🌱 Patch AM: Volunteer Opportunities Of The Week: 9/11 Day of Service Blood Drive

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In today's newsletter:

• Mark 9/11 with hands-on volunteer projects in and near White Plains
• Which local varsity team will earn this week's top honors?

Also on today's calendar: Analogue Sites by Jorge Otero-Pailos and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the fish blush ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Less humid with sunshine, with a high of 78 and low of 61 degrees.
• Tuesday: Sunny to partly cloudy, temps: high: 81, low: 65.
• Wednesday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 84 and low of 70 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Volunteer Opportunities Of The Week: 9/11 Day of Service Blood Drive (patch.com) — White Plains residents are invited to mark the 9/11 Day of Service by donating blood at Westchester County Center and helping sort career clothes for local students. Additional nearby opportunities include community clothing support, kids' kit deliveries, and Rosh Hashanah package visits with older adults in White Plains and surrounding Hudson Valley communities.
   

• Who is the Top Team of the Week, presented by White Plains Hospital? (lohud.com) — A Lower Hudson Valley sports poll is asking fans to vote on the latest Team of the Week, with one nominee highlighted for a shutout win over White Plains' squad. Local varsity teams from Westchester, Rockland, and Putnam can be nominated, and readers can cast votes through Tuesday afternoon for their favorite non-football team's early-season performance.
   

📸 Around White Plains

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🗓 Upcoming Events in White Plains

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday September 10
• Analogue Sites by Jorge Otero-Pailos →
  Jay Estate, 210 Boston Post Rd, Rye
  5:30 am
Saturday September 12
• Humanistic Rosh Hashanah Service →
  Community Unitarian Universalist Congregation at White Plains, 468 Rosedale Ave, White Plains
  6:00 pm
Tuesday September 15
• Cider, Donuts & Community →
  Brightview Senior Living Greenburgh, 280 Dobbs Ferry Rd, White Plains
  2:00 pm
Saturday September 19
• Jay Medal Soirée →
  Jay Estate, 210 Boston Post Rd, Rye
  5:30 pm

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Other local events

Thursday September 10
• Nick Chesnais Quartet →
  Jazz On Main, 37 S Moger Ave, Mt Kisco
  7:00 pm
Saturday September 12
• 2026 Annual Community Day →
  Thomas H Slater Center, 2 Fisher Ct, White Plains
  9:00 am
• 15th Annual Health Wellness & Lifestyle Expo 2026 with special thanks to Stamford Health →
  , Stamford
  10:00 am
Tuesday September 15
• Grammy Nominee Flor Bromley in Concert - FREE →
  White Plains Public Library, 100 Martine Ave, White Plains
  6:30 pm
Wednesday September 16
• Downtown Music Presents: Jonathan Henken, bagpipes →
  Grace Episcopal Church / La Gracia, 33 Church St, White Plains
  12:10 pm
Thursday September 17
• "Celebrating Our Mentors," Women's Mentoring Network Annual Fundraiser →
  Indian Harbor Yacht Club, 710 Steamboat Rd, Greenwich
  5:30 pm
Friday September 18
• Conigliaro Consort →
  Jazz On Main, 37 S Moger Ave, Mt Kisco
  7:00 pm
Saturday September 19
• Full-Length Practice SAT →
  Huntington Learning Center White Plains, 170 Hamilton Ave, White Plains
  9:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Does anyone have recommendations for a reliable and reasonably priced tree removal service in the White Plains area?
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🗞 Nearby News

Valhalla

• Essentia Health-St. Mary's Medical Center welcomes hospitalist Dr. Samuel Boderman (duluthnewstribune.com)

Rye

• Art of Rye Features Stacey Massey's Solitary Bird Photo (myrye.com)
• Rye Girls Soccer Beats Class AAA Power Shenendehowa on Last-Second Goal (ryerecord.com)
• Rye Town Park Beach ADA-Promenade, Wetlands Mess at 506 Midland, Dock on Brevoort, & Multiple Wetland Permits: Planning Commission Agenda for Tuesday, September 8, 2026 (myrye.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: It saw the ocean's bottom! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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