It's Here !

We have all been waiting for this Christmas and as a special thank you for all your support this year GoGreenRide wants to share with you the best classic Christmas songs for you and your loved ones on this warming day.

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Give Back to your city !

This year the GoGreenRide Team encourages you all to give back to your community. Below we have rounded up some of the finest and flexible volunteer activities that you and your family can participate in or even start!

Holiday Gift Wrapping for Charity

This year, Puppetry Arts Community Arts Organization invites you to join their festive and fabulous charity by helping wrap books and gifts this holiday season. Lunch will be provided by Five Guys Burgers and veggie will be available.

Volunteers must be: 16 or older and must be willing to help 12/ 15, 12/20, 12/21 from 9am-9pm and 12/24 9am-5pm. For those busy souls who still want to be a part of the success are invited to participate at Park Slope for Shifts 9-1pm, 1pm-5pm, 5pm-9pm.

Holiday Cheer Volunteer @Hamilton-Madison House

The Hamilton-Madison House is looking for volunteers to make sure their annual holiday festival for children is amazing!

Volunteers must be: Crafty, creative, spirited and willing to dress up as elves, Santa, and create holiday decorations and craft booths that will entertain kids ages 6-10.

Volunteers are needed Dec. 21 11am-3:30pm.

50 Madison Street, New York,NY10038

Sat, December 21, 2013

11:00 AM - 03:30 PM

Toys for Tots

The U.S. Marine Corps Reserve program invites you to help collect new, unwrapped toys during this holiday season. These toys will be distributed as Christmas gifts to children in need. If you would like to be donate contact Toys for Tots at 718-434-0964 or visit the Toys for Tots website to find a drop-off location near you.

New York Cares 25th Annual Coat Drive

New York Cares' annual coat drive is back and ready to make homeless and low-income families winter a little bit warmer. This holiday season donate your gently-used coats or even start your own drive through Friday, February 7. Collection sites are located all around the city in transportation hubs, police stations and at participating retail stores. For a complete list of drop-off locations go to www.newyorkcares.org/coat-drive/map

Operation Santa Claus

Operation Santa Claus is the Post Office's program that allows everyone to make a child’s dream come true by answering their  'Dear Santa" letters. New York City’s program is the largest in the country, with tens of thousands of people adopting letters each year and you can become a part of the success! Pick up a letter today from the main post office at 421 Eighth Avenue (right across from Penn Station) on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from 9am-4pm and on Thursday 9am-7pm.

Volunteers must be: willing to provide valid identification and sign a few forms. For more information call 212-330-3000.

City Harvest

Every year, City Harvest feeds hungry New Yorkers through their Food Drives. This year you and your kids can help by organizing a food drive at your office, their school or your place of worship. City Harvest will provide you with the tools. Help spread the word today!

Room to Grow

Room to Grow is a organization that provides essentials for babies born to families living in poverty. This unique organization helps as much as they can by monitoring the progress of these families every three months until the child turns three. Room to Grow accepts donations of baby gear, clothing, toys and other essentials for children up to age 3. Donations can be dropped off at the Chelsea location or picked up by a messenger for a tax-deductible fee. Smaller items can also be donated through the mail.

Volunteer in Ghana over the Holidays with Cross-Cultural Solutions

For all you travelers out there, Cross-Cultural Solutions gives you the opportunity to work side-by-side with the local people of Ghana and experience another culture like never before. In Ghana you will develop a sense of culture by visiting a small village and learning about herbal medicine and traditional healing with a local practitioner to improve the lives of Ghana's residents.

It's flexible! and they will work around your schedule. For more information: visit 2 Clinton New Rochelle, NY 10801

TeensforJeans

1.5 millions teenagers are homeless in the U.S and over the past several years, Aéropostale and DoSomething.org have been the proud partners of Teens for Jeans®. Together, they have helped collect over 2.5 million pairs of jeans to donate to homeless teens. This year they invite you to join them and start your own drive at your job or your child’s school. DoSomething.org will help your start your drive and Aeropostale in 34th street will collect the jeans you receive and donate them to shelters all around the U.S

GoGreenRide Holiday Events Roundup

As the holiday season arrives, GoGreenRide has rounded up events to keep your holiday season full of fun for your family and friends.

BEST PLACES TO TAKE PICTURES:
Holiday Under the Stars Show
Take a break from Christmas shopping and check out Time Warner Center’s state-of-the-art holiday light display show @ 10 Columbus Circle.

Rockefeller Center Christmas tree
This year we encourage you to enjoy the view of this year’s 76-foot-tall tree at Rockefeller Center. This tree is decorated with 45,000 LED bulbs between Fifth and Sixth Ave 
in Midtown, New York.

HANDS ON EVENTS FOR FAMILIES: New York City Fire Museum's Annual Santa Rescue
This year Santa made an early appearance—and got stranded on the roof when his reindeer flew off without him, so New York City Fire Museum is calling forth the bravest New Yorkers to come to the rescue.

McCarren Park RinkThis hidden gem @776 Lorimer St between Bayard St and Driggs Ave, Greenpoint, Brooklyn offers families this holiday season their best prices starting at $8 for adults, seniors and students $5; and skate rental at $5 For more information go to http://mccarrenrink.com/ or call 347-482-7798

Macy's Santaland

This holiday season Macy's Santaland located on the 8th floor of Macy's Herald Square on 34th Street between Broadway and Seventh Avenue is back and is once again partnering with Make A Wish to help make the dreams of critically ill children come true. You and your family can become part of the success story by having your child write a letter to Santa, printing it out and bringing it to the mailbox in Santaland. For every letter Macy's receives, it will donate $1 to Make A Wish. GoGreenRide encourages you to go out early beat the crowds and make a difference.

HOLIDAY SHOWS:

Radio City Christmas Spectacular

After more than eight decades— the show still remains one the most popular shows during the holidays. Deck into the holiday season with radio city’s annual Christmas show.

The Nutcracker

This year let George Balanchine's Nutcracker stage elements and intricate lights astonish you. 

These technical developments will pick at you and your families imagination.

A Christmas Story: The Musical

A Christmas Story:The Musical is a musical version of the film A Christmas Story. Ralphie Parker, the main character of the musical, only wants only one thing for Christmas: A Red Ryder Air Rifle. This musical is a hilarious reenactment of Ralphie’s adventures to ensure that his rifle gift ends up under the tree.

A Christmas Carol

The players village theatre is proud to present its annual Christmas carol musical about a Christmas hating grouch, who is visited by four ghosts and is forced to pick between changing his life around or being doomed forever. Find out what grumpy Ebenezer Scrooge will choose by joining the players village theatre this holiday season.

Angelina Ballerina: "The Very Merry Holiday Christmas"

This holiday season Angelina and her friends are back and they are ready to start planning their annual spectacular holiday dance pageant! However, when a mix-up prevents the pageant from going on, Angelina and her friends must put their heads together to save the show. From their experience they discover the true meaning of the Christmas-- Christmas is not about things you receive, but the holiday cheer you share with your friends and family. 

FOOD:

Breakfast with Santa @ Rockefeller Center

Treat your children to an experience that truly brings Christmas to life with the most beloved holiday traditions:Breakfast with Santa at Rock Center Café or The Sea Grill.

Rawther Fancy Tea with Santa

This holiday season bring your little ones to the Plaza Hotel to sip tea, sample sweet treats and hear a story from Santa Claus, an experience every kid must have!

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