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NY Cares Day: Meet Alfred

Tammy — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 04:23:05 +0000

I forgot how fun it is to paint, especially when you’re bringing cartoony characters to life on the blah walls of an elementary school cafeteria. This Saturday, Leah and I painted murals at PS84, an arts school in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, for NY Cares Day. 8,000 New Yorkers came out to spruce up schools around the city. There was a huge team effort at PS84, led by my wonderful co-worker Gloria and her boyfriend, Sam. Leah and I can take credit for bringing this creature to life - I surmise he was a cross between a goose and a moose? We declared him Alfred.

: Alfred, keeping watch over the lunchroom

To get involved with NY Cares, click here for Upcoming Events. I bet you’ll be surprised at the variety of opportunities that exist. Next weekend, if you’re free and feeling festive, you can even guide kids through a “haunted” walk at Prospect Park.

So go out and volunteer! It’s even more fun when you’re not doing it for the sake of your college applications.

New York Cares Day Update

recklesley — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:05:34 +0000

As I mentioned in a previous post, Team Brooklyn Skeptic is going to revitalize the shit out of a Brooklyn school on New York Cares Day. And after a fine day of painting murals and hop scotch courts, organizing libraries and gardening, we’re going to get down with our bad selves at the after party.

You want to get involved? Great. There are two choices.

1. Join Brooklyn Skeptic! We cordially invite all of our readers and friends to join us as we give a little back to our fine borough after consistently ripping it a new one.

New York Cares Day
Saturday, October 20, 2007
9:30 AM – 3:30 PM
A Brooklyn Public School

Once you sign up, we’ll email you the details of our assigned volunteer site (in Crown Heights, Brooklyn), the after party, and all of the other pertinent details. If you think you might want to sign up, but you have questions, email us!

2. Make a donation! Donations made in honor of Brooklyn Skeptic’s team will go directly to New York Cares, an organization that coordinates ongoing volunteer projects that help over 335,000 disadvantaged New Yorkers every year. To make a contribution, go to our team page and follow the instructions there.

Okay, back to the irony!

Brooklyn Skeptic Cares

recklesley — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 19:41:35 +0000

Sure, there’s plenty of talk around here about drinking and carousing and causing a ruckus. But really, there’s nothing Brooklyn Skeptic loves more than Brooklyn. And we know for a fact that you love Brooklyn, too. So here is how you can prove your love and give a little back to the borough of your dreams.

Join Team Brooklyn Skeptic on New York Cares Day as we revitalize a public school in Brooklyn!

New York Cares Day
Saturday, October 20, 2007
9:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Location TBD

Volunteer with us by clicking here and then selecting “Join our Team.” We’ll keep you posted about our assigned site and the famous after party as soon as we hear. And did I mention free tee shirts? They’re so hot right now.