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A student gardens at Cinema School in the Bronx.

Metro Giving: Help children grow gardens

You could help children grow their own vegetables during class.

Posted in Local, Money
Tagged earth day, local, metro giving
A City Harvest worker unloads a truck of donated food.

Metro Giving: Collecting cans to feed the hungry

The holiday season is often associated with plentiful meals. For too
many in New York, though, getting food is a daily struggle.

Posted in Local, Money
Tagged metro giving
Bill Ayres, right, stands with musician Harry Chapin and activist Joan Gussow in this 1978 photo.

Metro Giving: Rocking out to feed New York City’s hungry

Bill Ayres is fighting hunger with a little help from his friends. But
he needs your help, too.

Posted in Local, Money
Tagged metro giving
A class of survivors.

Metro Giving: Fight cancer one breath at a time

Yoga studios may be as ubiquitous as coffee shops in New York City, but
finding a class specifically tailored to cancer patients and survivors
is not so easy.

Posted in Local, Money
Tagged metro giving
Patients and their families aboard “The Black Watch” as it rounds Manhattan last week.

Cancer patients get a lesson in smooth sailing

When it comes to treating cancer, a day of carefree fun can be just what the doctor ordered.

Posted in Local, Money
Tagged cancer, metro giving
Family of survivors: Lisa Fusco, second from right, stands with her family, from left to right: Husband Eugene Fusco, father Michael Vernale, mother Barbara Vernale, and brothers Anthony and Michael Vernale, after the Komen Greater NYC Race for the Cure on Sept. 18 in Central Park.

Metro giving: Family fights cancer together

As October marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the disease is
unfortunately something all too familiar to Queens resident Lisa Fusco.

Posted in Local, Money
Tagged charity, metro giving
A volunteer loads up backpacks last year at the Lexington Avenue Armory.

Military kids get school supplies

Afghanistan war veteran Larry Rivera has four children under the age of
eight and three of them brought home multipage lists of school supplies
last year.

Posted in Local, Money
Tagged metro giving
Midtown resident Victor Holguin recovers after surgery after he gave his kidney to a stranger.

Metro Giving: One kidney donation leads to many more

Victor Holguin wanted to save one life but he had no idea he would end
up saving 16.

Posted in Local, Money
Tagged metro giving

Metro Giving: Brightening the bedroom and soul

Queens woman warms up bedrooms for the severely impaired.

Posted in Local, Money
Tagged metro giving
Rikki Appleman just finished radiation therapy.

Metro Giving: Beauty in a time of illness

For the past 10 years, Ramy Gafni has taught classes at CancerCare on Seventh
Avenue. He provides free wigs and makeup consultations for women
battling the disease.

Posted in Local, Money
Tagged metro giving
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