...The whole area by the river totally changed there also...for the better! I was born in Jersey City (downtown) and now that's another place totally revamped...I know I couldn't afford to live there. :D
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