Manhattan East Community Association (MECA) finds solutions and gets positive results through grassroots engagement.
Founded in 1990 in Murray Hill, the all-volunteer non-profit organization has helped improve Midtown East communities and other neighborhoods on Manhattan’s east side.
An affiliate of St. Vartan Park Conservancy and Murray Hill Neighborhood Association, MECA manages community programs including Swish You Were Here and serves as a community advocacy leader. Some of MECA’s advocacy work is implemented in cooperation with St. Vartan Park Conservancy.
MECA is led by president Kevin O’Keefe, vice president Michael-Ann Rowe and treasurer Fred Arcaro.
Swish You Were Here
MECA is home to a unique grassroots volunteer program, dubbed Swish You Were Here, that supplies and installs full nets for public New York City basketball rims with missing or damaged nets.
Kevin O’Keefe founded Swish You Were Here in 2020, three years before he became MECA’s president.
The program’s first stage featured installation of a new net on each outdoor public basketball rim in need of one in Manhattan Community District 6, including NYC Parks and school hoops.
Click here to learn more about the all-volunteer program.
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MECA is a 501(c)(4) non-profit organization. The corporation’s federal EIN is 13-3618464.