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Two NYC Yalies start custom songwriting business, offer $500 for referrals

Dear fellow Elis, Josh Dodes '95 and Eyan Mitchell '94 are proud to launch THIS IS YOUR SONG, our custom love song business, and we want to pay you $500 for your help. The idea behind This Is Your Song ...

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Volunteer activities

Need IT Coordinator on historic ship

Come be our IT/Comms Advisor, on a historic ship in a container port in exciting Red Hook, Brooklyn! The young, innovative, waterfront-themed non-profit PortSide NewYork needs help with the IT challenges created by having offices on a 170 ship on the end of a long pier. PortSide currently relies on ...

YAAMNY Webmaster / Bloggers Needed

YAAMNY Webmaster / Bloggers Needed

Looking for an energetic and tech-savvy Yalie to help run the YAAMNY.net web site. No programming experience needed, the site is maintained through a content management system with a WYSIWYG interface - anyone who has ever worked on a blog would be a great candidate. Looking for someone with a few hours to spare each month to help keep the site and newsletter running well.  

Interested? Please e-mail Mike Jacobs at This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript

Volunteer at the Yale-New Haven Hospital

Volunteer at Yale-New Haven Hospital When: Saturday, September 12th 1-3:30 p.m. Monday, September 14th, 5:30-8 p.m. and in October: Monday, October 5th, 5:30-8 p.m. Saturday, October 24th, 9:00 to 11:30 a.m Where: Yale New Haven Hospital Interested in volunteering at Yale New Haven Hospital this semester? ...

Yale Sustainable Food Project Volunteer Coalition

YSFP Student Volunteer Coalition This semester, the YSFP is piloting a student volunteer coalition to support projects of interest and most importantly provide a space to meet, discuss, and act with us and each other. Caity Richards is volunteering a first meeting. If you have any questions, thoughts, or just ...

Public Service/Social Justice Committee FALL ACTIVITIES/PROJECTS

The Public Service/Social Justice Committee of the YALE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN NEW YORK has several meaningful activities/projects planned for the fall season, including family-friendly activities especially for Brooklynites. Each of you is bound to find something that will allow you to feel energized and great about being a New Yorker and YALIE. Please mark your calendars as more details & events will soon follow:

Sept.12: 5K Walk for Ovarian Cancer in Brooklyn's Prospect Park.  We are looking for 15+ walkers for TEAM YALE to raise awarness of, and promote a cure for ovarian cancer.  Proceeds will benefit the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund, the leading independent agency dedicated to advancing ovarian cancer research. If you wish to register, or for further information, please contact This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript . More details about the event can be found at www.tealwalk.org.

Sept. 19: International Coastal Clean Up in Prospect Park from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 25 YALIES needed to clean the ponds that surround this gem in Brooklyn. Please contact This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript  for details.

Oct. 3: Rocking the Boat-Regatta & Picnic/Party in Manhattan. Team Leader is John Joseph Hopkins '05, former captain of the Yale Crew Team. Sea lovers and sports buffs will enjoy this event where alums from various colleges will compete to benefit a great organization, Rocking the Boat, a group dedicated to helping children in the Bronx reach their full potential by teaching them about life skills through boating.  We need 20 volunteers for the morning and afternoon shifts to help with serving food and the various activities planned on land. We are also looking for ROWERS to compete for Team Yale in hand-built wooden rowboats around Manhattan. This will be a fun event for the whole family - you can volunteer, row, or just come to cheer on the Yale rowers. Please contact This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript  or log onto www.rockingtheboat.com for details.

Oct. 31: Halloween Haunted Walk & Carnival in Prospect Park from 12-3p.m.  We are looking for 25 YALE volunteers to dress up scary, prep meals for performers and assist with carnival games. This one is guaranteed to be fun!  Please contact This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript  for details.

Also, our ongoing Juvenile Justice Reform Task Force has finalized a project with Newark to advance the rights of youth in the State of New Jersey by shaping policy.  Please contact   This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript  or This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript  for details.

  
  

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Webmaster for Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen

When:   March 1, 2010-February 20, 2011
Where:   Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen
311 Temple St., New Haven, CT 06511
  Free
The Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen needs a new webmaster. www.downtowneveningsoupkitchen.com   Friday night DESK meals are entirely run by Yale students through Hunger Heroes, a project of YHHAP (Yale Hunger and Homelessness Action Project).

IvyLife-Yale Referral Network: Early-bird Networking Meeting

When:   March 19, 2010 8:15am-10:15am
Where:   Yale Club of New York City (Grill Room)
  0.00Reception
The IvyLife-Yale Referral Network offers Yale alumni across the world a chance to engage in professional networking via online and in-person forums.  IvyLife has 11,000 members and holds in-person weekly networking events for graduates of the eight Ivy League universities in nearly all major global cities.  We ...

AAAYA LUNAR NEW YEAR TWELVE COURSE BANQUET/FUNDRAISER

When:   March 20, 2010 6:00pm-9:00pm
Where:   S Dynasty
511 Lexington Avenue (at 48th Street)
  100Party

THE ASSOCIATION OF ASIAN AMERICAN YALE ALUMNI CORDIALLY INVITES YOU TO THE YEAR OF THE TIGER 2nd ANNUAL LUNAR NEW YEAR BANQUET/FUNDRAISER
 
Tickets are $88/person until February 22nd, $100/person thereafter.  Please see our website for further details:  www.aaaya.org.  Proceeds from this event will support summer interns who will work at NYC non-profit organizations serving the Asian community.

Co-sponsored by The Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New York

AYA Goes Global: International Food Tasting and Presentation

When:   March 23, 2010 6:30pm-8:30pm
Where:   Tap Room, Yale Club of New York City
Vanderbilt Avenue
  $5 per person; payable in cash at the doorReception

The Yale Club of New York City, the Association of Yale Alumni (AYA), the Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New York (YAAMNY), and Market New Haven bring an international extravaganza to the Yale Club for a special event open to all Yale alumni. Enjoy a sampling of award winning cuisine from 116 Crown (Wine & Small Plates Lounge);  Barcelona (Spanish Wine Bar); bespoke (Modern American Cuisine); Thali (Regional Cuisine of India); Union League Café (Parisian Style Brasserie) and Zinc (Modern American), as well as several passed hors d’oeuvres from the Club’s own Executive Chef, Charles Kehrli.

Complementing New Haven's world class cuisine and Yale's ambition to be a world leading university, the AYA has made it a mission to be a world leading alumni association. New initiatives launched as part of the AYA's strategic plan have placed Yale's alumni relations programs on a world stage in a leading role. AYA Executive Director, Mark Dollhopf '77, will share some of the new global initiatives of the AYA that have sparked the interest of alumni worldwide and given them the opportunity to travel to Australia, Japan, Iceland, and Mexico. You can also learn the specific ways to get involved.

There is a $5 per person charge for this event, payable in cash at the door, plus a cash bar. Please reserve your spot in advance by calling the Yale Club at 212-716-2133 or by emailing  This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript . (Dress Code: business casual ... no jeans, no sneakers).

Cocktail Reception: Randall's Island Sports Foundation Young Professionals Council

When:   March 25, 2010 6:00pm-8:00pm
Where:   Cushman & Wakefield, Inc.
1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY
(between 51st & 52nd Street)
  FreeReception
    Randalls Island Sports Foundation, Inc. cordially invites you                                                                                   ...

YALE ALUMNI PARTY!

When:   March 25, 2010 6:30pm-9:30pm
Where:   RETREAT LOUNGE
37 West 17th Street
Between 5th and 6th Avenues
New York, NY 10011
  $10 until 3/19, $15 after and at doorParty

Join your fellow Yalies for an all-class mixer at Retreat Lounge on March 25th, 6:30pm.  It's a chance to catch up with friends, meet new people, flirt and network!!  If you are interested in joining the Host Committee (to help publicize the event and assist at the door), please email Audrey Leibovich '97 at This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript

Please use this link to RSVP:  http://marchalumniparty.eventbrite.com/

Celebrating Yale Women: 40 Years in Yale College, 140 Years at Yale University

When:   March 26-29, 2010
Where:   Yale Campus
New Haven, CT
  See websiteConference

Celebrating Yale Women: 40 Years in YaleCollege, 140 Years at YaleUniversitypromises to be an amazing alumni event.  Although designed with Yale alumnae in mind, all graduates (men and women) are welcome.  An incredible program awaits those who register:

. . . Featured speakers including Indra Nooyi '80 MPPM, Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo; Margaret Marshall '76 JD, Chief Justice, Massachusetts Supreme Court; Margaret Warner '71, senior correspondent and on-air anchor, The PBS NewsHour; Karen Lawrence '71, Kim Bottomly, and Carol Christ '70 PhD, presidents of Sarah Lawrence, Wellesley, and Smith, respectively.

. . . Yale faculty presentations from Sharon Oster, Dean and Frederic D. Wolfe Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship at the Yale School of Management; Tamar Gendler '87, Professor of Philosophy and Psychology and Chair of Cognitive Science; Carolyn Mazure, Director, Womens Health Research at Yale; and Priyamvada (Priya) Natarajan, Professor, Department of Astronomy and Associate Professor, Department of Physics. 

. . . A special look back at the coeducation of Yale College featuring Elga Wasserman '76 JD, former Special Assistant to the President on Coeducation; Henry "Sam" Chauncey, Jr. '57, former Secretary of the University; and John Wilkinson '60, '63 MAT, former Dean of Students and moderated by Mary Miller '81 PhD, Dean of Yale College.

And more!

Wow!  What a weekend!  Please click here for the full range of details related to the conference and easy, online registration.

All-GALA LGBT Night at the Metropolitan Museum of Art: Gallery Viewing & Cocktails

When:   March 26, 2010 6:00pm-9:00pm
Where:   Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
1000 5th Avenue (@81st Street), NY, NY
Art Study room of The Ruth & Harold D. Uris Center for Education (mix & mingle)
Special Galleries, 2nd Floor -- see details below
Great Hall Balcony Bar, 2nd floor, cocktails (7:45 pm onwards)
  Museum entry donation (suggested $20 adults, $15 65+ and $10 students). Museum members attend for freeArts
There will be an All-Ivy GALA Art & Cocktails Series at the glorious Metropolitan Museum of Art on Friday, March 26, 6-9 pm.  We will see the drawings of Bronzino, Victorian photocollage and contemporary photographs while meeting other gay & lesbian alumni interested in art. 6:00 to 7:00 PM ...

Arts & Entertainment Committee meeting

When:   March 28, 2010 2:00pm
Where:   Cosi (21st & Park)
  FreeArts

The YAAMNY Arts & Entertainment Committee provides a forum where alumni can enjoy, share in, and learn from leading practitioners in the world capital of fine and performing arts, and support alumni in the arts, through regular presentations and events that will offer opportunities for networking and performance. Whether you have won a Pulitzer and travel by limousine or are pushing cabs between auditions, come share your ideas and help create a resource to assist us all in our work.

All are welcome. Please RSVP to This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript .

[YEI-NYC / YAAMNY] The Future of Social Entrepreneurship: Panel + Reception

When:   March 31, 2010 6:30pm
Where:   Pranna, 79 Madison Ave (at 28th St)
  $10Reception

YEI-NYC in collaboration with YAAMNY presents a unique panel discussion + networking reception on the Future of Social Entrepreneurship. Join your fellow Yale alumni entrepreneurs in NYC for interesting conversation, tasty hors d'oeuvres, and sociable libations.

This month's event will feature a panel discussion focusing on the future of social enterprise from an enlightening group of Yale alumni social entrepreneurs, educators, and organizers. We'll get together to engage with the panelists, mingle with other Yale innovators, and talk about the future in Pranna's swanky Cellar Room. We've arranged a drink special, plus a selection of complimentary Asian cuisine hors d'oeuvres.

A $10 donation will be asked for at the door to cover expenses. This event is for Yale alumni and their guests only.

RSVP HERE: http://anyvite.com/fvnx57bq0p

TIPS Party

When:   March 31, 2010 7:00pm-11:00pm
Where:   Tenjune
26 Little West 12th St.
NY, NY 10114
  $12 until 3/21, $15 afterwardsParty

YAAMNY is excited to tell you about this Ivy Plus Society (TIPS) event happening end of March.  TIPS has secured the very trendy club Tenjune for the festivities.  Meet NYC alumni from various schools.  There will be drink specials throughout the night.


For more information, and to RSVP, please go to: http://www.ivyplussociety.org/nyc.html

  

2 rooms available in 3 bed, 2 bath UWS apt @ 72nd w/ huge private terrace, $1260/mo, July 1st move-in

One block from 2/3 express at 72nd street, four blocks from B/C at 72nd
$:$1260/mo. (without utilities), first month's rent and security deposit
Two available bedrooms share one bath. Both have high ceilings, closet space, and ample additional storage space. Living room has fireplace, exposed brick wall, and high ceilings. Dishwasher in kitchen. Shared coat and linen closets. Private terrace has room for furniture, gardening, hammock, gets plenty of light. Laundromat next door, ...

No Fee Greenwich Village 1 BR @ $2,950 / month (plus optional parking space)

25 West 13th Street (between 5th & 6th Avenues)
  Large, charming, sun-filled 700+ sq. ft. 1 BR apartment in prime Greenwich Village location. Recently renovated plus brand new appliances, with through-wall AC. Tons of storage space, including 5 huge closets, built-in desk, cabinets and wine rack. Great layout with ample-sized bedroom. Located on 3rd floor of full-service, well-maintained elevator ...

1 Bedroom in 3 Bedroom Apt available beginning April 1st $785

Claremont Avenue between La Salle and Tiemann Place
$:$785/month plus approx. $60 for utilities; one month deposit required for move in
Two women in their late twenties have 1 bedroom available in their three bedroom apt in Morningside Heights/Harlem. Bedroom is 9x10 and unfurnished. The apartment itself has two large common spaces, separate kitchen, and nice sized bathroom.

Murray Hill Sublet - Apr 5 to July 15

Murray Hill, Manhattan 1 BR of a 2BR apt in Murray Hill is available April 5 to  July 15 (exact dates to be confirmed).  Doorman bldng, 31st floor with open views of Chrysler bldng and East river, wireless ...$1400/mo (discounted from actual of $2000/mo); other timing/price negotiable. $50 per-night or $300 ...