Volunteer Garden Clean-Up Day Saturday, March 12, 10 a.m.–1 p.m. Roll up your sleeves and don your gardening gloves to help make the grounds beautiful again after winter’s weather. Rain date Sunday, March 13. Registration requested: 718-885-1461 or via email at [email protected] Free. Smithsonian Museum Day Live! Celebrating Women’s History Month Saturday, March 12, 12–4 p.m. Thematic tours hourly from 12:15 p.m. The 19th century was an era of
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Happy New Year! We are so excited to enter another year here in the Bronx and see what is in store for us. If getting more involved in your community is on your list of resolutions this year, connecting with your local Community Board is a great place to start. In fact, many of the Bronx community boards have Facebook pages that makes staying informed and involved even easier. Let
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Thanksgiving reminds us all to appreciate what we have, and to help others who are in a time of need. Below is a list of turkey giveaways and a list of volunteer opportunities. Please let us know of any we are missing and we will add to the list. Turkey Giveaways 6th Annual Turkey Giveaway Saturday November 21. 2015 @ 9am ~ St James Park – Bronx, NY
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Registration is open for two summer intensives that allow middle school students to explore New York City’s green spaces and waterways. Both programs are free but require submitting an online application for enrollment. Space is limited. COASTAL CLASSROOM FREE SUMMER INSTITUTE Based at Kaiser Park, Coney Island, this five-week summer intensive offers a wide-range of hands-on opportunities and field experiences designed to explore diverse aquatic habitats throughout New York City. Learn
APRIL All events to take place at Bartow-Pell unless otherwise noted. First Friday! Music Friday, April 3, 5:30–8:30 p.m. Back by popular demand, folk band Hawthorne featuring the talented Nat Osborn, Aimee Bayles, Stu Mahan, and Karna Ray, opens the 2015 First Friday season. Enjoy the music, explore the mansion, stroll the garden, and savor light refreshments. Then hop on the free Bronx Seaside Trolley for a ride to
DATE: Volunteer opportunities May through November 2015 LOCATION: Locations Citywide DETAILS: Volunteers will help map and record critical information about individual trees on each and every city block. In all boroughs, we’ll be hosting mapping events where volunteers can band together to do this important work. The data will help to create a citywide street map to guide planning decisions and inform future planting and stewardship efforts to ensure equitable distribution of trees
BRONX CHILDREN’S MUSEUM EDUCATORS The Bronx Children’s Museum is seeking talented educators to guide children through our mobile exhibit “Rivers on the Go!” The exhibit is housed in the Bronx Children’s Museum bus that travels to schools, community organizations, and shelters within the South Bronx. The educators would travel to these locations and guide children between the ages of 4-8 years old to learn about the natural wildlife located
Chestnut Holdings partners with The Bronx is Blooming and The NYC Department of Parks and Rec to beautify and restore Claremont Park for the Bronx community. Enjoy a great day of bulb planting, tree stewardship, flowerbed restoration and community relation activities including: · Health screenings courtesy of Bronx Lebanon Hospital · Bicycle safety course presented by the New York Police Department · Library card enrollment listing with the New York Public Library · Complimentary
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