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Good Neighbors of Park Slope

OUR PURPOSE

Good Neighbors of Park Slope (GNPS) is an all volunteer, non-profit, aging-in-place organization, open to residents of Park Slope and surrounding areas who are age 55 and over. Our goal is to create a network of members to make life in our neighborhood easier and more fulfilling, while maintaining our autonomy and quality of life in our homes.

Members: Be sure to log in with your username and password to have access to 'member only' features of our website.

What's Happening?
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Upcoming Events
Upcoming Events

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To post activities on our Calendar, contact
Activities Coordinator
or fill out this
2024 Activity Form

Only Members of GNPS can post an activity
on our calendar

To request funds for your activity/event
Activity Funding Request Form

To watch recordings of Zoom presentations
Recordings of Zoom Presentations




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E-Blast and IMPORTANT GNPS INFO 
IMPORTANT GNPS INFO AND E-BLASTS

 

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CURRENT E-BLAST


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MEMBER CHECK-IN INFORMATION
Good Neighbors of Park Slope is offering to connect you with another member who also wants a regular check in. 
GNPS will make the initial connection, and after that it will be a mutual relationship between members 
who call/text/email one another on a regular basis, with no further GNPS responsibility.
Please fill out this survey and we will get back to you as soon as we can.

Member Check In 2024




A group of members has prepared information to help other groups start an organization like ours, which gives history of the organization. It is 
available here: 
Starting an Aging-in-Place Organization.





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UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS, NEW EVENTS, GAMES & COMMITTEE MTGS
UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS, NEW EVENTS, GAMES & COMMITTEE MTGS

(This section may include events that may not have been included in last e-blast and activities with 

available registration slots)



Presentations & Special Events
 

Building LGBTQ Community: Brunch - 12/4/2024
Presentation by Big Apple Greeter on Voluteer Opportunities - 12/5/2024
NYC Composting -- It’s Complicated. - 12/10/2024
Tour of Halftone Spirits - 12/13/2024
 

Brooklyn Museum: Elizabeth Catlett: Black Revolutionary Artist - 12/4/2024
Brooklyn Museum: Tour of Egyptian Collection - 12/5/2024

 

 Monthly Meetings and Activities Open To All Members
    
 
Activities Committee Mtg - 12/5/2024
Climate Change Interest Group 12/10/2024
Learning about GNPS and its website - 12/17/2024
Advocacy Committee Meeting - 12/18/2024

 
 
GAMES GAMES GAMES

In-Person Pinochle - 12/5/2024
In-Person Canasta - 12/11/2024
In-Person Scrabble Club - 12/18/2024


Every Tuesday Evening: Texas Holdem Online
Every Wednesday: In Person Bridge for Experienced Players

Health and Wellness Activities

Every Friday: Weekly Balance Class on zoom










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IMPORTANT COMMUNITY INFORMATION
IMPORTANT COMMUNITY INFORMATION



OMNI is now available for reduced fare customers!

Learn More Here



  Park Slope Library Events

Park Slope Library Calendar
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7TH AVENUE SENIOR CENTER (PSCSA) PROGRAMS OPEN TO GNPS MEMBERS
7TH AVENUE SENIOR CENTER (PSCSA) PROGRAMS OPEN TO GNPS MEMBERS


Park Slope Center for Successful Aging 
invites Good Neighbors of Park Slope
to participate in ALL activities!

See what is available on a recent PSCSA schedule:

PSCSA Schedule



For the most up-to-date information
become a member of PSCSA and receive their weekly schedule.

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SPECIAL WEBSITE FEATURE: MEET OUR MEMBER!

Meet Bill Kahn
(by Ruth Gastel)

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(For previous member profiles: Meet Our Members)  



 
😁To access the joke of the day at the bottom of this page
you must be logged into the website as a member😄




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The art show has been extended through
the end of November. 
Don't miss!!


GNPS artists and others participate in
“Spread Love Art Walk”
a closing event for our art show in the windows of the former Rite Aid Pharmacy on Thursday, November 7th.
Barbara Anderson of ArtontheAveNYC.com
with artists describing their work. 


photos by Bob Levine & Barbara Anderson


MEET OUR MEMBER

Bill Kahn

 

 



If you’ve ever been a soccer coach, or coached for any competitive sport, you’ll know how gratifying it is to see even small achievements. Bill Kahn is coach for high school Mock Trial teams but he didn’t start out coaching.


After working as a litigator in downtown Los Angeles for a few years, and becoming disillusioned about law as a career, Bill decided to travel. “One day I was looking for a different job and the next, I was setting out on a three and a half year backpacking trip that would take me twice around the globe to some 50 countries.”


Six months into the trip and thinking of returning but not having a job or career path, he had a so-called epiphany, a revelation that changed his life. “I was on a 36-hour train ride from Hyderabad to New Delhi when I suddenly realized what kind of a job would make me happy.  First, I wanted to help people and second, I wanted to be the center of attention!” That led to teaching.


Bill already had a degree in history from the University of Pennsylvania, so all he had to do when he returned was to enroll in Columbia University’s Teachers College to get his Master’s in Education and then decide where he wanted to teach.


New York City was the clear choice because it was eminently ‘walkable’. (Bill has led many tours of city neighborhoods for Good Neighbors and others.)  After monitoring classes in 16 different schools, he selected Brooklyn Technical High School. Originally an engineering school, Brooklyn Tech is now more broad-based, with a ‘major’ for upper class students in Law and Society.  Bill taught criminal, civil and constitutional law, along with other classes, for over 20 years.  


At Brooklyn Tech, Bill started coaching the extracurricular Mock Trial team.  Students act as lawyers and witnesses, trying a hypothetical case in an after-school tournament.  Each Mock Trial team has a minimum of 12 students, six for the plaintiff’s side and six for the defense. The tournament is run by the New York State Bar Association. The statewide competition starts in December and finishes with a championship trial in Albany in May.  Over 100 schools participate in New York City alone, with a similar number on Long Island and also upstate. Bill has taken the Brooklyn Tech team to the championship trial in Albany after it won the competition in New York City.


“Being a coach for these kids enriched my life in no small measure,” Bill says. “My wife, Clarissa, and I don’t have any children of our own. Watching these kids as they mature and go on to be successful in different fields is like being a surrogate parent. Twice a year, we host a reunion for over a dozen former students and they have become good friends.  Five have become lawyers in various fields. Two are even clerking for federal judges.”


Students gain confidence and improve their ability to speak in public. “They present arguments in discussions and learn to strategize.” These skills are useful in life in general, not just law.  “For some it’s a life-changing, eye-opening experience. Some have never been away from home before or stayed in a hotel. I remember one boy saying to me, as he looked at the soap and shampoo in the bathroom and the coffee maker on the table, ‘Bill, I have a question. Can we use those things?’


Bill retired from full time teaching in 2016 but continues to coach two other Mock Trial teams.  He is a Good Neighbors board member, the go-person for organizing Good Neighbors group visits to sports events, among other things, and a big supporter of Beers In Brooklyn.  He and his wife lived in lower Manhattan for many years, then moved to Brooklyn in 2018. They have two cats.


Could GNPS members become coaches in this after-school program? Bill says that the most useful coaches have some legal background, but it’s not essential.  In some cases, students run their own program but need an adult in the room for legal purposes. And volunteering need not be a long-term commitment. “Sometimes the best use of a volunteer is as a ‘fresh set of ears’ to hear an argument made by a student and give them feedback,” Bill explained.


“Please consider becoming involved. I promise you, there is nothing like it.” 


 


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