{"id":20859,"date":"2020-11-18T16:57:37","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T21:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=20859"},"modified":"2020-11-18T16:57:37","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T21:57:37","slug":"batavia-volunteers-light-up-the-peace-garden-for-the-holiday-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2020\/11\/18\/batavia-volunteers-light-up-the-peace-garden-for-the-holiday-season\/","title":{"rendered":"BATAVIA\/Volunteers light up the Peace Garden for the holiday season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9s6gOPEJnDc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Peace Garden volunteers Barbara Toal and Berneda Scoins welcome the public to take in the atmosphere at the Batavia Peace Garden this year, even though its a bit early. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Toal and Scoins say they just wanted to bring a few smiles to people&#8217;s faces during the pandemic. Ten Peace Garden volunteers spent several days dressing up the park with holiday lights and signs, which is located next to the Holland Land Office at 131 West Main street in Batavia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Holland Land Office Wonderland of Tree&#8217;s event begins this Friday, November 20, 2020. After checking out the trees, folks are invited to check out the Peace Garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Note,  there will not be an opening gala for the Wonderland of Tree&#8217;s this year due to the Pandemic.) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From the Holland Land Office website,(Due to the current situation surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, the Opening Gala will not be held. The Wonderland of Trees will be open during our normal business hours with a limit of 25 visitors at any one time. All visitors are required to wear face coverings, follow social distancing protocols including the museum&#8217;s one way path system.)\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In September of 2021, a 10th Anniversary of the Peace Garden event will be held. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just in time for the holiday season, a new book is available to commemorate the 10th Anniversary. Called &#8220;Friends of the Batavia Peace Garden&#8221;, a history of the Batavia Peace Garden, it was released at the end of October this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barbara Toal authored the new book. It contains many photos and historic narratives, with over 130 pages of information on the Batavia Peace Garden and its beginnings.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Copies of the book are now available for $20.00 plus shipping\/postage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All funds will support the Batavia Peace Garden as the garden is run by volunteers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just in time for the holidays, the book is available at Oliver&#8217;s Candy at 211 West Main street in Batavia, and Oliver&#8217;s Sweet Life Country Store at 100 S. Main street in Elba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Or by calling Barbara Toal\/ Author:\u00a0<strong>585-770-3046\u00a0<\/strong>mobile #.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Online at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bataviapeacegarden.com\/\">www.bataviapeacegarden.com<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peace Garden volunteers Barbara Toal and Berneda Scoins welcome the public to take in the atmosphere at the Batavia Peace Garden this year, even though its a bit early. Toal and Scoins say they just wanted to bring a few smiles to people&#8217;s faces during the pandemic. Ten Peace Garden \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2020\/11\/18\/batavia-volunteers-light-up-the-peace-garden-for-the-holiday-season\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20863,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8,1],"tags":[1839],"class_list":["post-20859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-batavia","category-uncategorized","tag-peace-garden"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-5qr","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":32866,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2022\/05\/30\/genesee-county-lady-liberty-comes-to-the-batavia-peace-garden\/","url_meta":{"origin":20859,"position":0},"title":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Lady Liberty comes to the Batavia Peace Garden","author":"aka","date":"May 30, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Left to right\u00a0-Paula Savage, President of the International Peace Garden, Donna Tiberio, Board Member Barb Toal, President of Batavia Peace Garden, Carol Grasso, Treasurer, Berneda Scoins, Secretary, Carolyn Epps, Vice President (Submitted photo) Press release On Monday, May 30th, Friends of the Batavia Peace Garden met at the Peace Garden\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Batavia&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Batavia","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/category\/gennesse-county\/batavia\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/dedication-of-statue-of-liberty-1-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C1047&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/dedication-of-statue-of-liberty-1-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C1047&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/dedication-of-statue-of-liberty-1-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C1047&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/dedication-of-statue-of-liberty-1-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C1047&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/dedication-of-statue-of-liberty-1-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C1047&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":55638,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2024\/08\/08\/batavia-peace-garden-leaders-welcome-europeans-on-the-run-for-harmony-love\/","url_meta":{"origin":20859,"position":1},"title":"BATAVIA\/Peace Garden leaders welcome Europeans on the run for \u2018harmony, love\u2019","author":"aka","date":"August 8, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"By Mike PettinellaFor Video News Service Four citizens of Central Europe carried the \u201cPeace Torch\u201d to the City of Batavia on Thursday afternoon as part of the Sri Chinmoy-Home Peace Run, a four-month North American journey starting and ending in New York City. 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