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SANDY PERRY, COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER
PHONE: 908-234-1225, EXT. 104
SANDY@NJCONSERVATION.ORG

Groove to the '60s beat at Barnstock!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SERGEANTSVILLE, NJ, April 16, 2008 – Break out your tie-dye shirts, bell bottom jeans and love beads, and rock to the music of the Woodstock era.

“Barnstock,” the 4th annual barn dance for the benefit of New Jersey Conservation Foundation (NJCF), will be held on Saturday, May 10, at Brook Hollow Farm in Sergeantsville. Whether you were a flower child of the 1960s or not, you can enjoy the decade’s good vibrations at a dinner dance featuring the music of Woodstock - and much more.

“It’s going to be a night of ‘60s style fun,” said Alix Bacon, NJCF regional manager. “This event brings the community together to celebrate the thousands of preserved acres of land along Hunterdon County’s beautiful Wickecheoke Creek – and get excited about our plans to preserve even more.”

Barnstock will begin at 6 p.m. with cocktails, live music by folk and rock musicians, and a silent auction. Dinner, a live auction and dancing will follow. The “Woodstock” movie will be projected on one wall, the room will be decorated like Andy Warhol’s famous “Factory,” and there will be a ‘60s light show. Auction items include a vacation at a home in Hilton Head, S.C. (including two rounds of golf); a golf outing at the Lookaway Golf Club in Buckingham, Pa.; artwork, wines and ‘60s theme items.

Tickets are $100 per person, and can be ordered by calling Meghan McMahon at 908-234-1225 or by e-mailing Meghan@njconservation.org.

Major sponsors of the event include Borden Perlman Insurance, ShopRite of Hunterdon, Selective Insurance, Norman Goldberg Inc. and the Russ Poles Group @ NT Callaway.

Barnstock will support efforts to preserve natural areas throughout the Wickecheoke Creek Greenway, which follows the course of the beautiful tributary, from its headwaters on the Croton Plateau through its dramatic descent to the Delaware River at Stockton. Over the past two decades, New Jersey Conservation Foundation has preserved more than 2,500 acres surrounding the Wickecheoke Creek.

The Wickecheoke Creek Greenway is home to beaver, mink, herons, hawks, turtles, long-tailed salamander and nearly 400 species of native plants. The creek flows directly into the D&R Canal, which serves as a source of clean drinking water for 1 million people in central New Jersey. Preservation efforts in the region started over 20 years ago and protect the Wickecheoke Creek’s natural features, help maintain water quality, control soil and sediment erosion, preserve significant natural and historic areas and protect wildlife habitat and farmland.
For more information about the Wickecheoke Creek Preserve, please visit NJCF’s website at www.njconservation.org.