Post-Morrow Foundation

Winter 2008 Newsletter

HABITAT AND HERITAGE: A CELEBRATION OF COMMUNITY SPIRIT

On June 30th 2007, the Foundation held a Celebration of 15 years of Community Preservation. The Foundation has many community partners and could not do the work we do without them. The following photos depict the wonderful day at the Foundation Headquarters at 16 Bay Road in the Hamlet of Brookhaven.

1.	A floral decoration courtesy of the Hamlet Organic Garden.

2.	The Hamlet Organic Garden (HOG). We are glad to have this farm within our community. This year we received a generous gift from the Gesso Foundation to assist the HOG in developing ways to grow organic produce for their members.

3.	Sean and Jill Pilger. Farmers of the Hamlet Organic Garden.

4.	Carmans River Maritime Center Display: The Center has been building these beautiful “Mill Creek Kayaks” for several years. There is currently a class building several more at the Center’s shop at the end of Newey Lane.

5.	A view of the Celebration and the Herb Garden: This beautiful Herb Garden was planted and is maintained by the local chapter of the Herb Society of America. Special thanks to Dava Stravinsky and Karen Rowley for their constant care of this special garden.

6.	President Bruce Wallace and Board trustee Norman Nelson.

Dorothy Jones, Trustee Emerita, Richard Thomas and John Deitz: John Deitz has created a very special website with a great deal of Brookhaven history. www.brookhavensouthaven.org will provide you with a wonderful tour of the Hamlet. Together with Marty Van Lith John has led two walking tours of the Hamlet explaining our wonderful varied history.

8.	Suffolk County Legislator Kate Browning and two guests.

9.	Gene Westhoff, president of the South Country Education Foundation and Board member of the Carmans River Maritime Center: Gene explains the craft of building wooden boats. Gene is the lead teacher for the Mill Creek Kayak program.

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Bob Nolan and Brian Cullen: Bob Nolan produces many varieties of vegetables on his Deer Run Farm across the Creek. He and his wife Janet run a popular farm stand that is a great destination for our community and we thank them for contributing to the Celebration. Brian and his wife Mary Jane Cullen are great assets to the Hamlet. Brian is co-president of the King Kullen family business and Mary Jane is currently president of the Brookhaven Village Association.

11.	The Homegrown String Band: They played lovely music for the occasion.

12.	Bounty of the HOG.

We are grateful to our partners who have been working with us to preserve the environment and the history of our community. Post-Morrow Foundation’s mission is “to preserve and conserve the rural, cultural and historical character of the hamlet of Brookhaven and surrounding areas… This land to be kept in its natural state as a sanctuary, open space or natural garden”. Increased public awareness of our community’s heritage, its historic and cultural resources, and open space is one of our primary goals.

Some of our other partners include the Bellport Garden Club, The Bellport Sailing Foundation, the Bellport/ Brookhaven Historical Society, the Brookhaven Village Association, The Brookhaven Free Library, Cornell Cooperative Extension, Ducks Unlimited, Friends of Fire Island National Seashore, Friends of Wertheim, The South Shore Estuary Reserve, Students for Environmental Quality and the Wertheim Wildlife Refuge.