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Free maid service for cancer chemo patients

If you know any woman currently undergoing chemotherapy, please pass the word to her that there is a cleaning service that provides FREE  housecleaning and maid service once per month for four months while she is in treatment. All she has to do is sign up and have her doctor fax a  note [...]

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Free maid service for cancer chemo patients

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If you know any woman currently undergoing chemotherapy, please pass the word to her that there is a cleaning service that provides FREE  housecleaning and maid service once per month for four months while she is in treatment. All she has to do is sign up and have her doctor fax a  [...]

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Walk or run for your favorite charity on Sunday, May 15th

Posted by Evelyn Kanter

One of the most popular types of charity fund-raisers is the mini-marathon or long walkathon.  There are several in New York City on Sundaythis weekend, all for good causes.  Grab your sneakers start stretching.

Aids Walk New York — this is the 26th annual event, to raise money for AIDS [...]

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NYC Green Auction Supports Central Park and Other Eco Charities

Celebrate spring and the environment by joining the second annual Green Auction, and bid on ‘bucket list’ vacations and experiences, including a trip to Patagonia, spending the day with former President Bill Clinton, eating your way through NYC and Paris with world-renowned chef Alain Ducasse, and fllying somewhere with Harrison Ford as your pilot [...]

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Donate to NYC’s Japan Society Earthquake Relief Fund

Donate to NYC's Japan Society Earthquake Relief Fund. Photo courtesy CNBC

New York City’s own Japan Society has created a special disaster relief fund for the victims of last week’s horrific earthquake and tsunamis.  You can make a donation online by clicking on the Japan Society Japan Earthquake Relief Fund page, or send [...]

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Free Maid Service for Cancer Chemo Patients

If you know any woman currently undergoing chemotherapy, please pass the word to her that there is a cleaning service that provides FREE  housecleaning and maid service once per month for four months while she is in treatment. All she has to do is sign up and have her doctor fax a  note confirming [...]

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New York Cares Coat Donation Program Starts Today

22nd Annual New York Cares coat drive for the homeless December 1-31, 2010

90% of homeless adults and children need a new, warm coat each winter, because they have no place to store them over the summer.  New York Cares is launching its annual month-long coat drive to help thousands of New Yorkers [...]

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Wizard of Oz Live Theater Performances

We’re off to see the wizard, the wonderful Wizard of Oz, for a special week of multi-media theater performances.  The shows both celebrate the upcoming holidays and  commemorate the 110th anniversary of the publication of the classic Frank L. Baum book that became a beloved children’s story and Hollywood movie classic and inspired the [...]

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NYC Free and Frugal iPhone iPad iTouch app

NYC Free and Frugal $1.99 app from iTunes store

It may be the best $1.99 bargain on the planet.  NYC Free and Frugal is the newest app for the iPhone, iPad and iTouch, just pubished and avialable for download on the iTunes store.

NYC Free and Frugal information on more than 100 cheap [...]

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NYC Restaurant Deal: $15 off at T.G.I.F. Fridays

This is a good deal — one of those give something, get something back deals I love to write about. Help T.G.I. Friday’s take a bite out of childhood hunger.  Give $5 to Share our Strength’s Great American Dine Out® and get $15 in savings towards your next meal. The event runs through September [...]

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Prince Harry Polo Match at Governors Island

The third annual Veuve Cliquot Polo Classic is Sunday, June 27 at Governors Island.  It’s a fund-raiser for the American Friends of Sentebale, a charity founded by Britain’s Prince Harry and Lesotho’s Prince Seeiso to support at-risk children in the tiny African nation.  Prince Harry attended the event and led his team to victory [...]

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Soho Street Fair Supports NYC Charity

The 6th Annual Housing Works Open-Air Street Fair takes over Crosby Street between Houston and Prince in Soho on Saturday, June 5th, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.  Find  thousands of $1 books, movies, records, and CDs. Plus food, beer, live music and more.  Best deal is the  $20 “all-you-can-stuff” bags of clothing and [...]

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