The Greener NYC initiative saw a $510,000 increase in the Fiscal Year 2019 budget, giving each Council Member $70,000 for sustainability projects, green job training, and environmental education. Constantinides was joined at the Urban Upbound office at the Astoria Houses that day by Bishop Mitchell...
Global Kids Executive Director Evie Hantzopoulos, of Astoria, said many students in Queens have seen climate change first hand with Hurricane Sandy. Many of them are immigrants who were themselves displaced by natural disasters intensified by climate change. Read the full article here....
September 26, 2018 announcement by Council Member Costa Constantinides of the funding support he has allocated to local environmental and educational groups in his 22nd District through the Greener NYC Initiative. The report includes interviews with Council Member Constantinides and representatives from the local groups...
What if you can run, walk, or stroller push all the way to Unisphere while helping youth reach their unlimited potential? Global Kids, the nonprofit educational organization that inspires youth in underserved areas, hosts its 5th Annual 5K Run/Walk/Push on Saturday, October 13th at Flushing...
13 - Global Kids 5K, 10:30 a.m., Flushing Meadows Park, Queens, malika@globalkids.org. Read the full article here....
WHEN: October 13, 2018 @ 9:30 am WHERE: Flushing Meadows Park Fowler Ave & College Point Boulevard Flushing, NY 11355 United States COST: $25 early bird; $35 general; Kids 18+ - Free Read the full article here....
What if you can run, walk, or stroller push all the way to Unisphere while helping youth reach their unlimited potential? Global Kids, the premier nonprofit educational organization that inspires youth in underserved areas, hosts its 5th Annual 5K Run/Walk/Push on Saturday, October 13th at...
Global Kids hosts its annual 5K Run/Walk/Push on Saturday, October 13th at Flushing Meadows Park, 10:30am. Proceeds support GK's College & Readiness Program. To register - http://5K.globalkids.org. Read the full article here....
Some are referred to Youthmarket after completing and a six-week-long summer internship at the Learn it, Grow it, Eat it Youthmarket in the South Bronx, where they are required to work in community gardens and teach elementary school children. Others are referred to Youthmarket through...
Global Kids We are happy to be back at Global Kids, and to be re-engaged! Global Kids hosted three interns. A Scholar from Binghamton University worked with Global Kids' U.S. in the World Summer Institute, a summer initiative in collaboration with the Council of Foreign Relations. Read...