82 Degrees

Another trip was ventured to NYC to expand the scope of our work outside of our immediate community in Washington DC, and to expand the scope of our personal and professional experiences. This time, we stayed with some good friends in what many claim is the most diverse neighborhood in the world: Jackson Heights in Queens, NY. Little did we know that over 160 different countries are represented in this NYC neighborhood, and over 135 languages are spoken by its residents. We were in awe of the sheer diversity represented!

The reason for this trip to New York was to support the work of a highly effective and essential organization called BronxWorks (formerly the Citizens Advice Bureau). Some of their annual fundraiser promotional materials were designed in the Eighty2degrees studio, so we felt drawn to the event we had helped promote. We wanted to attend ‘BronxWorks Rocks’ at the Hard Rock Cafe at Yankees Stadium to get a better feel for the impacts of this community-building group of Bronxites.

What we experienced was a group of dedicated and amazing people who have been working for many years to bring the necessary attention to the lack of city resources being allocated to the Bronx community. BronxWorks has been helping change the focus and the future of this once-neglected borough of NYC for 38 years, and now serves over 37,000 people per year from their 28 facilities throughout the Bronx. They are serious about their positive impact upon their community, and are positively changing realities for tens-of-thousands of lives through their assistance, legal guidance, arts, education, and other social needs programs every day, for every person, from every age level.

Community is very important to a socially-responsible business like Eighty2degrees, and Eighty2degrees is especially open to working with social enterprises, green businesses, non-profit groups, and community-empowering organizations such as BronxWorks, wherever the community may be. Community is very important to a socially-responsible business like Eighty2degrees, and Eighty2degrees is especially open to working with social enterprises, green businesses, non-profit groups, and community-empowering organizations such as BronxWorks, wherever the community may be. We’d like to acknowledge the help we received from GOOD magazine in connecting us to the needs of this great non-profit organization: BronxWorks.

If you’re involved with an organization or business venture that wishes to work with like-minded people when creating your promotional materials for a big event or project, or perhaps when re-branding the organization or creating materials for a new aspect of the business, Eighty2degrees loves to do great work for great people! We’d love to hear from you—to forge a working relationship built upon trust and positive futures.