Kids New York - November 24, 2008

The Giving Tree

ABC Home & Planet Foundation’s Clusters of Compassion

The age-old question: What to give the child who has everything?

Try a lesson she’ll never forget — that giving is the greatest gift of all.

ABC Home & Planet Foundation’s Clusters of Compassion can help. Give the gift of literacy to an Afghan girl or a home away from home to underprivileged kids in Yonkers, help rescue the Boreal Forest, or support biodynamic farming — all in her name.

Each Clusters of Compassion bundle comes with a personalized certificate for your child and includes a photo documenting the impact of the gift, so she can see the lasting effect of generosity.

Stuff it in a stocking or make one night of Hannukah about giving back.

Then look forward to a brighter future.

ABC Carpet & Home, 888 Broadway, at 19th Street (212-473-3000 extension 581 or abchomeandplanet.org).

This Week in New York

SEE
The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Other Eric Carle Favourites
What: The bug with a big appetite and The Mixed-Up Chameleon come to life.
Why: It’s deliciously entertaining.
When: Sun, 2 p.m.
Where: Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts, 2900 Campus Rd. (718-951-4500).

PLAY
Holiday Train Show
What: Model trains and twinkling lights amaze all ages.
Why: All aboard for fun.
When: Thru Jan. 11.
Where: The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx River Pkwy., at Fordham Rd., Bronx (718-817-8700). Tickets online at nybg.org.

MARVEL
Canstruction
What: Support artists whose giant sculptures are made of canned goods and feed the neediest.
Why: You can help.
When: Garden exhibit thru Dec. 2. Daily, 7 a.m.-11 p.m. Gallery exhibit thru Dec. 8. Daily, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Canned food donations accepted.
Where: The World Financial Center, 220 Vesey St., in the Winter Garden & Courtyard Gallery. Info at 212-417-7000.