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FOC Received Three Grants!
The Friends are proud to announce that we have secured the following capacity building grants that will greatly help us in strengthening our organization for the benefit of Connetquot River State Park Preserve:
NYSCA/UHA Get Ready Grant
Parks & Trails New York Grant
NYSCA/UHA Get Set Grant
Click here to read the details of these grants




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The Friends of Connetquot is constantly looking for exciting and new ways in which its members and the general public may experience the Preserve. As a result, we are pleased to introduce a new annual membership benefit: The Friends Lecture Series.

New for 2010, the Friends are offering three lectures, March 27th, June 19th, and September 25th in which noted speakers will explore the diverse history of Connetquot River State Park Preserve and its significance to the past of Long Island and the State of New York. In addition to the natural beginnings of what is now the Connetquot River Preserve, topics will also include those related to the history of the Preserve and the renown figures associated with the Southside Sportsmen’s Club, its former owner.

The Friends urge our members to take advantage of this program. We hope to see you at each lecture and look forward to the opportunity of discussing with you the current projects you are so generously supporting.

Please Join Us at Connetquot River State Park Preserve, Main Building

Lectures are open to the public, so bring a friend along!

Free Admission and Refreshments

To Reserve, please call: 631-581-1005 or via email at rsvp@friendsofconnetquot.org

Saturday, September 25, 2010 at 1:30 P.M.

Speaker:  Linda Kasten, artist, past president of the now dissolved William K. Vanderbilt Historical Society, former employee of the Southside Sportsmen’s Club, and present environmental educator in the Environmental Office of NY State Parks.

Topic: "From Sportsmen’s Club to Park Preserve"

To Reserve a seat, please call: 631-581-1005 or contact us via email at rsvp@friendsofconnetquot.org

Saturday, June 19, 2010 at 1:30 P.M.
Speaker Harry W. Havemeyer, author of "Along the Great South Bay: From Oakdale to Babylon The Story of a Summer Spa 1840 to 1940." Harry Havemeyer is a four generation summer resident of the town of Islip. His ancestors first rented a cottage in 1884 and in 1889 bought a home in Islip.

Topic: "The Cultural History of the Southside Sportsmen’s Club."

Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 1:30 P.M.
Speaker: Gary Lawton, Regional Environmental Manager, Long Island State Park Region

Topic: The Natural History of Connetquot River State Park Preserve


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