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Dec
21
Brooklyn Woman Wins AARP’s Top Award For Community Service

Brooklyn Woman Wins AARP’s Top Award For Community Service

Linda Boyd, the winner of the 2020 Andrus Award for Community Service award. Courtesy of AARP.Linda Boyd, a Fort
3 min read
Oct
22
Residents In East New York Tackle Litter, Wonder Where Is DSNY

Residents In East New York Tackle Litter, Wonder Where Is DSNY

This is the sidewalk on Loring Avenue Avenue between Drew and Emerald Street before volunteers began their clean-up efforts. Anthony
4 min read
Oct
12

Sean Casey Animal Rescue’s Halloween Fundraiser Moves Online This Year

The Sean Casey Animal Rescue [https://www.nyanimalrescue.org/] (SCAR) in Windsor Terrace is who Brooklyn’s residents call about
2 min read
Aug
14
Comedians On Call, Laughter On The Line – Lifting Spirits One Phone Call At A Time

Comedians On Call, Laughter On The Line – Lifting Spirits One Phone Call At A Time

Rosalyn Marhatta has been enduring the Coronavirus lockdown while cooped up in her Greensboro, N.C., home with her sister
5 min read
Jul
14
Sisters With Purpose Making A Difference In Starrett City

Sisters With Purpose Making A Difference In Starrett City

EAST NEW YORK — On a Saturday morning in late June the line at the food pantry at the Brooklyn Sports
6 min read
Jul
10
Brooklyn Relief Kitchen Feeds Those Hit Hardest By COVID-19

Brooklyn Relief Kitchen Feeds Those Hit Hardest By COVID-19

Meals ready for distribution. Courtesy of Paul Carney.Andy Wandzilak can’t not feed people. Former co-owner of Two Boots
5 min read
May
29
An Assembly Woman In Action: Mathylde Frontus On Giving Back & Finding Hope

An Assembly Woman In Action: Mathylde Frontus On Giving Back & Finding Hope

Assembly Member Mathylde Frontus and volunteers help distribute meals to seniors in Coney Island. (Photo via Rathkopf Photography, [https://www.
6 min read
May
21
Feeding The City, One Meal At A Time

Feeding The City, One Meal At A Time

When the COVID-19 pandemic started, the City knew that feeding those in need was going to have to be a
6 min read
May
15
Together For A Cause

Together For A Cause

Feeding First Responders Press Conference with Coalition Partners. via Steven Saperstein.In early March, it became apparent that COVID-19 was
3 min read
Apr
23
Solidarity, Not Charity – Flatbush United Mutual Aid

Solidarity, Not Charity – Flatbush United Mutual Aid

Volunteers Christina Das and John Wasserman volunteering with People in Need. Courtesy of Nowshin Ali.New mutual aid groups, grassroots
4 min read