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A collection of 8 issues

Don’t Go Hungry: Get Help Applying For SNAP Benefits

Source: foodbanknyc.orgStruggling to cover basic expenses? SNAP can put more food on the table! A team of SNAP specialists [http://www.cscs-ny.org/] will be at the Jay Harama Senior Center (2600 Ocean Avenue) tomorrow to help aging adults fill out and submit SNAP applications. The group will meet

Inter-SING! Competition Raises $20,000 For American Cancer Society

Participants took the stage as the winners were announced. (Photo by Yuval Kagan)Remember that awesome SING! competition we told you about last month? Brooklyn Sings!, an inter-SING event [/bk-sings-madison-midwood-murrow-to-hold-first-ever-inter-sing-competition/] in which students from Midwood, Madison and Murrow high schools competed against each other for best student-created stage production, took

Mayor Introduces ‘We Are Made in NY’ Tech Initiative

Do you have a tech startup, or are you interested in joining one? You might want to take a look at the new We Are Made In NY [http://wearemadeinny.com/] program, introduced by Mayor Bloomberg [http://www.mikebloomberg.com/] this morning. According to their website: > We Are Made

Greenfield And Nadler Host FEMA Application Assistance This Wednesday

From the offices of Councilman David Greenfield and Congressman Jerrold Nadler: Councilman David G. Greenfield, Congressman Jerrold Nadler and Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty are teaming up to host an event for residents who need help applying for Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) assistance in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.

Sunday: Pasta Night Benefit For Sean Casey Animal Rescue

From our friends at the Knights of Columbus Council #126. They write: > Sean Casey’s Animal Rescue located in Brooklyn, New York is a not for profit organization whose endeavor is to aid unfortunate animals in the interest of a higher quality of life. They take in rescued, confiscated,

Daddy Rocker & Co. Put On Autism Speaks Benefit At Tamaqua Marina

Tom "Daddy Rocker" Moran during last year's 10th anniversary 9/11 Memorial at Bill Brown Park. Photo by Erica ShermanCanarsie-born recording artist, Tom “Daddy Rocker [http://www.daddyrocker.com/]” Moran, along with his group the Brooklyn South Band, are joining forces with The Meyer Rossabi Band

Emmons DJ Helps Dedicate New Sefer Torah

DJ Johnny Versache of OPM helps inscribe the Sefer Torah / Source: Alex Gorokhov of Glatt Photography for ColLive.comWhat makes DJ Johnny Versache different from all other DJ’s? Well, for one thing, the disc jockey over at OPM Restaurant and Ultra Lounge, 3202 Emmons Avenue, dedicated [http://www.collive.

Rock Against Muscular Dystrophy At Cha Cha’s

Ten dollars. Eleven bands. Helping thousands. Cha Cha’s in Coney Island (1229 Riegelman Boardwalk) is hosting Rock Against Dystrophy, a balls-to-the-wall rock-out [http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=150945781593274&ref=ts] to raise money for one of the least rockin’ diseases afflicting man – muscular dystrophy [http://en.