Bring spring faster, sign up to help clean up Brooklyn Bridge Park
We're struggling through (what we hope is) the last dregs of winter. It is, after all, March. Still, once warmer…
Category: Community
Join in the worldwide effort to knit tiny sweaters for adorable tiny penguins
Ahoy all you nifty, thrifty knitters out there; donating fashionable sweaters for penguins in Australia is currently in session! If…
Help save a Crown Heights community garden from demolition this weekend
Roger That Garden Project needs your help, now. The beloved half-acre community garden in Crown Heights (whose creation through a combination…
Drink beer and eat burritos in Bed-Stuy for charity Saturday
Beer is great. Burritos are great. Brooklynites are charitable folks with great hearts. Why not combine them for the good…
Where to volunteer for the holiday season this year
It’s easy to get sucked into a holiday spending bubble, especially when bombarded with shiny knick-knacks and long gift lists.…
Grab some canned goods to give to the Brooklyn Eats Cares food drive
It can be hard to remember sometimes, but the holiday season is about more than buying crap for your friends…
Sandy’s gone, but the volunteer opportunities aren’t
A year after Superstorm Sandy struck the East Coast, many areas of New York and New Jersey are still struggling…
Help the Brooklyn Bike Patrol’s Jay Ruiz with his medical bills
No good deed goes unpunished, as the saying goes. Especially when that good deed is devoting yourself to getting people…
New book of Sandy pictures will donate all royalties to Occupy Sandy
One thing that came out of Sandy, aside from the life lesson that you can count on your neighbors and…
Stephen Levin is looking for people to help him spend some dough
If you'll recall, city council member and brunch ally Stephen Levin previously made news for opening up the city's budgeting…