PortSide NewYork is hosting a Fundraiser — Resiliency is our Hook, on October 28, 2014.  There will be smoky BBQ and sizzling Dixieland Jazz by the Red Hook Ramblers.  Good food, good music and good times for a good cause.

PortSide NewYork, the organization behind the historic tanker Mary A. Whalen, is nothing if not resilient.  The harbor-based educational non-profit has weathered many storms, both figuratively and literally.  In Superstorm Sandy, the organization suffered around $300,000 worth of damage. Nevertheless, PortSide Director Carolina Salguero and her team set up a post-hurricane recovery center ashore to help the equally hard-hit residents of the Red Hook section of Brooklyn. The organization was subsequently rewarded a White House Champions of Change award in recognition for the wonderful work they did in Red Hook during those terrible days following Sandy.

Information about the fundraiser from the PortSide press release:

Please support PortSide NewYork on Tuesday, October 28!   Join us in honoring our partners in Red Hook’s Sandy recovery: Victoria Hagman of Realty Collective, electrician Danny Schneider, and our Curator Peter Rothenberg.

Tickets are sailing out the door, better buy yours now!

Come enjoy BBQ and Dixieland jazz for a good cause! Wear festive MARY WHALEN red and white! At Hometown Bar-B-Que, 454 Van Brunt Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. That’s a short walk from the IKEA ferry. Take the 5:45 or 6:30pm ferry from Wall Street, Manhattan.

Support PortSide waterfront programs, education and advocacy, restoration of the tanker MARY A. WHALEN, our own Sandy recovery, and PortSide Sandy recovery and resiliency work that helps others.

That work won us a “Champions of Change” award from the White House and honors from the New York State Senate and is ongoing.

Red Hook Sandy survivor tickets
We have some discounted tickets for our neighbors who are also in recovery. Please see ticketing website for info.