Planting, painting, caulking, and cleaning, the mighty iStar crew has descended upon our Asbury Park Unit! Lori Schwartz, iStar CEO Jay Sugarman, and Doris Blais pause for a photo while picking up trash around our property. Thank you!

From the Asbury Park Sun:

Over 60 iStar executives and staffers recently played hookie in the midst of a busy week.

Headquartered in New York, iStar is the waterfront master developer responsible for the The Asbury, Asbury Lanes, and Asbury Ocean Club developments.

Donning their signature grey tees, the New York and local employees spent Wednesday morning giving the Boys & Girls Clubs of Monmouth [Asbury Park location] a facelift of sorts.

Together they worked with By Design Landscape, iStar’s waterfront landscape service, to pull weeds, plant mums and lay new mulch. Also on the to list was the fixing of landscaping blocks, trash removed and the razing of an old shed. Inside the Monroe Avenue nonprofit, the team painted meeting rooms, parts of the gym, corridors, game room, and the pool area.

Read the full article with the AsburyParkSun.com.

 

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Catch Up with the Club
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