Citizens Committee Grant Opportunity Workshop
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Thursday, January 9, 2025 | 6–8 p.m.
Preregistration Required
With José Dobles and Carlos Santiago at Citizens Committee NYC
Citizens Committee for New York City (CitizensNYC) has a long tradition of providing micro grants to support local greening and other community-based projects. Join CitizensNYC staff to discover how their grants can empower you—grassroots leaders and local businesses—to drive meaningful change in your communities. Whether you’re interested in the Community Leader Grants or Neighborhood Business Grants, this session will provide all the details you need to get involved. Don’t miss the opportunity to connect with CitizensNYC staff and take this important step toward strengthening your community!
Visit: https://www.bbg.org/classes/citizensNYC_grant_opportunity_info_session
How to make donations to the Owl's Head Park Volunteers
Owl's Head Park Volunteers is a friend's group of Owl's Head Park located in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York. We are registered with Partnerships for Parks and are a member of the City Parks Foundation's fiscal sponsorship program.
To make a monetary donation to Owl's Head Park Volunteers, please email us at [email protected] and we will provide you with instructions on how to send the donation.
We also accept donations for tools, soil, hand sanitizers, snacks and bottled water for volunteers. Please email us at: [email protected] and we will instruct you how you can make these donations.
2026 NYC Parks GreenThumb T-Shirt Design Contest
Submit your original design to the 2026 NYC Parks GreenThumb T-Shirt Design Contest based on the theme: Soil & Soul: Where Hands Get Dirty and Hearts Connect
Pick up a pen, crayon, pencil, or whatever you use to draw, and submit your artwork to our t-shirt design contest! The winning design will appear on GreenThumb t-shirts, worn by hundreds of gardeners all over the city. Applicants may submit up to three entries.
Submission Deadline: Wednesday, October 8, 2025
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