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Photo Courtesy of DSNYWhen we set our clocks forward and back each year, the FDNY tells us to check the batteries in our smoke alarms. This year, when we’re spring cleaning, the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) wants us to check that we have a refashionNYC [http://www1.nyc.gov/
Central Brooklyn
Photo Credit: Slobo/E+/ Getty Images“Please don’t tell anyone you saw me here.” That is what people say when someone they know discovers they are homeless and in a shelter. What is your first thought when someone says homeless person? Do you imagine someone who is living on
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In the spirit of #givingTuesday we have put together a guide to local organizations that can always benefit from your support. The gift of membership or the gift of a donation in someone’s name is a great way to give our wonderful organizations some love this holiday season. We
Bensonhurst
The food donated to City Harvest will go to more than 500 soup kitchens, food pantries and other programs across the city. Photo via City Harvest [https://www.facebook.com/CityHarvestNYC/photos/pb.29095531180.-2207520000.1431020404./10153066434261181/?type=3&theater] New York Cares, New York City’s largest volunteer
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Photo via Making Strides Against Breast Cancer [https://www.facebook.com/Strides/photos/pb.12546364967.-2207520000.1444142842./10154245704069968/?type=3&theaterr] October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month [http://www.nationalbreastcancer.org/breast-cancer-awareness-month], and an important event is coming to Prospect Park [https://www.prospectpark.org/visit-the-park/park-map/points-interest/points-interest-nethermead/
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Greta Greene. Photo courtesy of the Greene familyFollowing the devastating death of 2-year-old neighbor Greta Greene [/crime/community-mourns-death-of-2-year-old-neighbor-greta-greene-who-was-hit-by-falling-bricks-on-upper-west-side] , who lived with her parents, Stacy and Jayson Greene, in Kensington, just across the border from Ditmas Park, we’ve been flooded with emails from neighbors who want to know how they
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The PS 124 [http://ps124brooklyn.com] (515 4th Avenue, between 13th and 14th Streets) Family Festival is this Saturday from 10am to 2pm, and the school is looking for donations to help cover supplies for the day. Here’s a breakdown of what they’re looking for: Item/Quantity/Approx.
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Finding words to express the horror felt by millions around the world in the wake of last week’s Newtown tragedy is next to impossible. There are ways to show your support to the families in Connecticut affected by this senseless act of violence, though. Newtown Youth and Family Services
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We’ve all got old cell phones lying around. Assemblyman Steve Cymbrowitz just sent out this press release, giving us a way to finally get rid of that junk and simultaneously help out victims of domestic abuse: In an effort to protect domestic violence victims, I am once again launching
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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.
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Photo courtesy of MDanalakis via FlickrConey Island Hospital [/tag/coney-island-hospital/] has partnered with Takes All Types [http://www.takesalltypes.org/], a non-profit that uses social networking to encourage the internet generation to join the ranks of blood donors. Takes All Types takes the concept of viral marketing and grassroots campaigning