As part of a citywide volunteer iniative called "It’s My Park Day!", dozens of local residents, and community groups, lead by Jennifer Beaugrand of Mosholu Preservation Corporation’s horticulture program, launched an all-out offensive to beautify the gully on Mosholu Parkway near Webster Avenue. There were projects held throughout the city and the Bronx, including another strong effort to clean up St. James Park.

More than 1,000 people attended the Fordham Road Business Improvement District’s “Go Green Walk,” which was designed to promote healthy living in the Bronx. It culminated in a multi-cultural fair at Devoe Park on Kingsbridge Road. During the event, raffles were held and many prizes were given away, including tickets to Mets and Yankees games, total experience package tickets to the Bronx Zoo, an autographed poster of Giants quarterback Eli Manning and stickers and pencils from the New York Jets. Also given out were gift cards and prizes from many Fordham Road businesses, including 24-Hour Fitness, Gem Pawnbrokers, Nine West

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Part of the Solution (POTS), a multi-service agency and soup kitchen on Webster Avenue in Bedford Park, will be able to provide thousands more meals and expanded services by Thanksgiving, now that the group has broken ground on a new facility.

A penny by itself isn’t worth much to most people. But when dedicated students come together for a good cause, those pennies, combined with other loose change can amount to $2,854.52 in just under six weeks.

Last month, the PS/MS 20 Tigers cheerleading squad took the Roosevelt High School Cheerleading Competition by storm, winning first place.

At the first-ever Book Character Day in Susan Quinn’s first grade class at St. Brendan’s School, the scene was like a big Walt Disney storybook come to life. Twenty-seven children dressed in different costumes to reflect their favorite storybook character.

Father John A. Vigilanti, president of the Academy of Mount St. Ursula, expressed deep satisfaction after his school teamed up with students from Fordham Prep, and St. Michael’s studentsto re-enact the Tony award-winning musical "Grease."

A listing of arts, entertainment and recreational activities for all of our readers in the Bronx and beyond.

On a recent Friday evening, a handful of Spanish-speaking men played baseball and drank beer at Harris Field, a public park sandwiched between the Bronx High School of Science and Lehman College. They had no clue that parts of the park contained extremely high levels of lead contamination.