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Wall Street Rising
Third Annual Toy Drive, Toys
for Tots, November 28 - December 16, 2005
SourceMedia, State Street, dropped off bags of
toys
United States Marines picked up the toys
The
Downtown Information Center collected new, unwrapped toys for The
United States Marine Corps, who distributed them to needy children
in the community.
First
Precinct Community Council Meeting, September 28, 2005
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Robert
Gould, Council President and the new Commanding Officer,
Captain Anthony V. Bologna
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The
First Precinct Community Council has
its monthly meeting at Wall Street Rising. The Community Council
is an open forum that welcomes residents, businesses and all people
interested in community and police issues concerning the First Precinct.
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Together
We Prepare New York: Presented by the American
Red Cross in Greater New York, September
20, 2005
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Cross and Wall Street Rising volunteers register guests
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This one-hour program
teaches some and reminds others how to prepare
for basic emergencies. Topics included:
- How to create an emergency
communications plan
- How to assemble a disaster
supplies kit
- Evacuation
- Basic first aid
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Exploring
Lower Manhattan: Take a Walkabout
NY... The Newest Way to See the Oldest Part of New York
City, June 1, 2005
Think
you know downtown? Nikki James & Elissa Marton, the authors
of Walkabout NY - a new, self-guided audio walking tour of Lower
Manhattan & Wall Street – hosted an evening of discovery beginning
at the Downtown Information Center.
Using
an easy-to-use audio player and map, people then walked from Battery
Park to City Hall in just over an hour. At the end of the tour,
they returned to the Center for Q & A plus scrumptious snacks
from A & M Roadhouse
and superb wine from a new Downtown bar-lounge,
B4 .
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First
Precinct Community Council Meeting, May, 23, 2005
The
Community Council is an open forum that welcomes residents, businesses
and all people interested in community and police issues concerning
the First Precinct.
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Meet
the Author: Peter Bernstein, Wedding of the Waters: The Erie
Canal and the Making of A Great Nation. Presented by the American
Museum of Financial History, March 30, 2005
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Talk
and book signing with best-selling author Peter Bernstein.
In his new book, Bernstein examines the social, political,
and economic ramifications of the Erie Canal.
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Expanding
Your Horizons: Career Management 2005- Making and Breaking Job Search
and Career Resolutions, February 15, 2005
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Roy
Cohen, Career Counselor and Executive Coach, offers advice
and ideas on how to make the most of your time both in job
search and on the job...from interviewing and negotiating
to handling challenging political situations. |
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Healthy
Downtown: Heart Month! Valentine's Day Health Screenings by NYU
Downtown Hospital, February 14, 2005
Health
professionals from NYU Downtown Hospital - Lower Manhattan's only
hospital - perform free cholesterol and blood pressure screenings
at the Downtown Information Center.
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Downtown
Children presented by the Church
Street School for Music and Art ,
January 29, 2005
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Watercolors
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Creative families
Brother and sister shadow
drawings
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Our neighborhood
is celebrated with music and art, old and new, red and blue!
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Healthy
Downtown: Free hearimg screenings given by the League
for the Hard of Hearing at the Downtown Information Center,
January 26, 2005
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This
hearing screening, performed by licensed audiologists in the
League's soundproof mobile audiological unit, determines if a
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Monthly
Wine Tasting Presented by Famous
Wines , January 12, 2005
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wines served by a friendly, knowledgeable staff
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