Boogie event was blast!

Boogie On The Boulevard was always blast event!

Our three tents: lactation & diaper changing station, and two parent artists tents were set in food related block. 

The Boogie event was filled with many family participants. 

We were proud of providing a private lactation space, a diaper changing table, a set of priority area, a play yard, and nuts-free table. We also used multiple languages for these services in English, Spanish, Chinese, and Bengali. 

We made a special flyer of a list of app resources that are convenient for all families: Restroom locator, Diaper changing space locater, Breast feeding/Pumping space for moms locater, Community spaces open to public lists, MTA service changing schedule map, MTA elevator service lists,

Maternity/Family leave resources, and Resources of returning to work. There were QR codes of these all resources on the flyer, so everybody can find and reach the source in glance.

 The woman wore our pregnant belly sculpture then tried to take off shoes and put on sitting on a chair. It was not easy!

Passersby were very curious about Making Beeswax Wrap WS. Many people didn’t know about this alternative idea instead of using general plastic wrap. We felt many people wanted to reduce plastic wrap, but they just didn’t know how to do it. 

A parent artist Yoko explained why she started to do this WS, how it works, and how to make by yourself. Around 65 visitors participated in the Ws and learned how it worked. Yoko has started to reduce plastic products these years, and ended up holding the Making Beeswax Wrap WS for spreading the eco-friendly idea in a practical way.

A student volunteer helped a participant how to use the wrap in using Origami folding technique.

Yoko put a cloth into a hot pot of melting beeswax.

Participants got some organic snack in their hand made container made by Beeswax wrap.

Passersby gathered to Making Onigiri Rice ball WS. 

Another parent artist Yuki prepared six kinds ofingredients to put inside the rice ball. 

Yuki’s concept is we can learn each other’s culture through learning home cooking. Home cooking is different from plates of restaurants. Yuki introduced how to make a rice ball that you cannot usually see on a menu in NYC Japanese restaurant, but is also soul food of Japanese people.

Yuki and volunteer students put some rice on a bio-plastic wrap on participant’s palm. The participant selected any ingredients they like to put in rice ball. 

She was making rice a ball shape using her hands. 

Enjoy the rice ball! 

Thanks for making these activities possible: Citizens Comitteee NYC, Bronx Health Reach, Boogie On The Boulevard Comittee members, Bronx Museum, Materials For The Arts, New York Foundation for the Arts, and volunteer students from Japanese Culture Club of The Bronx High School of Science.

1 Stop Family Pop Up @ Lower West Side!

Hi! We enjoyed a beautiful Saturday at the Chelsea Block Party put on by Infirnity

on 26^thstreet, between 9 and 10^thAvenue. Thank you, Lisa!

Left is guest artist Yoko’s tent. Right is a lactation space and diaper changing table. A play yard is located between the tents.

Inside the lactation tent, there are chairs, stools, hand pumps, pumping bags, breast pads, a nursing Boppy pillow, ice and a cooler bag to store pumped milk, nipple cream, a nursing cover, and more! Women can feel welcome to nurse or pump in this private, sanitary, (quieter) location.

On the other side of the lactation space, there is a diaper changing table stocked with supplies (and clothes in case of accidents), as well as a potette for older children who are potty training.

The stroller parking area is pictured here.

This is our guest artist, Yoko! The man behind Yoko is her son, Daigo. In the workshop Yoko proposed and led, participants created reusable wraps made with cotton cloth and beeswax. These wraps are used as an eco-friendly alternative to zip lock bags, plastic wrap, or tinfoil to preserve and store food.

Participants picked a favorite cloth pattern.  Yoko then dipped it in melted beeswax.

After the wax cooled, participants shaved the wax to flatten the wraps. 

Daigo supported his mother, Yoko, explaining how participants could recreate the process at home.

Rica recruited passersbys to Yoko’s workshop, explaining what she was doing, how, and why.

Many families utilized the diaper-changing table, including moms, grandmothers, and fathers.

Can you see the outline of a mom breastfeeding inside the tent?

Another mom was changing a diaper outside; the two are kept separate for sanitary and privacy reasons, as we have men change diapers as well. A volunteer high school student was sitting outside to  monitor the tent and answer questions. 

Christine, who brought her four month old baby to the event, and a pregnant woman and her friend talk in front of the lactation tent.

Thanks to Yoko for the amazing workshop!

Guest artist: Yoko Fukuda

Make Your Own Reusable Beeswax Wrap

Yoko Fukuda was born in Japan. She is a mother artist whose life was inspired and improved by art. She lives with her husband, son and daughter in NY since 1995. Her project promotes using sustainable items for daily life, such as this eco-friendly beeswax wrap. 

Yoko’s contact: elephant.zousan @ gmail.com

If you're interested in having us at a NYC event near you, please contact us at 1stopfamilypopup@gmail.com.

One Stop Family Pop Up is supported by Citizens Committee for NYC, and New York Foundation for the Arts.