Pennies for (Vox)Pop

ekiss

Hi Everyone,

We are currently making an effort to raise enough money to keep Vox Pop strong. This Saturday night, March 27 at 8PM, we will be having a penny party at Vox Pop and everyone is welcome and encouraged to come.

For those of us who are unemployed or want to give back but find it difficult to donate, this is our chance!

Search your house, under your beds, in your couch, behind the toilet, in your shoes, in your pockets, in your children's pockets, and bring all the pennies you can find. Put them in a big bag or a box or whatever it is that enables you to schlep the most coins from your home to Vox Pop. We will count them, and they will add up, and it will make a big difference. You never know how many pennies you have lying around.

Also, if anyone has penny rollers or knows where to find them, please let me know.

Also, if you cannot make the Saturday night date, feel free to drop them off when you can and we will add it to the collections.

Thank you everyone.

Eliana

mantic

look through those pennies good. 1982 and older are 95% copper.

funkytoot

Vox Pop is tops in my book!

Anyone catch the recent article on them in the NYTimes? I'd hate to see this great place go, yo.

meredithb

I really don't get what has happened?

My take:
Vox Pop got fined by some city agency. Vox Pop didn't pay the fines and they accumulated with interest, penalties, etc.

Now Vox Pop wants everyone to pay it's fines for them.

Hmmm.

davidg8089

I just found this on a posting elsewhere, "The popular neighborhood gathering spot is three months behind on its rent, the phone is disconnected and it lost its food and beverage license recently because of $29,000 in unpaid fines to the health department. “We’re in trouble," says Debi Ryan, the person brought in to try to straighten out Vox's problems."

This DOES sound like someone was mis-managing the place. This, along with the new competition in the neighborhood does not bode well. This is the same way that Alexanders/Boxers/Cornerstone went down. Perhaps they should read more Shakespeare...
"The Fault, Dear Brutus, lies not in our stars, but in ourselves... "

mylkshayk

I just walked by VP yesterday, and it looked open. I don't know if they were serving food yet, but there was a sign that said "We Did It!" or something to that effect (meaning they raised enough dollars to stay open?).

I just want them to bring back their super strong coffee and delicious locally-made peanut-butter brownie bars! And sell some real books, not Sander-published conspiracy theory stuff. I would love to have an actual bookstore in the neighborhood, PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!

davidg8089

mylkshayk wrote: And sell some real books, not Sander-published conspiracy theory stuff. I would love to have an actual bookstore in the neighborhood, PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!

ABSOLUTELY!! I remember when Mostly Books was on Cortelyou Rd, and they were HARDLY a large store, BUT it was nice to have them around and he carried a lot of varied stuff! There even used to be a USED bookstore near the old location of the Flatbush Food Coop, but I think dinosaurs roamed the earth back then

We need a good book store!