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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

Animals

Annual Vegan Food Fest Comes to Bushwick this Saturday

BUSHWICK — Join the second annual Vegan Food Fest Fundraiser this Saturday, October 19, at Bushwick’s social hub Mayday Space. Photo by Rustic Vegan [https://unsplash.com/@rusticvegan?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] onUnsplash. [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/vegan?utm_source=unsplash&

Animals

Support The Sean Casey Animal Rescue Critical Care Program

WINDSOR TERRACE – Attention animal lovers! A crowdfunding campaign [https://imagineifcd.com/projects/sean-casey-animal-shelter/] was recently launched to raise money for Sean Casey Animal Rescue’s (SCAR) Critical Care Program [https://www.nyanimalrescue.org/critical-care]. Via Sean Casey Animal Rescue | Imagine If…Community Donations [https://imagineifcd.com/projects/sean-casey-animal-shelter/]The goal

Bushwick

How to Help the Family of the Girls Killed in Bushwick Apartment Fire

A picture of the girls from the fundraising page (Via GoFundMe [https://www.gofundme.com/support-renita-vincent-and-their-family?fbclid=IwAR0LdY0zGf420lFYjc2S8aEbeiJJvppSvXBr9VpDtbCdc4GBvFKgdKkArVg] )A fundraiser has been set up to help the family of the two girls who were killed in a Bushwick apartment fire [/two-girls-killed-in-fire-while-visiting-their-grandfather-in-bushwick/] over the weekend. Haley Harris, 8, and Payton Gomez,

Arts & Culture

MICROCOSM: A Benefit By Brooklyn Artists

Microcosm Fundraiser & Multi-Media Art Exhibition [http://www.wherevent.com/detail/Sara-Lynn-Sterling-Microcosm-A-Benefit-by-Brooklyn-Artists] When: Sunday, February 26th, 6 to 9:30pm Where: Stellar Yoga Space [http://stellarstretch.com/], 915 Fulton Street (between Clinton & Waverly Avenues), Clinton Hill What: Fundraiser and gallery show featuring the work of ten local artists (and

Announcements

Fundraiser Highlight: Help Kids At A Local Title 1 School Graduate In Style

Bake sale in November outside of PS 230. (Photo via Alexandra Como Saghir‎ / Facebook)Looking for ways to give back to your community? Donating to a worthy cause doesn’t get more hyper-local than this. Kensington’s P.S. 230 parents are raising money [https://www.gofundme.com/ps230-class-of-2017] to

Arts & Culture

These Grrrls Turn It Up To Eleven: Willie Mae Rock Camp For Girls Ready To Fundraise (And Rock) Their Anniversary

The band Harsh Crowd. (Photo credit: Cortney Armitage)Who doesn’t like a good Spinal Tap joke [https://youtu.be/4xgx4k83zzc]? What rocker doesn’t want to turn their amp up to 11? There’s nothing satirical about the talents of the young musicians who come out of Willie Mae

Animals

Owner Of Former Mary’s Bar Holds Fundraiser To Save A Beloved 2,000 Pound Bull

Prince the Bull (Photo via gofundme)An extraordinary, unexpected thing happened to Ditmas Park resident Sylvia Holden, owner of the former Mary’s Bar in Park Slope [http://parkslopestoop.com/blog/business/marys-bar-is-closing/], while visiting her mom in upstate New York. She fell in love with a 2,000-pound beef

Central Brooklyn

Local Youth Baseball Team Needs Your Help To Compete In 2016 Championships

The Bonnie Seals with their 2015 Borough Cup Championship (Photo courtesy Bonnie Youth Club)Two Bonnie Youth Club [http://bonnieyouth.org/] champion baseball teams have earned themselves spots in the coveted 2016 AABC World Series tournaments [http://www.aabcworldseries.com]— but in order to attend, our neighborhood players need your

Central Brooklyn

Local High School Student Making Strong Progress After Traumatic Brain Injury

Ikhari Hinds-Lewis (center) at the YEAH! NYC Rock Camp last summer. (Photo: Kassim Hinds)Good news, but a long road ahead, for a young member of our community who had a tragic accident last month. Former P.S. 139 student Ikhari Hinds-Lewis, now 16, who suffered a traumatic brain injury

Business

Donate To Support Myrtle Avenue Programming Going Into The New Year

This past year, have you enjoyed participating in the Wallabout History Walking Tours [http://bit.ly/FREELocalTours] this past year? Or seeing local seniors be able to take fitness classes [http://bit.ly/InvestinLocalSeniors] designed for them? Do you want to partake of the Farragut Fresh Pantry [http://bit.ly/

Arts & Culture

JACK Theater Fundraiser This Sunday Will Support The Tamir Rice Memorial Fund

Brooklyn artists and performers will be gathering at JACK theater in Clinton Hill for a fundraiser benefit in support of the family and community of Tamir Rice, the 12-year-old Cleveland boy who was shot and killed by a police officer shortly before Thanksgiving 2014. The benefit [https://www.facebook.com/

Bensonhurst

After Meeting The Pope, Bath Beach Girl With Lyme Disease Gets Outpouring Of Support

This could be the miracle 12-year-old Julia Bruzzese was looking for. Earlier this year, the Saint Bernadette School [http://stbernadetteschool.org/] student, who is fighting Lyme disease and has not walked in a year, shared a special moment with Pope Francis [/wheelchair-bound-bath-beach-girl-finds-hope-when-she-meets-the-pope/#.VmkHHGSDGko] during his visit to New York City.

Friends of PS217

Neighborhood Native and Former “Wonderama” Host Sonny Fox Celebrates His Roots With Fundraiser For PS 217

Sonny Fox speaking to a young girl on “Wonderama.” (Photo via Sonny Fox)Talking to Sonny Fox [http://www.sonnyfoxtv.com/], former host of the children’s program “Wonderama,” it’s easy to see why people who watched the show as children still remember him, he’s genuinely entertaining. It’

alessandra musella

Frank Musella, Sanitation Dept. Supervisor From Bensonhurst, Dies On Job After Complaining Of Heat

Sgt. Frank Musella, his wife Sandy, and their boys, Frank Jr. and Anthony. (Source: GoFundMe)A Department of Sanitation [DSNY] enforcement sergeant and father of two from Bensonhurst collapsed on the job in Staten Island Thursday after commenting about the heat. Frank Musella, 37, a 9-year Sanitation Department veteran, was

Flatbush Community Garden

Support The Flatbush Community Garden At A Huge Tag Sale Fundraiser This Sunday, June 7

Neighbors working at the Flatbush Community Garden. Photo via the garden [https://www.facebook.com/189735227730487/photos/pb.189735227730487.-2207520000.1433442647./708577765846228/?type=3&theater] This Sunday, June 7, you can pick up some new clothes, jewelry, records and more while supporting all the great work done by neighbors