Jun. 25, 2024 By Jada Camille
Please don’t stop the music!
Facing closure, Brooklyn Music School launches urgent fundraising effort and benefit concert
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‘Dumbo Drop’ delights: Toy elephants take flight over Brooklyn for school fundraiser
Jun. 4, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann
Hundreds flocked to the annual “Dumbo Drop” on Washington Street between Front and Water streets on Friday to cheer on thousands of flying toy elephants parachuting from the buildings lining Brooklyn’s most picturesque street.
Local woman raises money to save alma mater from closure as Brooklyn’s Catholic schools struggle with enrollment
May. 29, 2024 By Jada Camille
Catholic academies in Brooklyn may be edging closer to extinction, with at least three Catholic schools set to close permanently at the end of this year.
Locals raise money to cover funeral costs of twin fatally stabbed outside Park Slope deli
Mar. 22, 2024 By Adam Daly
New Yorkers have come together to raise thousands of dollars to cover the funeral costs of the 19-year-old woman stabbed to death outside a Park Slope bodega on Sunday.
Decade of dedication: Gravesend teacher honors late colleague with ongoing fundraiser for special needs students
Feb. 22, 2024 By Isabel Song Beer
For the last 10 years, adaptive physical education teacher Michael Gross has fundraised for his students — all to memorialize a fellow educator who went above and beyond for his kids before his tragic passing.
Newly-engaged Bensonhurst couple start GoFundMe after apartment fire
Jan. 10, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
A newly-engaged Brooklyn couple are raising money after a fire destroyed their Bensonhurst apartment the same day they got engaged.
Longtime Brooklyn gamer looking to open board game cafe in Dyker Heights
Jan. 3, 2024 By Ximena Del Cerro As a teenager in the early 2000s, Stephen Fontana grew up saving some of his lunch money to be able to buy board games and play cards at Gamers Illusions, a small two-table storefront in his neighborhood of Dyker Heights. Even though the gaming hub was always full…
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Clinton Hill restauranteurs united by breast cancer journeys raise money and awareness
Oct. 19, 2023 By Augostina Mallous
In the sterile halls of the Perlmutter Cancer Center, one woman’s heart raced as she faced an all-too-familiar dread.
Breast cancer survivors celebrate life at Maimonides’ 10th annual Pink Runway
Oct. 10, 2023 By Jada Camille
Maimonides Medical Center raised more than $500,000 for its Breast Cancer Center at the 10th annual Pink Runway Fashion Show last week.
Over $100k raised for children critically injured in Sunset Park hammer attack that left mother dead
Aug. 28, 2023 By Adam Daly
Generous Brooklynites have raised over $100,000 for the children who survived a horrific hammer attack at their Sunset Park home that left their mother dead.