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Reserve a free pass to dozens of NYC
museums with your Queens Library card
BY EMILY DAVENPORT
EDAVENPORT@QNS.COM / @QNS
Queens residents can now visit
one of the city’s many museums
for free — and all you need is a
library card.
Starting July 16, Queens Library
cardholders can now get free admission
to participating museums and
cultural institutions throughout the
city with the new Culture Pass, created
in a joint eff ort by the Queens Library,
Brooklyn Public Library and The New
York Public Library.
Each Culture Pass will off er free entry
for either two or four people to the
museum of your choice. Participating
museums include the Queens Museum,
the Museum of Modern Art, the
Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum and
the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Visit culturepass.nyc see a full list of
participating museums.
To reserve your Culture Pass, log
on to culturepass.nyc and select
your library system under ‘Reserve a
Pass.’ Aft er you log in to the Culture
Pass reservation system using your
library card barcode/username and
PIN, browse the available passes by
date, location or venue.
Aft er you make your reservation,
you can print out your pass at home or
for free at the Queens Library shortly
before your visit. The pass can also
be downloaded to your mobile device.
You must have ID with you when picking
up your pass and once you print
out or download the pass, you cannot
cancel your reservation.
Library cardholders must be
13-year-old or older to reserve a Culture
Pass. Passes will be released two
months in advance on the fi rst of each
month.
For more information, visit culturepass.
nyc. Photo: Tumblr/Queens Library
Nobel Peace Prize-winning organization seeks vols in Sunnyside
BY JENNA BAGCAL
JBAGCAL@QNS.COM/ @JENNA_BAGCAL
Doctors Without Borders will be
seeking recruits at their event
in Sunnyside on July 25.
Aid worker and recruitment offi -
cers from the international medical
humanitarian organization will hold
a presentation and Q & A session at
Sunnyside Community Services (43-
31 39th St.) The organization — which
received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1999
— has openings for both medical and
non-medical professional to help run
their projects around the world.
Peter Lundgren, an aid worker who
has been with the organization since
2011, will be joined by a Field Human
Resources offi cer to discuss the requirements
of the application process.
Attendees will also get the opportunity
to meet with several experienced aid
workers from the area to hear fi rsthand
accounts of their time in the fi eld.
The event starts at 7 p.m. and is slated
to last approximately 90 minutes.
Doctors Without Borders was
founded in France in 1971, and has
treated tens of millions of people
around the globe since its inception.
They have been providing assistance
to people who have been victims
of violence, neglect or catastrophe,
regardless of political and religious
affi liation or economic status.
Every year, doctors, nurses, logisticians,
water and sanitation experts,
administrators, and other medical and
non-medical professionals treat people
in need on over 7,700 aid assignments.
Professionals are spread out in nearly
70 countries around the world, including
Afghanistan, Zimbabwe, Mexico,
Photo via Doctors Without Borders website
Haiti, India and the Philippines.
Event organizers encourage those
who are interested in attending to
register, as venue space is limited.
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