Pups Christen Glen Cove Dog Park; Committee Member Thanks Community

Maribeth Graf, a volunteer member of the Glen Cove Dog Park Committee, has submitted a Letter To The Editor regarding the Glen Cove Dog Park Ribbon Cutting event held on Sunday.

Read her letter below:

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I would like to extend a great deal of gratitude and thanks to our wonderful city, especially Mayor Spinello, Deputy Mayor Barbara Peebles, PR Lisa Travatello, Parks and Rec Darcy Belyea, Jimmy and the rest of the crew. As well, I’d like to thank the Glen Cove Police Dept, especially Chief William Whitton and Deputy Chief Chris Ortiz.

It was a wonderful day for the ribbon cutting and it never would have happened without the help of the city and the community and all of the volunteers. They all worked tirelessly to make this Dog Park happen for our community! What a PAWSOME addition!!

I’d also like to thank the sponsors that contributed to the day, Green Forest Vet, they donated the beautiful new sign for our park and have helped us along the way, North Coast Subaru who not only donated but also contributed to the raffle prizes and free giveaways, Peter Fishetti for donating two wonderful trees to create shade for our park, Michael’s Pack for donating and participating, as well as handing out cards for a day of free training, Dan’s Dog Walking and Petsitting for donating and giving us a basket for the raffle, as well as handing out cards for a free walk. Valley Sports, Richie for the pawsome volunteer tshirts, Celeste Gullo for dedicating a bench, State Assemblman Charles Lavine, Carmen Martinez NY Life, and Dr. Frank Cohen Glen Cove Chiropractic & Physical Therapy.

I’d also like to thank those who hopped on board early and got our GoFundMe page rolling with donations and everyone that came out to enjoy the day and buy raffles. A big thank you to all of the local establishments who were so generous and contributed gift certificates or baskets for the raffles: Delicious Pizza, Downtown Café, Bagel Café, Vito’s, Glen Cove Beer, Landing Bakery, Scoopy Doo, Strong Island Hair, Garvies Point Brewery, Hair Above, The View Grill, Animal General of East Norwich, Brittany’s in home dog grooming and PetSmart.

Very Sincerely,

Maribeth Graf – Volunteer Member of the Glen Cove Dog Park Committee

Images courtesy of Maribeth Graf