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Bed-Stuy School Helps Students in Shelters With Free Laundry ... And a Comfort Dog

Bed-Stuy School Helps Students in Shelters With Free Laundry ... And a Comfort Dog

At a Bed-Stuy school where about one-third of students live in a shelter, staff help kids by washing their laundry, walking them to school and even getting a school comfort dog. Now the school needs help with a new dryer.
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BK’s Substance Abuse Treatment Centers Get $2.2M From Funds Acquired by Fraudulent Canarsie Charity

BK’s Substance Abuse Treatment Centers Get $2.2M From Funds Acquired by Fraudulent Canarsie Charity

Attorney General Letitia James and the Brooklyn Community Foundation has given the money to 10 community-based organizations to fund substance treatment programs and harm reduction services
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Soul2Soulz Is Using Filmmaking to Empower Underserved Brooklyn Youth

Soul2Soulz Is Using Filmmaking to Empower Underserved Brooklyn Youth

Nicole “Soul” Creary founded Soul2Soulz to engage, enlighten, energize and empower youth to live up to their full potential
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The After School Program Building BK Girls' Confidence, Decision-Making Skills

The After School Program Building BK Girls' Confidence, Decision-Making Skills

Girls on the Run NYC combines physical fitness activities with life skills lessons, building up to girls doing a 5km run and a community project
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Brooklyn Teachers, Parent Advocates Weigh In on Mayoral Control of Public Schools

Brooklyn Teachers, Parent Advocates Weigh In on Mayoral Control of Public Schools

Brooklyn's educators and parent advocates are torn on the future of mayoral control, which is up for review by the State Legislature.
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A Recipe for Fighting Food Insecurity Is Being Served at This Bushwick School

A Recipe for Fighting Food Insecurity Is Being Served at This Bushwick School

Bushwick’s P.S. 151K works with City Harvest and Brighter Bites to bring free food, and recipes for how to use it, to families and neighbors
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Apolline's Garden Gets Green Light, in Remembrance of Baby Killed in Wrong-Way Crash

The garden will go ahead, despite pushback from some residents over the loss of 6-8 parking spots
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Crown Heights’ United Lubavitch Yeshiva to Undergo Major Expansion, 5 Story Addition

Crown Heights’ United Lubavitch Yeshiva to Undergo Major Expansion, 5 Story Addition

United Lubavitch Yeshiva of Crown Heights has unveiled plans for a major building expansion
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PHOTOS: BK Social Justice Nonprofits Celebrated at Spark Prize Breakfast

PHOTOS: BK Social Justice Nonprofits Celebrated at Spark Prize Breakfast

Brooklyn Community Foundation honored the five winners of the 2022 Spark Prize with a celebratory breakfast
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East NY Land Trust Targets 18 Vacant City-Owned Properties For Community Ownership

East NY Land Trust Targets 18 Vacant City-Owned Properties For Community Ownership

The grassroots organization calls on City officials to transfer the lots for community self-determination.
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