charities

Dec
14
Where To Donate Toys, Clothes, And Food In Southern Brooklyn This Holiday Season

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
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Dec
01
Local Immigrant Youth Orgs Among Brooklyn Community Foundation Grant Recipients

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
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May
20
Photos: Fifth Annual Walk For Autism Draws Hundreds, Raises Funds For Local Services For Disabled

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
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Jan
15
An Outpouring Of Support For Sheepshead Family Featured By NYT’s Neediest Cases

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
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Nov
14

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
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Aug
20

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
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Jun
17

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
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Mar
21

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
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Jan
08

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
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Jul
18

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
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