Benjamin Schaffer

Nike Hill Art Park Benjamin Schaffer

This book is written in a fiction format All names in it are fiction. However, it is based on the actual building of a small art park by Liz and Ben. This story is based on what it would take to build the full-fledged art park described in the book. The relationships listed between artists in the book are true. The Sunday morning church services were also true.
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Professor Ben Schaffer has been a recreation administrator and community recreation director for over fifty years. He is a graduate of the University of Idaho, with a degree in physical education and community relations and recreation. He has minors in math, art, dance, and theater. He received his Masters from Montclair State University, where he has been an adjunct professor for twenty years. He was also an adjunct professor at Kean University for this same period. He has been an aerobic dance and fitness instructor for over forty years. Ben has conducted fitness workshops all over the country and was even invited to conduct a three-week fitness workshop in Russia. As chairman of the New Jersey Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports he coordinated a wonderful book called Get fit NJ. He even had his council members help him produce a fitness CD that was sent to all the schools in New Jersey