Three Reasons To Visit Washington Heights

                   

THREE REASONS TO SPEND TIME IN 

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS 

THIS WEEKEND

  

1. 100 Overlook Terrace (190th St and Fort Washington) Skraptacular window display until December 7th. 

2. It's your last chance to experience the awe-inspiring sound installation, "The Forty Part Motet," by Janet Cardiff in the beautiful Fuentiduena Chapel of our neighborhood treasure,  The Cloisters.

3. Then stroll on over to our flagship event, the one everyone young and old enjoys:

 The Skraptacular Holiday Eco Gift-Making Workshop and Tree Sale

     

On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, a champagne wire angel in a pine tree...and there will be tote bags toting, bottle cap pins pinning, dream catchers catching, fascinators fascinating, old tool chimes tinkling and whatever your heart imagines and your --or your little ones'--hands can fashion out of bottle caps, garbage scraps, old spoons, glue, thread, fabric scraps, and more. See you there!

                 

    

              

       

#Giving Tuesday

 

Skraptacular Urges You to Join #GivingTuesday

Skraptacular is joining a national movement to celebrate #GivingTuesday: a day when charities, individuals, families, businesses, community centers, students, retailers, and others come together to encourage more, better and smarter giving during the Holiday Season.

Following Black Friday and Cyber Monday, two of the biggest shopping days of the year, #GivingTuesday is a day to give, rather than spend. Last year 100,000 people like you participated. The #GivingTuesday campaign is a platform for you to contribute to your community to help make this the biggest giving season yet! All of us at Skraptacular know that you care about making a difference, and that's why we invite you to join #GivingTuesday.

Donate to or volunteer for groups you care about (we hope that includes Skraptacular) and encourage your friends to give. Let's show the world that when we open our wallets we can change the world for the better.

Watch this video to learn more about this movement:

or read about Skraptacular's participation: 

http://givingtuesday.org/partner/skraptacular/

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Found: Gifts with Heart and Art

And you don't have to use your credit card or cash to participate in #GivingTuesday. Take a page from Skraptacular's (recycled) book: make something special for someone you love from all the plastic clamshells, packing peanuts and cardboard that come with Black Friday and Cyber Monday specials. Here's one idea:

Up-cycled Cardboard Vase with Paper Roses

If you thought that was fun, mark your calendar for our eighth annual

Skraptacular Holiday Eco Gift-Making Workshop

Date: Saturday, December 7

Time: 1 - 5 PM

Place: P.S. 187, 349 Cabrini Boulevard @ W. 187th St.

Take the A train to 190th St. (take the elevator up to Fort Washington Ave)

What: Using refuse, old tools, fabric, jewelry parts, corks, wires and more "skraps" you'll come home with tote bags, hand-bound books, mobiles, ornaments, and whatever your creative, fertile imagination concocts.