Help clean up Coney Island and you can get a free ride
Coney Island's clean-up effort in the wake of Hurricane Sandy has been intense, but there's still more to do. This…
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Brooklyn needs you for ride shares!
Do you have a car and want to help out? Are you heading to areas like Sheepshead Bay or Coney…
Brooklyn kids read for rights of girls in Pakistan
Although it's easy to focus on Brooklyn and the problems we're facing in the aftermath of Sandy, other terrible injustices…
Update: Prospect & McCarren now recruiting cleanup volunteers
Parks remain officially closed by the NYC Department of Parks & Recreation (every time I type that I have a…
Get running to volunteer at the NYC Marathon this Sunday
Controversy is swirling around the city over the Mayor's decision to proceed with the ING NYC Marathon as planned on…
How you can help flooded Red Hook recover from Sandy
Local news is focusing on Breezy Point (justifiably) and dark and flooded lower Manhattan, but Red Hook took a really…
Prospect Park still closed; don’t go jogging or leading your own cleanup
The sun is shining, it's a beautiful, mild, crisp fall day, and we know you are itching to get back…
11 years later, let’s never take being a New Yorker for granted
Ten years ago today I came to the city with a crew from my college newspaper to report on the…
Hey frugal foodies: Volunteer for TASTE to eat and drink for free
As if the central theme of most of our lives here in Brooklyn was not constant indulgence of our hunger…
Apply now to volunteer at Fall Fashion Week 2012
Aspiring to a career in the fashion industry? If you're willing and able to work hard, for free, in 4…