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A collection of 17 issues

Where To Donate Toys, Clothes, And Food In Southern Brooklyn This Holiday Season

Reaching-Out Community Services’ 7th Annual Operation Christmas Smiles brought joy to 700 Brooklyn kids. (Photo via RCS-Reaching Out Community Services [https://www.facebook.com/ReachingOutCommunityServices/photos/a.425349337190.206475.349822832190/10151150093582191/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)As great as it feels to get, it feels even better to give. While

Local Immigrant Youth Orgs Among Brooklyn Community Foundation Grant Recipients

Youth education, leadership, and employment programs in Bensonhurst, Sunset Park and in Brooklyn at large, are getting some much-needed support thanks to $2 million in grants from Brooklyn Community Foundation (BCF). Specifically, BCF has designated $20,000 for United Chinese Association of Brooklyn [http://www.ucaob.org/]‘s Youth Leadership

Photos: Fifth Annual Walk For Autism Draws Hundreds, Raises Funds For Local Services For Disabled

Source: Shorefront Y [http://www.shorefronty.org/]More than 250 kids, parents and community leaders converged on the Riegelman Boardwalk this Sunday to take a 1.2 mile stroll for a good cause. Source: Shorefront Y [http://www.shorefronty.org/]The fifth annual Walk for Autism organized by the Shorefront

An Outpouring Of Support For Sheepshead Family Featured By NYT’s Neediest Cases

Marks Jewish Community House (Source: Google Maps)The story of Sheepshead Bay resident Yefim Ulitskiy, published by the New York Times’ Neediest Cases [http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/06/nyregion/after-his-ex-wifes-death-juggling-care-for-his-daughters.html] on January 5, describes a man whose ex-wife has died and struggles to take care of his

Council Passes Bill Cracking Down On Illegal Clothing Donation Bins

The City Council passed a bill cracking down on illegal clothing donation bins Thursday. The law – introduced by Councilman Vincent Gentile [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2014/08/gentile-bill-crack-illegal-clothing-donation-bins-wins-support-mayor-council-colleagues/] – penalizes organizations that put drop-off bins on the street with no intention of giving the collected garments to the needy. The bill

Cross Country Bike Ride For Children’s Charity Ends In Brighton Beach

Source: Lisa MillerCyclists finished off the Investors Bank Bike 4 Friendship Tour on Sunday, a 3,000 mile trek that ended in Brighton Beach. The event kicked off 38 days ago in Los Angeles, led by Brooklynite Yitzy Smith and his six teammates. They crossed the finish line at Ocean

Local Relay For Life Raised $100,000 To Fight Cancer

Joe Gilette, organizer of the Bergen Beachh, Mill Basin and Marine Park chapter of Relay for Life, sent us a note and some photos of this year’s event, in which they raised approximately $100,000 for the American Cancer Society during their June 7 event. Gilette writes: > We

Attention Bibliophiles! Books Are Just $3 And Under At Gerritsen Library Book Sale

UPDATE (March 26): Organizers have added two more days to the sale: Thursday, March 27, and Friday, March 28. These are the final days of the Friends of Gerritsen Beach Library’s first spring book sale since Superstorm Sandy devastated the branch in 2012 [/local-brooklyn-public-library-branches-remain-under-water/]. The library, located at 2808

Bensonhurst Resident Holds An Online Book Drive Benefiting School Children

Source: GoodNCrazy/FlickrBensonhurst resident Iljirijana Glavatovic recently started a virtual book drive to raise money for students at a Brooklyn public elementary school. A sophomore at City College, Glavatovic and her three siblings decided to open an online book drive using the services of a charity organization called First Book.

Attorney General Looking Into Charities’ Sandy Spending

Photo by Erica ShermanIt seemed to be just a matter of time before someone started wondering exactly how the millions upon millions of dollars that flowed in from charitable sources in the wake of Superstorm Sandy actually ended up being spent. And now State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is asking