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Now in its eighth year, the Syrian crisis has left more than 500,000 dead. There are 5.6 million Syrian refugees registered in neighboring countries; and 6.6 million internally displaced people. One of the most brutal aspects of the crisis has been the deliberate targeting of the medical infrastructure — the bombing of hospitals and killing of doctors. The disruption of Syria’s healthcare system has had disastrous impact on the most vulnerable members of the population — women and young children.…

ONE BLOCK is a non-profit, formed this summer in response to the massive cuts to the Department of Sanitation budget. Upper West Side residents commit to clean their block or side streets 1 or 2 days a week, and there are weekly group cleanups as well. Through donations, ONE BLOCK also pays for 3 ACE Programs for the Homeless employees to clean Amsterdam, Broadway, and Columbus Avenue 5 days a week. DETAILS ARE AS FOLLOWS: Warmly dressed volunteers should meet…

Join your fellow Ansche Chesed members and One Block to participate in direct action that supports our community. We will gather outside of Ansche Chesed on 100th Street and West End Avenue, and break into groups to take responsibility for the beauty of our local community, one block at a time. The details: Bags and gloves will be provided to you You will bag as much garbage as you can (not twigs or leaves) and place it next to the existing trash bins.…

Do you want to help our neighbors at St. Paul and St. Andrew bake and package 700 dozen cookies for Goddard Riverside’s Community Thanksgiving meal? Goddard will serve 1400 to-go meals that day to our neighbors, and we are helping with dessert! You can sign up by the dozen. Please package your homemade goodies in individual sandwich bags. Each bag should have 5-6 sturdy cookies for travel. When they’re all baked and packaged, you can drop them off at the church (263 W 86th St, New…