Bushwick Raise Money For Puerto Rico at Bridge And Tunnel Brewery Tomorrow Puerto Rico Earthquake Relief Fundraiser flyer. Courtesy of Saara DeAngelis. Puerto Rico [/pr-declares-state-of-emergency-after-6-4-magnitute-earthquake-hits-island-brooklyn-gets-ready-to-help/] has been hit with over 1,200 earthquakes [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/14/opinion/puerto-rico-earthquake-power.html?searchResultPosition=1] in the course of just three weeks, leaving over 2,200 people homeless. Roughly 6,000 are
News PR Declares State of Emergency After 6.4 Magnitute Earthquake Hits Island, Brooklyn Gets Ready to Help A 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit Puerto Rico this morning, killing one man and injuring several others as well as cutting off power to large areas of the island, CNN reported [https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/07/us/puerto-rico-earthquake-tuesday/]. The quake is the most damaging to hit the island
Events How To Help Ecuadorian Earthquake Survivors From Brooklyn Image via Flickr. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/ifrc/25896906034/in/photolist-pkYLx1-q4f3sz-rAA9Xt-rtz4Wq-afHwkp-afLhJG-afLhFb-7GzET3-9pyEbn-c8mauu-7GvPrK-7GQxtS-7K5Whx-7GLAFD-7GQxDh-Gkwc6Q-7GLB6z-FqUqWh-7GLApg-99LuME-wPg5eC-FsqpVU-GeHtAo-FXLcf5-FsqpTj-FXLcn9-FXLcjo-GeHtBA-GeHtH7-GnSBCH-FsAX8c-FXLcmY-qdV8fs-GkzDJ3-GnSBEM-FsqpXN-FsAX4p-FXLcjd/] You may have already heard about the devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake that ripped through Ecuador [http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-360865
volunteering Officials Join COPO To Pray For Victims Of South Asian Earthquake A local imam prays for the victims of the recent earthquake in South Asia. (Photo by Shannon Geis / Kensington BK)Borough President Eric Adams [http://brooklyn-usa.org], Council member Mathieu Eugene [http://council.nyc.gov/d40/html/members/home.shtml], and Comptroller Scott Stringer [http://comptroller.nyc.gov/] joined the
Alexander Litvak Charity Yoga Classes In Sheepshead Bay Benefit Nepal’s Earthquake Victims Alexander Litvak leading his yoga class. Photo courtesy of Alexander Litvak.A local yoga instructor is donating every penny of revenue earned from his summer classes to help victims of the earthquake that ravaged Nepal this year. Since his first class began in early June, Alexander Litvak, 36, has raised
365 Westminster Road Ditmas Park’s Nepali Neighbors Focus On Helping Their Home Country Devastated By The Earthquake & What You Can Do To Aid Them (Left to right) Neighbors Dawa Sherpa, Saroja Sherpa, and Singi GurungWhen neighbor Saroja Sherpa was growing up in the middle of Kathmandu, Nepal decades ago, she couldn’t think of anywhere else she wanted to be: it was breathtakingly beautiful, the city framed by snow-topped mountains, its streets steeped in
charity Sheepshead Bay Resident Sings at Carnegie Hall The Lemonaid for Haiti kids and their mom. (Photo courtesy of YouTube)(See the video press release [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFe-kVfuFqk] for the concert on YouTube.) You may remember the three Sheepshead Bay siblings, Chedera, Christopher, and Conner [/emmons-avenue-lemonade-stand-run-by-char/], who spent their summer afternoons selling lemonade on
