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City Parks Foundation is a New York City-based non-profit dedicated to the improvement of urban parks and neighborhoods through programming in parks, including athletic instruction for youth and seniors, performing arts, and education programs, all offered free of charge, and through community organizing. The organization reaches more than 600,000 people every year and is active in more than 700 parks.
Founded in 1989, City Parks Foundation is one of the oldest and largest citywide parks organizations in the country.
Some of the specific programs offered by City Parks Foundation include free concert, dance and theater festivals in parks across New York City, such as Central Park Summerstage and the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival, free tennis, golf and track & field instruction for youth, a free seniors fitness program, and education programs like Coastal Classroom, Learning Gardens, and Seeds to Trees.
In addition, City Parks Foundation partners with the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation to offer Partnerships for Parks, an organization that supports the activity of over 60,000 volunteers in parks each year.
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