Calendar

Events, workshops, trainings, mixers, and conferences promoting grassroots volunteerism and civic action all over New York City. All events are free and open to the public.

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1/9/2010 10:00 pm - 1/10/2010 2:00 pm
- TreeCycle: Mulchfest 2010
- Chip in and bring your holiday tree to a designated city park to be recycled into mulch that will nourish plantings across the city. Come out for this annual winter event.
1/14/2010 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
- Workshop: Composting in the City
- Leaves, kitchen scraps, garden trimmings, and weeds can all become garden gold through composting. Making dark, rich, crumbly compost doesn't take much time, work, or space. This class covers the essentials: the composting process, how to compost even in small city yards, using finished compost, avoiding and solving problems, and helpful equipment and tools.
1/23/2010 11:00 am - 3:30 pm
- Free Tax Refund Super Saturday
- Looking for free tax preparation assistance this year?
  
  Come out to CUNY for free tax preparation assistance.
  
  You qualify for assistance if you:
  - Have dependent children and earn less than $50,000 OR
  - Have no children and earn less than $18,000
  What Tax documents to bring to the event:
  - Proof of identity (e.g., driver's license or other photo ID)
  - Social Security card or Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) letter for all names on the return, including dependents (original or copy)
  - All W-2, 1098, and 1099 forms
  - Total paid for child care provider and the provider's Taxpayer Identification Number or Social Security Number (if you are claiming the New York City Child Care Tax Credit)
  - Bank account number(s) (if you are direct depositing your refund)
  If you cannot make this event, the NYC EITC Coalition offers free tax preparation assistance through April 15 in all five boroughs.
1/27/2010 7:00 pm
- Flatbush Food Film Forum
- Interested in the changing food system in America?
  
  This year Sustainable Flatbush, Flatbush Food Co-op, and Ditmas Park West Neighborhood Association kick off with FRESH, a documentary that celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system.
  
  Among several main characters, FRESH features urban farmer and activist, Will Allen, the recipient of MacArthur's 2008 Genius Award; sustainable farmer and entrepreneur, Joel Salatin, made famous by Michael Pollan's book, The Omnivore's Dilemma; and supermarket owner, David Ball, challenging our Wal-Mart dominated economy.
  
  Forging healthier, sustainable alternatives, they offer a practical vision for the future of our food and our planet.