Tara Shanes-Hernandez is honoring the fourth anniversary of her mother’s death from pancreatic cancer today. And later this month, so will hundreds of others. The Shanes-Hernandez family is organizing the fourth annual Westchester Pancreatic Cancer Research Walk on Sunday, April 21, at 9:30 am at Rye Town Park and Playland… Read More →
Bruce fan alert: The Blind Brook PTA will raise money with a concert Thursday, Jan. 31, by the Bruce Springsteen tribute band Tramps Like Us. The event, at $25 a ticket, starts at 7:30 p.m. in the high school’s George Trautwein Theater, 840 King St. in Rye Brook. For tickets… Read More →
According to the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN), some 15 million Americans (more than a third of whom are children) have a food allergy. Food allergies account for hundreds of thousands of hospital visits per year and are the leading cause of anaphylaxis. On Saturday, Oct. 13, FAAN will… Read More →
Port Chester Middle School students will have a new outdoor classroom in the fall, thanks to an Eagle Scout project that added two picnic tables to the school’s “Giving Garden.” The garden was created two years ago as both a learning tool and a way to supply the local food… Read More →
At a school assembly yesterday, Osborn Elementary School students gave The New York Foundling 200 new duffel bags for children in foster care. Students in grades K-5 raised more than $6,000 to purchase the luggage for The Foundling’s “Cases for Kids” campaign, a luggage drive that coincided with Foster Care… Read More →
The annual “sleep-out” fund-raiser and rally for the homeless is back again this weekend as volunteers gather at the Blind Brook athletic fields and, if they choose, stay there overnight. The keynote speaker at 8 p.m. Saturday will be Kate Snow, correspondent for NBC News, said Nikta Daijavad, a Blind… Read More →
Actress Ruby Dee will be at Alvin & Friends restaurant, 49 Lawton St. tonight from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., where a trailer for a new documentary, “Life’s Essentials with Ruby Dee,” will be shown. The event is a fundraiser for the film project, and it costs $100 to get… Read More →
New Rochelle resident Kimberly Davis, president of the JPMorgan Chase Foundation and the company’s managing director of Global Philanthropy, will be honored at the Turnaround Impact Awards Dinner, to be held April 18 at the Plaza Hotel in New York City. (Kimberly Davis, photo provided) Turnaround for Children is a… Read More →
Rye firefighters received a star for their efforts to help the Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital over the last decade. They were singled out as one of the facility’s most loyal and consistent supporters. Golf tournaments, “boot drives” and other campaigns have raised more than $65,000 for the hospital, part of… Read More →
Sunday is the 31st annual Rye House Tour, raising money for the Rye High School Parent Organization. Tickets are $50, or $75 including a luncheon at Manursing Island Club. The money goes toward scholarships, arts and athletics programs. For details, and a slideshow preview of some very lovely homes and… Read More →
