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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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10 people are interested
Spring Planting at the Hegeman
ORGANIZATION: Breaking Ground
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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10 people are interested
On Thursday, May 16th, we will need up to 15 volunteers to help us with a gardening project for our residents at the Hegeman, a residence in Brownsville, Brooklyn for formerly street homeless adults.
Volunteers for this event will help us to continue to provide our residents with beautiful living spaces both inside and out. Be prepared to get your hands dirty, as we plan on and need help changing the soil, digging up many pounds of soil in 6 beds, bagging the old dirt up, and then replacing it, all to take place before the actual planting. 10-15 volunteers for this event are needed.
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About Breaking Ground
Location:
505 8th Avenue, New York, NY 10018, US
Mission Statement
Breaking Ground’s mission is to strengthen individuals, families and communities by developing and sustaining exceptional supportive and affordable housing as well as programs for homeless and other vulnerable New Yorkers.
Description
At Breaking Ground, we believe that everyone deserves a home.
That’s why, since 1990, we have been providing permanent affordable housing for individuals and families who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.
Beginning with a single building, we are now New York City’s largest provider of supportive housing. We own and/or operate 24 properties with over 3,530 apartments in New York City and beyond.
- For chronically homeless people, we create safe, secure housing with essential on-site support services to help them address the psychosocial, mental, and physical health problems that are obstacles to independent living.
- For those at risk of homelessness, our affordable housing provides an all-important safety net.
Our work has enabled more than 13,000 people to overcome or avoid homelessness since 1990, and we increase that number every single day. At the start of 2016, we have nearly 1,000 units of housing in various stages of development in the Bronx and Brooklyn, and are significantly expanding our Street to Home homelessness outreach program so that we can offer help to every single homeless person we meet.
CAUSE AREAS
Homeless & Housing
WHEN
Thu May 16, 2019
01:00 PM - 05:00 PM
WHERE
39 Hegeman AvenueBrooklyn, NY 11211
(40.7119 ,-73.953 )
DATE POSTED
May 9, 2019
SKILLS
- Gardening
- People Skills
- Project Management
GOOD FOR
- Public Groups
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 18