Group Fighting for Beach Access Rights Hosts Family Movie Night

AMAGANSETT, NY — A group fighting for open access to local beaches will host a Family Movie Night with an eye toward fundraising.

Citizens for Access Rights, or CfAR, and Hamptons Drive-In will host its Family Outdoor Movie Night on Wednesday, August 24, with a rain date of August 31 at Maidstone Park Ball Field in East Hampton.

The movie shown will be Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Gates are slated to open at 7:30 p.m. with the movie beginning at 8:30 p.m.

Admission is $5 for non-members, with 2016 CfAR members free.

Guests are encouraged to bring beach chairs and blankets for watching the movie. Snacks and refreshments will be available for purchase. No outside food or beverages will be permitted.

CfAR apparel will be available for purchase. All proceeds will go to CfAR to protect beach access on the East End and to defend the current lawsuit affecting the stretch of beach on Napeague, organizers aid.

For further information on CfAR click here or on Facebook.

Citizens for Access Rights is a group of East End residents who support open access to local beaches and to enjoy "the unfettered right to stroll, swim, fish, shellfish and surf at our beaches."

In response to two lawsuits in which private individuals in Napeague, CfAR organizers say they have come together "to support the trustees, the town board and any other governmental body, which is willing to oppose the privatization of our beaches."