🌱 Patch AM: How a $250K grant will reshape service learning at Rye Country Day

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In today's newsletter:

• How a $250K grant will reshape service learning at Rye Country Day

Also on today's calendar: Exciting 2026 virtual and in-person programs with Hospital for Special Surgery! and 4 more events.

Today's riddle: I quit my job as a banker. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Partly sunny and breezy, with a high of 30 and low of 21 degrees.
• Saturday: Some sun, then clouds, temps: high: 32, low: 23.
• Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high of 34 and low of 20 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Rye Country Day to Expand Public Service Curriculum With $250K Grant (ryerecord.com) — Rye Country Day School is expanding its community service curriculum after winning a $250,000 Edward E. Ford Foundation grant, with matching funds to come from the school community. Starting next fall with ninth graders, the multi-year program will connect students to local nonprofits and public policy work across Westchester, including groups like Feeding Westchester and Rye Nature Center.
   

📸 Around Rye

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Rye

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★ Featured events ★

Monday January 5

• Exciting 2026 virtual and in-person programs with Hospital for Special Surgery!
  9:00 am

Tuesday January 27

• Westchester Camp Fair 2026
  Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd,
  5:30 pm

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Other local events

Monday January 5

• Garbage and recycling - paper and cardboard
  Monday/Thursday Garbage and Thursday Recycling- Rye Sanitation Rye, NY 10580
• Summer Camp 2026
  Rye Reads , 30 Elm Pl , Rye
  9:00 am

Wednesday January 7

• Green waste
  Monday/Thursday Garbage and Thursday Recycling- Rye Sanitation Rye, NY 10580

Thursday January 8

• Bulky waste, garbage, and recycling - commingled
  Monday/Thursday Garbage and Thursday Recycling- Rye Sanitation Rye, NY 10580

Monday January 12

• Garbage and recycling - paper and cardboard
  Monday/Thursday Garbage and Thursday Recycling- Rye Sanitation Rye, NY 10580

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday January 2

• One-on-One Assistance
  New Rochelle Public Library , 1 Library Plaza , New Rochelle
  10:00 am
• Rye Y Community Fitness Classes - Hall
  St. Thomas Episcopal Church , 168 West Boston Post Road , Mamaroneck
  11:00 am
• Knitting Club
  New Rochelle Public Library , 1 Library Plaza , New Rochelle
  11:00 am
• Game & Watch
  New Rochelle Public Library , 1 Library Plaza , New Rochelle
  3:00 pm

Saturday January 3

• Breakfast For Friends
  Hope Community Services , 50 Washington Ave , New Rochelle
  9:00 am
• Thomas Paine Memorial Building Open Saturday Afternoons
  Thomas Paine Memorial Building , 983 North Avenue , New Rochelle
  1:00 pm
• NRPL Film Series: A Celebration of Black Movie Musicals - STORMY WEATHER (1943)
  New Rochelle Public Library , 1 Library Plaza , New Rochelle
  2:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• 24 Hour Fitness USA, Inc. posted a job opening for Club Janitorial Attendant in Scarsdale. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Port Chester

• Flu Cases Hit Record High in New York With 71,123 Reported in Single Week as Officials Urge Vaccination (talkofthesound.com)

Mamaroneck

• Final Tally: Top Loop Stories of 2025 (larchmontloop.com)

Scarsdale

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I just lost interest.
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