Trail Volunteer
Sign up to join the Van Cortlandt Park Alliance’s Volunteer Trails Restoration Crew for Dec. 7 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The service helps train volunteers to work alongside trails professionals to develop skills in various areas of trail construction while improving the trails in Van Cortlandt Park. For more information, and to sign up, contact john@vancortlandt.org. Must be 18 years of age to join.

Toy Drive
The Bronx Zoo is accepting donations of unwrapped toys for its annual toy drive to distribute to local veterans and active-duty members of the military and their families. Anyone donating an unwrapped will receive a free ticket to the Bronx Zoo or New York Aquarium. Visit www.bronxzoo.com for more information.

Literacy Fair
The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore hosts a literacy fair on Nov. 26 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., featuring book giveaway offers for children under age five, registration for a New York Public Library card, and reading awareness table. A book vendor fair takes place from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Both events take place at 3415 Bainbridge Ave. For more information, call the Family Learning Place at (718) 741-2357 or email familylearningplace@montefiore.org.

Canned Food Donation
The office of Assemblyman Jeff Dinowitz is hosting a canned food drive through Dec. 11 to support two local food pantries for the holiday season: Kingsbridge Heights Community Center and St. Frances of Rome Food Pantry. Canned fruits and vegetables, cereals, dried beans, rice, tuna, coffee, teas, canned juices, powdered milk, Jell-O, and soups will be accepted. Donate food at 3107 Kingsbridge Ave. from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, call (718) 796-5345.

Montefiore Health System also seeks donations of non-perishable foods. They can be dropped off at 3058 Bainbridge Ave. from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

Tenant Help
The Mayor’s Public Engagement Unit will have members of its tenant support unit on hand to inform tenants of their housing rights and connect with a range of free resources to address landlord harassment at the following dates, times, and locations: Nov. 30 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the New York Public Library Sedgwick Branch at 1701 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.; Nov. 26 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the NYCHA Customer Contact Center, 478 E. Fordham Rd.

Compost Leaves
Residents living in Norwood, Bedford Park, Fordham, Van Corlandt Park, University Heights, and Kingsbridge Heights can have their collected tree leaves picked up by the New York City Department of Sanitation. Leaves must be placed in a brown bin, paper lawn and leaf bag, or yard waste only bin, and left out at the curb after 4 p.m. on Nov. 30. For more information, call 311 or visit nyc.gov/leafcollection.

Book Sale
Sistas & Brothas United and Northwest Bronx Community & Clergy Coalition host a book sale at 103 E. 196th St. on the following days: Thursdays and Fridays from 4 to 6 p.m.; and Saturdays and Sundays from 12 to 4 p.m. Book genres will range from short stories, dramas, fiction, horror, kids’ books, and more. For more information, call (718) 584-0515.

Crib Bumper Exchange
Parents and caregivers can dispose of their crib bumper pads—known to cause injury to infants or possibly death—in exchange for a baby sleep sack at the Administration for Children’s Services’ (ACS) Bronx office at 2501 Grand Concourse, fourth floor. It’s recommended to call the Bronx ACS office at (718) 933-1212 ahead of receiving the sleep sack. For more information, go to www.nyc.gov/safesleep.