{"title": "Days for Girls", "start": "2026-12-07T00:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Congregation Rodeph Sholom", "address": "West 83rd Street 7, 10024 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["society/health"], "description": "Days for Girls is a volunteer gathering where participants pack reusable, sustainable menstrual kits. It is run by the New York City chapter of Days for Girls, an international organization supporting menstrual equity that has distributed 2.8 million kits since 2008. 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It is hosted by Trinity Baptist Church, which bought the care items in advance with funds from its members' giving, and takes place in the Fellowship Hall during Coffee Hour after each Sunday service. Those who cannot attend in person are told there will be more chances ahead to serve the community.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/packing-party-88430/", "official_url": "https://subspla.sh/t8y7myx", "image": "https://noky.io/images/852b519827a2454a59c43c2a9abfe24ce25d96b7daa1f5758a29c58f9ebc9ad8-2000.webp"}, {"title": "NextDor Mitzvah Night", "start": "2026-11-12T19:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-12T22:00:00-05:00", "place": "Park Avenue Synagogue", "address": "East 87th Street 50, 10128", "price": "", "price_from": "25.00", "price_to": "25.00", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["community/volunteering"], "description": "NextDor Mitzvah Night is an evening of hands-on volunteering at Park Avenue Synagogue. Participants roll up their sleeves and assemble care packages for neighbors in need.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/nextdor-mitzvah-night-54693/", "official_url": "https://pasyn.org/events/2026-27/adult-engagement/november/nextdor-mitzvah-night/", "image": ""}, {"title": "At-Home Sandwich Making for the New York Common Pantry", "start": "2026-11-20T09:30:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-20T10:30:00-05:00", "place": "Park Avenue Synagogue", "address": "East 87th Street 50, 10128", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["community/volunteering", "food-drink"], "description": "A monthly volunteer initiative to make sandwiches at home and bring nourishment to neighbors in need. Park Avenue Synagogue hosts it, and participants may also drop off clean, used delivery tote bags with personal information removed. The event takes place at the synagogue's 87th Street location.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/at-home-sandwich-making-for-the-new-york-common-pantry-79449/", "official_url": "https://pasyn.org/events/2026-27/adult-engagement/november/at-home-sandwich-making-for-the-new-york-common-pantry/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/bcf76ca06365d775dd9b5b13f616fb904cf6a965909623c11f605482f71ce824-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Young Members Circle: Interfaith Volunteering with Sunday Lunch Program", "start": "2026-11-15T05:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Temple Emanu-El", "address": "East 65th Street 1", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["community/volunteering", "religion/jewish"], "description": "A volunteer opportunity in which young members help serve lunch to community members in need, fulfilling the mitzvah of ha'achalat re'evim, feeding the hungry. It is hosted by Temple Emanu-El, which has served lunch for more than 40 years without missing a single week, together with its Muslim partners from Peace Islands Institute. Volunteering is followed by an interfaith pizza lunch at a nearby restaurant, and space is limited.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/young-members-circle-interfaith-volunteering-with-sunday-lun-114050/", "official_url": "https://emanuelnyc.org/calendar/ymcvolunteering-with-sunday-lunch-program/?occurrence=2026-11-15", "image": "https://noky.io/images/472ae51cf746f8c4a61d6eb3483e13a05648775dfd944d94b67cda1d743053f7-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Build-a-Thanksgiving Bag", "start": "2026-11-08T12:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-08T13:30:00-05:00", "place": "Marble Collegiate Church", "address": "1 West 29th Street, 10001 New York, NY", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["community/volunteering", "occasion/thanksgiving"], "description": "Take time to give back by building 293 Thanksgiving Bags. Also, please help us p...", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/build-a-thanksgiving-bag-53780/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4f4b5bd1c6542a00b3d0f3f6d304b6714366753a7215f280636ee61095659f06-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Teens: Food Pantry Packing", "start": "2026-11-11T17:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-11T18:00:00-05:00", "place": "Park Avenue Synagogue", "address": "East 87th Street 50, 10128", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["religion/jewish", "society/food-bank"], "description": "Teens: Food Pantry Packing is a drop-in program where teenagers pack food. It is almost entirely teen-led and takes place at Park Avenue Synagogue on 87th Street. Each Wednesday, participants pack food and share a teaching about tikkun olam.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/teens-food-pantry-packing-79456/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/64fdcb66ee63184970561c682a0b997d9adb75785031adc5188f7ba6c822e7f5-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Fall New York Common Pantry Sandwich Brigade", "start": "2026-11-15T12:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-15T15:00:00-05:00", "place": "Wallace Hall", "address": "980 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10028", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["community/volunteering", "society/poverty"], "description": "The Fall New York Common Pantry Sandwich Brigade is a volunteer gathering that packs 1200 sandwich bags for food-insecure neighbors. It takes place in Wallace Hall, after the 11 AM Masses. The event is organized by Family Ministry at Saint Ignatius Loy Catholic Church, and donations of juice boxes, granola bars, bread, peanut butter, jelly, clementines, and apples are needed by November 12th to make the packing possible.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/fall-new-york-common-pantry-sandwich-brigade-79558/", "official_url": "https://ignatius.nyc/event/fall-new-york-common-pantry-sandwich-brigade/", "image": ""}, {"title": "“Hotter than Usual” | Israeli Hug Center at Rodeph Sholom", "start": "2026-11-09T18:30:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-09T21:00:00-05:00", "place": "Congregation Rodeph Sholom", "address": "West 83rd Street 7, 10024 New York", "price": "", "price_from": "39.00", "price_to": "39.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["wellness/menopause", "community"], "description": "\"Hotter than Usual\" is a gathering of the Israeli Hug Center at Congregation Rodeph Sholom. The community \"Lohotot Me(r)gil\" is a supportive community of Israeli women going through menopause, a community of women who understand exactly what you are going through. The event takes place at Congregation Rodeph Sholom on West 83rd Street in New York. Registration is available through the congregation's page.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/hotter-than-usual-israeli-hug-center-at-rodeph-sholom-81171/", "official_url": "https://rodephsholom.org/event/hotter-than-usual-israeli-hug-center-at-rodeph-sholom-3/2026-11-09/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Winter Clothing Drive for Children", "start": "2026-11-12T08:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-15T21:00:00-05:00", "place": "Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan", "address": "Amsterdam Avenue 334, 10023 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["occasion/charity"], "description": "Winter Clothing Drive for Children is a donation drive at the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan. It collects new and very gently used children's coats, gloves, hats, scarves, sweatpants, sweatshirts, and winter boots in infant through teen sizes. The items go to unhoused students in public schools and shelters so they have the gear they need for winter. Donations are dropped off at the JCC, and volunteers can also help sort the clothing.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/winter-clothing-drive-for-children-53818/", "official_url": "https://www.mmjccm.org/events/winter-clothing-drive-for-children", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7d5cec1e97f27c07c8393e3039b71f9f841912c66fd3a84190e1df2349ef865c-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Big Apple Knitters Guild", "start": "2026-11-14T13:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-14T16:00:00-05:00", "place": "New York Society for Ethical Culture Hall", "address": "West 64th Street 2, New York", "price": "First visit free; $5 guest fee on subsequent visits, applicable to annual dues if paid on the meetin", "price_from": "5.00", "price_to": "5.00", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/crafts/knitting"], "description": "The Big Apple Knitters Guild is a monthly knitting gathering that meets on the second Saturday of each month from September through June. The guild brings together knitters for guest speakers from the knitting world, show and tell of finished projects, and a members-only raffle for luxury yarn. Attendees can join a beginners circle to improve their skills with fellow members, knit for charity, or take part in knit-alongs. Guests are welcome at live meetings, with the first visit free and a nominal fee on subsequent visits that can be applied to annual dues.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/big-apple-knitters-guild-54369/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a373d562e13979739d1d2aa14cef67bd34014d3e68eb5d9a1d6951da2929ae96-1200.webp"}, {"title": "CRS Fall Blood Drive", "start": "2026-11-11T13:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-11T19:00:00-05:00", "place": "Congregation Rodeph Sholom", "address": "West 83rd Street 7, 10024 New York", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": [], "description": "CRS Fall Blood Drive is a blood donation drive. Congregation Rodeph Sholom hosts it to help The New York Blood Center combat blood shortages, grounding the effort in the Jewish obligation of pikuach nefesh, acting to preserve life. Donors can save up to three lives in just one hour; they should eat well and hydrate, bring a photo ID, feel well and symptom free, be 17 or older (or 16 with a parental consent form), and meet minimum weight requirements.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/crs-fall-blood-drive-81175/", "official_url": "https://rodephsholom.org/event/crs-fall-blood-drive/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5edeb4db5d17274e1c245f50c95c102994c1b2c1afe81c19156dbf222428737a-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Sharing Table", "start": "2026-11-08T16:30:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-08T17:30:00-05:00", "place": "First Church of Christ", "address": "524 Park Avenue, 10065 New York, NY", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["community/volunteering"], "description": "Sharing Table is a weekly volunteer gathering that serves a hot meal and toiletries to over 130 guests. It is run by Christ Church NYC, which welcomes new volunteers; a lead volunteer gives an orientation on-site, and volunteers arrive at 3:00 pm to make sandwiches and prepare. Serving begins at 4:30, with cleanup normally done by 6:00 pm. Children are welcome, though it may be a better experience for kids 8 and up; sign-up and questions go to Brandon Batson.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/sharing-table-75387/", "official_url": "https://www.christchurchnyc.online/events/sharing-table-cepfr-prt47-bm6sx-zpjsx-wt4kt-a8lkn-9mslt", "image": "https://noky.io/images/70b15da373bdf07e9a1b49495b1667f11587f08c1c638e027b9aecd6b7b8b984-2000.webp"}]}