NY Sirens for NY Cares

who: NY Sirens, a series that encourages women to collaborate in an effort to increase the awareness of the incredibly talented community of female musicians in the city.

what: NY Sirens for New York Cares, a charity event featuring performances and an evening-long raffle to benefit New York City's leading volunteer organization.

where: Googie's Lounge (over The Living Room), 154 Ludlow b/w Stanton and Rivington

when: Wednesday, December 10th (doors at 7 p.m., music until 12:30 a.m.)

why: Because giving is the new getting. And it's free to attend!!

NY Sirens For NY Cares will feature performances from:

7:30 p.m.: Shanna Zell
8:30 p.m.: Abby Ahmad
9:30 p.m.: Jessi Robertson
10:30 p.m.: Lara Ewen
11:30 p.m.: Kelli Rae Powell

Throughout the evening, we will be raffling off a slew of excellent prizes, and 100 percent of the raffle proceeds will go to support New York Cares. Some of the goodies will include:

• $20 bar tab at Bar Matchless, courtesy of Larry Hyland
• $20 bar tab at Bar 4, courtesy of Larry Hyland
• Three songs in the #10 slot at Bar 4 open mike, courtesy of Tanya Buziak
  
• Flier design, courtesy of Jessi Robertson
• Social network account set up, courtesy of Jessi Robertson
• T-shirt from Alter, Greenpoint's coolest clothing store
• Amber necklace, courtesy of Bartikowsky Jewelers
• Free Custom Myspace Profile, courtesy of Jeff Schram at SchramDesign.com
• $25 gift certificate from Flirt, Brooklyn
• Original art print by Emily Rawlings
• Custom poetry written for you by Laura Jean Binkley
  
• CDs from some of your favorite local artists, and much, much more!!!!

New York Cares is New York City’s leading volunteer organization. Founded in 1987, New York Cares enables 43,000 New Yorkers each year to serve on hands-on volunteer projects that help New Yorkers in need break the cycle of poverty and build better lives. New York Cares offers a full range of volunteer opportunities that meet critical social needs, including helping children learn to read, preparing meals for homeless and housebound people, helping low income students get into college, delivering job training to unemployed men and women, revitalizing public parks and schools, providing companionship and meals to the elderly, giving coats to those who don’t have them, and much more. Last year, New York Cares volunteers helped 450,000 New Yorkers in need. For more information about New York Cares, visit www.nycares.org. To donate directly to New York Cares, please click here.