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Fountain House is Sponsoring Camaraderie - A Safe Place
for Veterans to Build and Have Community. Starting on
lucky Friday, April 13th at 5PM, Fountain House will
open its doors to veterans and active personnel of Iraq,
Afghanistan and the Gulf eras. Key Purposes - To have a
place as follows: 1. Where veterans come to meet and
talk with each other; 2. Where veterans cook and eat
together; 3. Where veterans are part of the solution; 4.
Where veterans can receive anonymous and free of charge
mental health support ; 5. Where healing of invisible wounds
is possible through self-help, peer support and camaraderie;
and, 6. That veterans can call HOME. Join them and help
support you in creating a camaraderie amongst the veteran
and active service community. They will be serving food,
so kindly RSVP at
jrivera@fountainhouse.org so that they can plan
accordingly...
Sound the Alarm. Save a Life - American Red
Cross In Greater New York Region American Red Cross made
over 25,000 homes safer and together with volunteers across
the country they have
saved over 159 lives. This year, from April 28th – May
12th, we will install 1,000 smoke alarms in our great
Borough of the Bronx. We are counting on residents like
you to help us achieve this major milestone! Here is how
you can help. Volunteer to help Sound the Alarm. Save a
Life Registration is open
online here...
Animal Care
Centers of NYC New York pets are a special breed. Like
us, they're a mix in the melting pot, both in their
personalities and their backgrounds. That's why every ACC
pet, like every New Yorker, is their own, unique and extra
special breed. They are a "borough" breed. Here
are upcoming Bronx adoption events:
April 22nd, 12-4pm
42nd
Precinct Mobile Adoption Event
E 169th St & Boston Rd, Bronx, NY 10456
April 28th, 12-4pm
City Island Library
320
City Island Ave Bronx NY, 10464
April 29th, 12-4pm
Popcorn Pawz Riverdale
3700 Riverdale Ave, Bronx, NY 10463
click here for all the boroughs.
Recycled Yarn Monsters Saturday | May 5th |
2:00-4:00pm. Want to learn how to use up all of your
leftover or unwanted tiny yarn balls to create fun toys for
the family. Join Sajata-E as she instructs how to use
these bits and pieces to make awesome yarn monsters for your
crafty crew. All materials are included. This class is
free to the public. Owen Dolan Rec Center, 2551 Westchester
Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461. Admission is free, but RSVP is
required here...
The Bronx
Council on the Arts’ Longwood Arts Gallery @ Hostos is
looking for original, thought-provoking submissions by Bronx
visual artists
whose works are influenced, inspired,
have been created to respond to, or revolve around issues of
voluntary and involuntary exile, immigration, asylum
seeking, refugee status and statelessness.
DEADLINE: MAY 11th, 2018 | 11:59pm,
SUBMIT HERE...
Bronx Senior Resource Guide is online!
click here for full brochure...If you have any
questions, please contact Larcenia Walton, Director of
Senior Services, at 718- 590-6248 or you may email
her at lwalton@bronxbp.nyc.gov.
CaringKind
providing services to all five boroughs.
Are you caring for a family member or friend who has
dementia? Have you
been diagnosed with dementia or Alzheimer’s? Fridays at
Mosholu Montefiore Community Center (MMCC), 3450 DeKalb
Avenue, Bronx. Please call them at 646-744-2900.
Flyer here...
Artists are
invited to apply to the Community Commissions open
call.
DOT Art partners with community-based, nonprofit
organizations and professional artists to present temporary
public art on DOT property for up to 11 months. Artists
transform streets from ordinary to extraordinary with
colorful murals, dynamic projections and eye-catching
sculptures. Sidewalks, fences, triangles, medians, bridges,
jersey barriers, step streets and public plazas serve as
canvases and foundations for art. Projects are presented
within four program tracks: Arterventions, Art Display Case
Exhibits, Barrier Beautification, and Community Commissions.
Special Projects are also produced throughout the year.
Read more...
What's
happening in your
 neighborhood?
Visit your
Community Board
for monthly minutes, meeting dates, and Community
Events, Read the letter from
Bronx Borough President, Ruben Diaz Jr.,
explaining how important the Community Boards are to
serving our
neighborhoods.
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You served us! The Bronx Vet Center serves you with free
classes, coaching and more!
Click here...
The
Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum presents Go Fly a Kite on April
22 from 12:00 - 3:00 PM.
Celebrate Earth Day the BPMM way by crafting a one-of-a-kind
kite using recycled materials, willow branches, and
newspapers. Come be a part of the celebration and experiment
with wind directions and elevations on the front lawn of the
mansion.
Register here....
Mayor de Blasio announced funding for a new youth court in the Bronx,
which will train young people to serve as jurors, judges and
attorneys as well as to adjudicate real-life cases
involving their peers.
More here...
Out of the Woods: Celebrating Trees in Public Gardens: The Third
New York Botanical Garden Triennial through April 22, 2018. 10
AM. – 6 PM. Out of the Woods
is the third of NYBG’s triennial exhibitions with the
American Society of Botanical Artists, which is
headquartered here at the Garden. Forty-two selected
artworks capture strikingly detailed images of trees,
all of them cultivated in public gardens and arboreta
throughout the U.S.–including at NYBG– and around the world.
Read more...
Bronx River
Art Center Spring Art Workshops will be held from
April 21st through June 9th. There will be 2 classes
each
Saturday, one for for ages 6-12 and one for for
Teens/Adults.
Sign up here...
VISIONS
Golf & Tennis Charity Event 2018 - TUESDAY, MAY 22,
2018 CELEBRITY GUEST: TIM TEUFEL. An ambassador with the
New York Mets and played for them. He is a well known sports
enthusiast. All proceeds benefit VISIONS Center on
Blindness. At Fairview Country Club, 1241 King
Street, Greenwich, CT 06831, (203) 531-6200. To sign up
online just
click here......
provides
energy savings
and rebates for your
home
or business.
What's Happening
in the Bronx?
CLICK HERE...
Bronxites...Emergency
Blood Donor Effort: EMERGENCY NEED!
Please donate at a blood drive to help kids and
others. For more information and to search for Bronx and NYC
Metro locations
click here...
Grow Your Business with BOEDC. Bronx based
small businesses and local entrepreneurs of all sizes and
sectors are able to receive a boost of $2,000 to $50,000
with help from the
Bronx Revolving Loan Fund
Loans can be used as
working capital, for the purchase of machinery or equipment,
inventory and accounts receivable.
 The
Continuing Education & Workforce Development Department
at Hostos Community College
offers educational,career, and personal
development
opportunities designed to address the
needs of the South Bronx, Bronx, and
Upper Manhattan communities.
Read more..
Reminisce with Bronx Historian, Bill Twomey:
Do You Remember?
Bronx
Nonprofit Looking for Volunteers: Masa invites you to
build a brighter future for the children of the South Bronx,
By tutoring for two hours a week you can be a part of the
change. Join them in transforming communities through
education —one family, one child at a time. They are
seeking dedicated volunteers to provide tutoring and
homework help to elementary, middle-school and/or
high-school students at our South Bronx community center.
For Details on Masa's After-school Program, Volunteering and
Requirements
click here...
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