Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund open house

Greenpointers will have a chance to check out some of the good work the folks at the Greenpoint Community Education Fund (GCEF) are doing this weekend.

GCEF is hosting an open house on Saturday, October 15 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at four locations: McCarren Park, McGolrick Park, Newtown Creek and the Kingsland Wildflowers Rooftop.

You’ll see their green roofs, projects for parks and birds and the environmental advocacy to clean up Newtown Creek.

GCEF is a $19.5 million grant program that was created by the New York State Office of the Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and the state Department of Environmental Conservation. Its funds were collected through a large settlement with ExxonMobil over its oil spoil in Greenpoint.

The organization helps fund important projects that makes the community a greener place to live.

For more information, visit their website at www.gcefund.org.