Events
Are you a cycling book lover? Register now for Bike the Branches [http://misc.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/btb/], a daylong bike ride through the Brooklyn Public Library’s 60-branch system this Saturday. Last year’s event drew nearly 1,000 riders and participants. Enjoy a day of biking through Brooklyn as
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Refoundry participants (from left) Eugene Manigo, Charles McNair, Ralphy Dominguez, James Eleby. (Courtesy of Refoundry)Refoundry, a non-profit based in the Navy Yard that helps integrate the formerly incarcertated, is looking for volunteers for a pair of events next week. The Refoundry moved from Gowanus into its current space [/blog/
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Red Cross volunteers aid victims of Ecuador’s May 16 earthquake (Image via Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/ifrc/26409477582/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/] ). [https://www.flickr.com/photos/ifrc/25896906034/in/photolist-pkYLx1-q4f3sz-rAA9Xt-rtz
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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
Events
If you aren’t already running to sign up, here are seven reasons to join Brooklyn-based nonprofit CAMBA’s upcoming 5K/10K: 1. It’s a run/walk around Prospect Park with family and friends, all to help New Yorkers in need. Photo courtesy of CAMBA2. After a morning of
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A group of volunteers from the Spring Civic Sweep in 2014. (Photo courtesy of FOFA)It’s time to take your spring cleaning to the streets! Join the Park Slope Civic Council [http://parkslopeciviccouncil.org/] and the Forth on Fourth Avenue this Saturday, April 16 from 10am to 2pm for
Announcements
Image via CHiPS [https://www.facebook.com/ChipsSoupKitchen/photos/pb.473843106023452.-2207520000.1459871372./1067425889998501/?type=3&theater] CHiPS [http://chipsonline.org/] is a local community organization whose focus is to feed the hungry in their soup kitchen as well as sheltering homeless women and their children. They’ve been
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Marine Park. (Photo: Tanya Pavl [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=529561133874755&set=br.AbpCuqXtemnrIsl0VX5eWrhAuoybx863uM_Y20Fr7YQ0sCWpmyNxypxiVsIOuyHHGJohLfi_8st8D0svwpjF4Wyr1yyfxDlVSnOr8O4o5qjBYUVasSqRt9x5x4hO8O07pPCJVNsLGTgy9e9qWJ3EC4AS&type=1&theater] / Facebook)Get your hands dirty cleaning up one of New York City’s largest parks. In honor of Earth Month [http://www.earth-month.org/], volunteers are
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Photo courtesy of Darold Burgess.Voter registration may be over for anyone seeking to vote in the April 19 presidential primary (FYI it’s not too late to register for the main thing, aka General Election in November), but Fort Greene community leaders definitely made the most of the time
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Refoundry participants (from left) Eugene Manigo, Charles McNair, Ralphy Dominguez, James Eleby. (Courtesy of Refoundry)An innovative non-profit organization working hard to provide training for formerly incarcerated people [/blog/business/just-second-chance-refoundry-helps-former-inmates-create-career/] is looking for volunteer assistance this Saturday, March 12 from 11am-3pm. Come learn about Refoundry, help tackle a few
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Refoundry participants (from left) Eugene Manigo, Charles McNair, Ralphy Dominguez, James Eleby. (Courtesy of Refoundry)An innovative non-profit organization working hard to provide training for formerly incarcerated people [/blog/business/just-second-chance-refoundry-helps-former-inmates-create-career/] is looking for volunteer assistance this Saturday, March 12 from 11am-3pm. Come learn about Refoundry, help tackle a few
Kids & Family
Photo via Baby Carrier Drive – Brooklyn [https://www.facebook.com/babycarrierdrive/photos/pb.542141842621611.-2207520000.1455039457./554709694698159/?type=3&theater] While baby carriers are relatively common in our neighborhood, refugees fleeing violence from the civil war in Syria are lacking basic necessities when needing to walk great distances with