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Serving the Ulster County Community since 2009
November 2023 Newsletter
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Farm to Food Pantry Collaborative
Apple Gleaning
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when: Election Day
Tuesday, November 7th, 10am-12:30pm
where: Wallkill, NY (register for exact location)
when: Veterans Day
Friday, November 10th, 10am-12:30pm
where: Newburgh, NY (register for exact location)
Please join us for Farm to Food Pantry Apple Gleaning this week, Tuesday November 7th in Wallkill or Friday November 10th in Newburgh. Volunteers of all ages are welcome, and pantry volunteers are welcome to glean for their programs.
Please register if you’d like to help out by emailing cae98@cornell.edu or calling/texting (845) 800-2056.
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Mind, Body & Soul
Youth & Parent Expo
when: Saturday November 18th, 2023, 11am-3pm
where: YMCA of Kingston & Ulster County
Ulster County Department of Mental Health are seeking volunteers to assist us for our Mind, Body & Soul Youth & Parent Expo on Saturday, November 18th at the YMCA of Kingston & Ulster County. This event will welcome families from across the County to engage in fun wellness activities of all types and learn about community resources that are available. The event runs from 11am-3pm with set-up beginning at 9am and clean up wrapping up by 4pm. We need volunteers to assist with set-up, helping guests navigate the Y and find activities, serve food and help with clean up. This is a great opportunity for young adults and adults. Volunteers get a free tee-shirt!
For more info, contact Katrina at kawi@co.ulster.ny.us.
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New Paltz Repair Café
Saturday, November 18th,10am – 2pm
New Paltz United Methodist Church
1 Grove Street, New Paltz
Esopus Repair Cafe
Saturday, December 2, 2023, 10am-2pm
Port Ewen Reformed Church
160 Salem Street, Port Ewen
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A Repair Cafe is a free community event. You bring your broken but beloved items and together with volunteer repair coaches, WE FIX THEM! People bring all kinds of things to a repair cafe: clocks and other mechanical items; chairs, frames, and other wooden items; electrical items and small appliances; digital devices; clothing and textiles; dolls, stuffed animals, and toys, tools in need of sharpening; jewelry and watches; and so much more! Most items get fixed, and even when they don’t – we have a good time trying!
We are looking for “Repair Coaches” to guide people in fixing all kinds of things. Repair coaches bring their own tools and supplies and offer repairs at no cost. If you would like to volunteer, the commitment can be on a per-event basis.
Questions? Contact suziefromer@gmail.com or visit www.repaircafehv.org.
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Family of Woodstock
Thanksgiving Feast
| For more than 40 years, Family of Woodstock has hosted a Thanksgiving dinner for the entire community at the Woodstock Community Center. This year, Family will be delivering turkeys with all the fixins,’ or prepared meals to enjoy at home for people in the Greater Woodstock area, including Woodstock, Bearsville, Shady, Lake Hill, West Hurley, Willow, Mount Tremper, Shokan, Phoenicia, Boiceville and to the west of the County. | |
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These meals include, Turkey, Stuffing, Potatoes, a vegetable, and desert. There is also an option of Vegetarian meals. Turkeys with all the fixins’ will be delivered on the Saturday before Thanksgiving, and individual meals will be delivered to their homes, or picked up at the Community Center at 56 Rock City Road in Woodstock.
We are also offering an option to enjoy your meal in the company of others at the Community Center. There will be three seatings with limited space for about 30 people per seating.
Volunteers are needed to deliver Thanksgiving boxes with turkeys and all the fixin’s on Saturday Nov. 18th. and volunteers are needed on Thanksgiving day to deliver meals, distribute meals from the Community Center, and Monitor the dining area (limited to 90 people) and clean up after the event.
If you would like to volunteer or sign up for a Thanksgiving Food Basket, or Meals with Family of Woodstock, Please call or text the Hotline at 845-679-2485.
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4th Annual Spread Love Event | |
when: Thursday November 23rd, 2023, 10am-2pm
where:16 Cedar Street, Kingston
Center for Creative Education’s 4th Annual Spread Love Thanksgiving event is Thursday November 23rd from 10am-2pm.
We are looking for volunteers to help prep, cook, clean, bag vegetables, package the meals etc. We are looking for volunteers from
Sunday 19th 10am -4pm
Monday 20th 2- 8pm
Tuesday 21st 2 to 8pm
Wednesday 22nd 2 to 8pm
Thursday the day of the event starting at
8am for set up and ending with clean up 2-4pm
Please fill out our registration form online at cce4me.org or using the link below:
https://form.jotform.com/222834767070156
Thanks !
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when: December 1st 6-8pm
where: Uptown Kingston
Kingston ushers in the 2023 holiday season with the return of the annual Snowflake Festival on Friday December 1st. This is a free community event thanks to all the local businesses who are supporting this effort. This year promises to again dazzle guests of all ages with an array of holiday-themed performances, exhibitions, entertainment, and open stores offering treats and warm beverages to all visitors. The Snowflake Festival will run from 6pm thru 8pm with a wide array of holiday themed attractions throughout Uptown’s Historic Stockade District.
Volunteers are needed to help before, during, and after the Festival. Please use this form to select what job or jobs you are interested in assisting with, or contact Jodi Amato at amatojo3@gmail.com or 845-475-2884 for more information.
If you can’t help this year, no worries but we hope you will be able to join us from 6-8pm on December 1st for a great night filled with holiday cheer.
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Ulster County Office for the Aging
seeks volunteers
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Ulster County Office for the Aging seeks volunteers in the following areas:
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Warm Callers – folks who are willing to call isolated seniors regularly so they hear a friendly voice, have someone to speak to
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Volunteer drivers for our Neighbor to Neighbor Medical appt driving program
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Help at various pantries like Angel Food East, People’s Place, Rondout Valley Food Pantry
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Drivers for those pantries, maybe cooks
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Help at area nursing home for transporting, activities, companionship
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Volunteers willing to be trained to be ombudsmen in nursing homes
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Volunteers willing to assist as shoppers or with grocery pickup, chore doers, light maintenance volunteers for area seniors
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Coaches for evidence-based programming which help folks learn to live more safely and wholly
To learn more please contact Sue Koppenhaver at skop@co.ulster.ny.us or 845-340-3456.
https://ulstercountyny.gov/aging/volunteer-program
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Thank you so much to all our 12th Annual Zombie Escape Participants, Volunteers and Sponsors who helped make this our most successful fundraiser yet! View 2023 UlsterCorps Zombie Escape 5k Results and photos by Martin Weiner, ZGUNKS. If you were a 2023 Award Winner and had to leave before the Awards Ceremony, or you see any errors in the results, please contact zombies@ulstercorps.org.
So much gratitude to our sponsors: FirstCare Medical Center, Hudson Valley Credit Union, Ulster Savings Bank, 5th Lake Hudson Valley (formerly The Williams Lake Project), Shawangunk Runners, Radio Kingston, Rock & Snow, Rondout Savings Bank, Santo Associates, Antilogy Designs, Garland Excavation, Kaaterskill Construction, KB Chiropractic, Michael DeWan Appraisal & Associates, Masseo Landscaping, SUNY Ulster, Butterfield Restaurant at Hasbrouck House, Calasthetics, Skratch Labs, UPS Store-Kingston, High Falls Cafe, Wallkill Valley Land Trust, Adams Fairacre Farms, Hudson Valley One, Once Munsee Orchard, Prospect Hill Orchards, Tops Friendly Markets, and ZGUNKS.
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