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New York Cares Day

22 Oct

October 23rd is New York Cares Day, when 7,000 volunteers will be sent to all 5 boroughs to paint murals and classrooms, organize libraries, and brighten up playgrounds at 100 public schools. The work done on this one day will be worth $1 million in service to the New York City public school system. Have you signed up yet? There’s still time! If you’d like to volunteer, go to the New York Cares office (214 West 29th Street, between 7th and 8th Avenues) by 8:30 a.m. on Saturday the 23rd to register and take a bus to a site in need of volunteers. The bus will return to the office by 4:00 p.m. If you are looking to join a specific team, please contact your team leader for details. You will be required to pay the $20 registration fee when you arrive.

There’s still room on Team Give and Get NYC, who will be out in Bushwick, Brooklyn painting line games and murals and lots of other fun things! Email me (info@giveandgetnyc.com) or sign up online by clicking here. If you can’t make it out but still want to contribute, you can make an online donation here.

It’s My Park Day

22 Oct

Ocotber 23rd is It’s My Park Day, so get out there and give a little back to your favorite park. Throughout the city, New Yorkers will be chipping in to clean up and help maintain their parks and playgrounds. Below are some links to help you find a park near you-strap on those boots and get rakin’!

 

NYC Parks and Recreation Department

Partnership for Parks

MillionTreesNYC

 

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NYC Walk to Beat Lung Cancer

22 Oct

On Sunday October 24th, head to Battery Park downtown to show your support for the fight against Lung Cancer. LUNGevity, a 501 (c)(3) organization founded ten years ago by seven lung cancer patients, has become one of the fastest growing charities funding research into the detection, treatment, and cure of lung cancer.. Here are some more important facts about LUNGevity:

• LUNGevity was awarded Charity Navigator’s perfect four-star rating for sound fiscal management in 2009.

• Every dollar that LUNGevity Foundation spends on research is doubled by our granting partnerships with the American Cancer Society, American Lung Association, and other organizations.

• Since its inception in November 2000, LUNGevity has committed to co-funding more 70 studies, worth more than $8 million, in innovative lung cancer research projects at the foremost cancer institutions in America.

• In 2009, LUNGevity funded more than twice the number of new research studies as any other lung cancer organization.

• LUNGevity Foundation benefits from more than 50 events across the country, all of which are initiated and implemented by volunteers. We fund hope together with more than 20,000 participants from all over the US.

This event will take place rain or shine! The first 1,000 registrants will receive a tote bag and t-shirt.

(Meet in front of Battery Gardens Restaurant)

For more information visit the event website: http://events.lungevity.org/site/TR?fr_id=2520&pg=entry

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Cocktails for a Cause

24 Sep

Let me preface this post with the following: Unlimited chocolates and an open bar=must attend.

Head to the Benrimon Gallery on October 2nd and have a drink for charity! Cocktails for a Cause and Unite With In Motion are hosting an evening of tastey chocolates and refreshing alcoholic beverages, as well as a viewing of the SHAY KUN: Exfoliation exhibition (and special guest appearance by the artist himself!)

Guests will be able to sample chocolates from Chocolate for Change, The Cocoa Bar, and Gnosis Chocolate among others. Nuvo will be offering refreshing cocktails and a selection of wine will also be available.

Tickets are $25 in advance or $35 at the door. Tickets can be purchased and donations can be made @ www.UnitewithInMotion.org/donate.html

Your night of cocktails and chocolate will benefit Unite With In Motion, a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide children from under-served communities with an opportunity to be creative, confident and inspired. They accomplish this goal by bringing performing arts programs to these children at no cost to their families.

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Press Release: Paddle For Our Planet!

20 Sep

For Immediate Release

New York, NY — September 20, 2010

On September 25th, 2010, offManhattan.com, the New Yorker’s Green! Travel Guide, will be holding the first annual Paddle for Our Planet (POP!) charity kayaking event. Paddle for Our Planet’s mission is to promote awareness and provide support to various Earth-friendly causes each year, while getting New Yorkers off the island, into kayaks and out on the water. offManhattan is proud to be partnering with Manhattan Kayak, which has generously donated a number of their single and double kayaks, and Outdoor Bound, which will be providing the guides for our trip. For this year’s event, a team of 27 will be kayaking an eight-mile trip along the Hudson River.

In light of the BP oil spill in April, and the disastrous effects it is still having on wildlife—every species from pelicans to turtles to fish and dolphins—proceeds will be going to the National Wildlife Federation, to support their relief efforts in the Gulf. CNN.com reports that 3,634 dead birds have been collected so far. POP! will use the donations to help such wildlife as the oil-ravaged birds and restore the fragile ecosystem in the Gulf before it’s too late. Participants are responsible for helping raise funds for the cause, and it is estimated that over $5,000 will be raised for this first annual event.

In addition to the kayaking event, Paddle for Our Planet is also hosting a benefit this Wednesday, September 22nd, from 8pm to 11pm, at POLAR (201 East 24 Street at 3rd Ave). Attendees donating $20 will receive a complimentary drink and entrance into the raffle; prizes include a getaway to Crystal Springs Resort, a Whitewater Rafting trip on the Lehigh River, Brewed in Brooklyn tour tickets, and round trip travel on Megabus to various East Coast destinations. If you cannot attend, donations are appreciated, and can be made on Paddle for Our Planet’s donation page.

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