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Brooklyn Community Services is growing, and we want you on our team! Join a group of dedicated people who show up every day to help shape a better Brooklyn.
Explore all our open roles at wearebcs.org/careers. We can`t wait to welcome you!
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Sep 14
Today, we pause to remember and honor the lives lost and forever changed on September 11, 2001.
Like much of New York and the tri-state area, Brooklyn was hit hard, with many families and neighbors carrying job loss, grief, and mental health crises in the days and years that followed.
In our commitment to serve in great times of need, BCS stepped in to help our fellow Brooklynites, providing roughly $9.5 million in programming over the next five years. However, twenty-five years later, that loss still lingers throughout our community, our city, and our nation.
Today and every day, we will never forget. 💙 #RememberTheSky #911
Sep 11
School is officially back in session! 🎒 🍎 ✏️
This morning, BCS`s Laurie A. Cumbo Children`s Enrichment Center welcomed 3K and preschool students for a brand-new school year of learning and growing.
We are so excited to see what an incredible school year our students have. Wishing them and all NYC students a fun, engaging, and safe school year! 💙
Sep 10
"You smell good, you look good, you feel good." 🚿
That`s why the BCS Shower Bus is so essential to our community, and CBS News New York is highlighting this essential need.
For 5 years, the bus has rolled into Brooklyn`s highest-need neighborhoods with hot showers + hygiene supplies for our neighbors experiencing homelessness. 💙
The need is growing, but so are the costs. Gas is up nearly 30% in a year, and we need $800K to keep the bus running, winterize it, and make it wheelchair accessible. We`re about halfway there.
📺 Watch the segment at the link in bio!
🫶 Support BCS so that we can keep programs like these "rolling"
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Sep 9
Join The Community
#BrooklynForAll
This week, we’re highlighting our Community Cornerstone programs!
BCS Community Cornerstones are free, year-round community centers within NYCHA developments, offering engaging programming for youth, teens, young adults, and families — including workforce development and community-building events.
Meet our O’Dwyer Cornerstone! O’Dwyer is a safe, welcoming, fun community space for everyone ages 5 and up. Whatever brings you through the door — learning a new skill, getting homework help, playing basketball, making art or music, exploring careers, focusing on wellness, meeting new people, or simply having a safe place to belong — O’Dwyer is here for you.
Help us keep spaces like O’Dwyer thriving. Donate to BCS programs today: Link in bio!
Sep 8
We are officially ONE MONTH AWAY from Step Up for Brooklyn! 🎉
Join us on October 3, 2026, at 9 a.m. in Prospect Park as we walk in solidarity with and support some of BCS’s vital community programs. Meet the dedicated people driving this work forward—and the participants who bring these programs to life.
Register as an individual or create a sponsored team!
Can’t make it? You can still show your support by making a donation!
No matter how you step up: Step Up for Community. Step Up for Food Access. Step Up for Brooklyn.
🔗 link to register in bio!
Sep 3
This week, we’re highlighting our community programs! 💡
Meet the NY Food for Families program! Food for Families brings fresh produce from NYC farmers straight to Brooklyn residents through nine monthly food distribution events at BCS program sites across the borough — free of charge, no questions asked. This spring, we hit a huge milestone: passing out our 10,000th bag of food! This summer, we’ve increased the number of bags at two locations and added two new distributions to our monthly lineup.
At a time when food costs feel overwhelming, and access to quality food in Brooklyn can seem out of reach, Food for Families is on a mission to make things just a bit easier.
Do you believe in the power of feeding Brooklyn? Walk with us in solidarity on October 3rd for Step Up for Brooklyn.
Register to walk, run, or support Food for Families and other BCS programs today at the link in bio!
Sep 2
Meet Laci Chisholm, Founder & Executive Director of Fit4Dance, a Brooklyn dance and wellness studio, and a member of the BCS board. 💫
For 12 years, Laci has built Fit4Dance into a multigenerational community hub. Now, thanks to the Community Energy Project (a partnership with CitizensNYC and National Grid), Fit4Dance is expanding to help neighbors access resources on energy affordability and efficiency too.
Her advice to anyone waiting for the "right time" to start a business? "Start before everything feels perfect, because it probably never will."
This Black Business Month, show up for the businesses that show up for you. Take the class. Book the space. Leave the review. Come back. 🖤
🔗 Full story at the link in bio
#BlackBusinessMonth #BrooklynBusiness #SupportBlackBusiness #BCSBrooklyn #BlackWomenInBusiness #Fit4Dance
Aug 31
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