volunteering

NYC's inaugural Panorama music festival is this weekend (July 22-24) on Randall's Island with Arcade Fire, Kendrick Lamar, LCD Soundsystem, The National, Sufjan Stevens, Broken Social Scene, and more. Tickets are still available, but you can also (kind of) get in for free by volunteering...

HOW TO HELP OCCUPY SANDY ON THANKSGIVING DAY 1. Drop off food supplies - Please take food supplies to the kitchen at St. Johns (located at 9818 Fort Hamilton Parkway), any time between 8am, Wednesday morning until 6pm, Thursday evening...

No more shelter at the Park Slope Amory. DNA Info reports:The Hurricane Sandy evacuees that were staying at the Park Slope Armory YMCA have moved out of the building and it will reopen soon to YMCA members -- but officials don't know exactly when...

I've tweeted a lot about this over the past two weeks, and mentioned it in some posts, but one easy place to help out for residents of Park Slope, Windsor Terrace and the surrounding areas is at the Park Slope Armory shelter (usually a YMCA) which is located on 15th Street between 7th & 8th (in Brooklyn, you can't miss it)...

The Rockaways, post-Sandy (more by Gretchen Robinette) THIS IS HAPPENING SATURDAY:Join We Care NYC, Reshma Saujani and our partners: Google, John Legend, New York Tech Meetup, Viacommunity, Uber, Popchips, Flavorpill, Enstitute, Levo League, Press Play Productions, Pencils of Promise, Agent of Change, LocalResponse, PlumAlley...

UPDATE FROM TODAY 11/8: I have spent the better part of four days volunteering with Hurricane Sandy victims in Coney Island. I am working with Occupy Sandy AND the Presidents of the Coney Island Houses and the Odwire Houses...

The Staten Island Advance reports:Tom Lacey has posted a simple message on the front door of his storm-gutted Great Kills home -- "If you are found here tonight, you will be found here tomorrow...