Tag: acts-of-kindness

Hundreds lend a hand across borough for Brooklyn Org Volunteer Day

Brooklyn Org Volunteer Day 2025

Apr. 29, 2025 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil Talk about backing Brooklyn! More than 250 volunteers came together on Saturday for the second annual Brooklyn Org Volunteer Day — a borough-wide celebration of community service that mobilized residents to support 15 family-friendly activities across 11 locations. Organized by Brooklyn Org in partnership with a dozen…

Bed-Stuy man fights food insecurity with free front yard community fridge

A civil rights lawyer by trade, Keegan Stephan started the community fridge to help out his neighbors

Mar. 28, 2025 By Adam Daly A Bed-Stuy man is helping combat food insecurity and food waste in his neighborhood by offering fresh produce to anyone in need from the “community fridge” in his front yard. The Pulaski St. Community Fridge has been operational for over a week now and is already seeing steady…

Red Hook school rallies to support migrant families amid housing crisis

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Jan. 14, 2025 By Lauren Rapp Educators at Patrick F. Daly P.S. 15 in Red Hook are urging the community to step up and support 20 migrant families whose children have enrolled at the school amid New York City’s ongoing migrant crisis. P.S. 15, a small 3K through fifth grade elementary school on Sullivan…