Pantry Helps Hungry Help Others
The West Side Campaign Against Hunger food pantry uses a customer-cooperative model under which clients volunteer to help run the supermarket-style operation.
Place: Manhattan
The Clothing Store That Covered NY
After a massive promotional campaign that plastered city streets, subways and newspapers with ads, fashion retailer Uniqlo opened its third New York store.
via DNAinfo.com
Cancer Survivors Find Solace in Yoga
The Om Yoga Center features special classes for women who have battled breast cancer.
Finance in the Forefront
The Society of American Business Writers and Editors returned to the CUNY G…
Health Care Help for Occupy Wall St.
A cadre of 20 volunteers from the medical field is working around the clock to serve protesters in the encampment at Zuccotti Park.
New Tutors Tapped to Help City Kids
More than 250 members were inducted into City Year Corps, which offers tutoring and mentoring services for students in low-performing schools.
Marking Burial Ground’s Unearthing
A week-long celebration at the African Burial Ground in Lower Manhattan commemorated the 20th anniversary of the 300-year-old cemetery's rediscovery.
via New York Daily News
Little Leaguers’ Endless Summer
The Victor Lebron Little League in Washington Heights runs year around to keep kids playing ball – and off the streets.