Monthly plant sales return to the Recovery Center on 3rd Street

The monthly plant sales have started up for the year at the Recovery Center ... starting today from noon to 3 p.m. at the facility, 8 E. Third St. between Second Avenue and the Bowery. 

Proceeds go directly to clients of their outpatient substance use treatment center.

The Center, part of Project Renewal, will host these sales on the third Saturday of the month.

A plant sale today at the Recovery Center on 3rd Street

The Recovery Center is hosting a plant sale today from noon to 3 p.m. at the facility, 8 E. Third St. between Second Avenue and the Bowery. 

Per the flyer, "all proceeds go directly to clients of our outpatient substance use treatment center." 

The Center, part of Project Renewal, hosts plant sales in its outdoor space several times a year.

Project Renewal holding a community meeting on the Bowery tomorrow night

Flyers are up along the Bowery for a community meeting at Project Renewal tomorrow (Tuesday) night from 6-7 at the nonprofit's outpost at 333 Bowery between Second Street and Third Street.



The flyers state: "Do you have questions or concerns about Project Renewal or want more information about the programs and services offered at the shelter?"

The nonprofit was founded in 1967. Per their website:

Project Renewal ... helps homeless and low-income men and women who often have a drug addiction, mental illness or both by providing everything they need to reclaim their lives with renewed health, homes, and jobs.

Project Renewal's Kenton Hall on Third Street between Second Avenue and the Bowery is "home to 100 men on methadone maintenance, receiving comprehensive health, support, and housing services." It opened in 1991.

Last fall, local elected officials along with Project Renewal leaders took part in a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new community garden outside the Third Street shelter. Officials hope that the new space will bring about a bond between the shelter and local community.

Project Renewal celebrating 50 years with Fall Festival, park dedication

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This afternoon at 3, a handful of local elected officials will join Project Renewal at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new community garden outside the organization's Third Street Men's Shelter.

The ribbon-cutting will kick off Project Renewal's Halloween-themed block party on Third Street between Second Avenue and the Bowery for community residents, with costumes, a pumpkin patch, food, games and more.

Going forward, the garden will be a venue for horticultural therapy and other programming for clients of the Third Street Men’s Shelter which, in 1991, became the first homeless shelter contracted by the New York City Department of Homeless Services. Today, the shelter offers a wide range of health, recovery, and job training services to homeless men with substance use disorder histories.

Project Renewal started as the city’s first medical detox clinic on the Bowery in 1967, and has since expanded to serve over 16,000 men, women and children annually.