New Paltz ReUse Center Summer Camp: Week One

Do It The Zero Waste Way!

Do It The Zero Waste Way!

Winter Clothing Drive

              Warm Up Our     

    Neighbors Annual Winter         
                Coat Drive

In partnership with NYSDEC and the Town of New Paltz for distribution through the New Paltz United Methodist Church
    to local organizations and shelters.

                               

Please donate new or your gently used coats, gloves, scarves and hats to benefit local shelters.  We will be collecting items through December 12^th at the following locations:

-          Town of New Paltz Recycling Center

 -    Town Building Department                                                                                

Clean, stain free, wearable items only please.                                              

Contact recycling@townofnewpaltz.org for more information

Town and Village of New Paltz – New Paltz Zero Waste Initiative

“New Paltz’s sustainable materials program is proof that cost can be reduced while donations and revenues increase; providing materials and opportunity to build our community.” Laura Petit, Recycling Coordinator

The New Paltz ReUse and Recycling Center is a municipally operated system consisting of four buildings and several accessory buildings. It serves a population of just under 20,000 and employs two full time employees with a part time Waste Reduction Assistant in the ReUse Center. New Paltz stepped up programs in 2016 to reach its zero waste goals by involving the community.

Briar Creek Farm has been a partner and part of the livestock food recovery initiative since 2012. They collect food from several local retailers to supplement what they feed their cows, pigs and chickens. They also take shredded paper collected at the New Paltz recycling center for bedding which is later composted. New Paltz held a “Feed The Hog” – a “used” pumpkin collection that took place right after Halloween for Briarcreek livestock.

March brought new source for commercial food waste and a $20,000 revenue. The Culinary Institute of America composts all food waste and New Paltz staff used it to created beautiful compost which is used by local gardeners.

April has been designated as the annual textile collection month in partnership with the New Paltz Clean Sweep program. In 2015, NYSDEC Regional Director, Martin Brand, attended the first event which began as a partnership in 2014 with Region III NYSDEC and the solid waste local authority in support of the ReClothe-NY program. With the help of volunteers, the clothing collection is now ongoing and 4.39 tons was collected this year for local charities.

May was 14th Annual SUNY New Paltz campus dorm cleanout and Great Community Giveaway. This year seven (7) tons of clothing, food and other items were donated by students. After volunteers collected and sorted everything, the material was delivered to twelve (12) local charities with the remaining items put under tents donated by the United Methodist Church for the public to take.

New Paltz closed the 2016 year by joining Rescuing Leftover Cuisine to pick up food donations from local businesses for drop off at local charities. This was an incredible step to feed our hungry and jump into the long term goals of our zero waste plan. Partners include Sodexo of SUNY New Paltz dining hall, Omega Institute and several local restaurants. To date (January 1, 2017-October), 9,000 pounds of food has been recovered and delivered to pantries and soup kitchens.

The zero waste and food recovery goals could only be achieved with community volunteers. New Paltz has partnered with Food Insecurity Collaborative (Rondout Valley Growers Association, Family of Woodstock and Ulstercorp) as a centralized hub food for gleaned and/or overproduced fresh produce. A Cool Bot® refrigeration shed is almost completed and will be used to store produce until food pantries can pick up.

In total, 162 tons of material was diverted for reuse including aggregate and shredded paper; 84 tons of food and clothing was donated; 237 tons was recycled; and, 1222 tons of organics including food and yard waste was composted or repurposed in 2016.

The New Paltz ReUse and Recycling program diverted 1,428 tons of organics and reusable material from the waste stream reducing disposal costs by $151,915 if all materials were landfilled and supplementing local charities with much needed items.

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Slice of New Paltz: Reduce, ReUse, Recycle

New Paltz ReUse Center: 2016 Recap and Plans for 2017

The New Paltz ReUse and Recycling Center stepped up to meet more of its zero waste goals in 2016 by involving the community. The mild winter helped start off the “volunteer season” early with a SUNY New Paltz professor and group of students working on an educational trail that leads from a forgotten park built in the 1960’s to the Reuse and Recycling Center. Included on the trail are podiums made from recovered lumber with informational signage about local wildlife and flora. Later in the year, volunteers from United Healthcare in Kingston, NY spent a day clearing brush to make room at the park for reading areas: complete with chairs made from old pallets and mini-fridges converted into pocket libraries.

February brought us a batch of chicks hatched from local eggs donated by Briar Creek Farm of New Paltz and Trudy’s Egg Basket of Gardiner in an incubator rescued from the waste stream. (The chicks were given back to the farms after the public had some time to enjoy them and a pamphlet on raising chickens as part of a food security program was created.) Briar Creek Farm has been part of the livestock recovered food initiative and collects food from several local retailers to supplement what they feed their cows, pigs and chickens. They also  take shredded paper collected at the  New Paltz recycling center for their livestock which is later composted and participated in “Feed The Hog” – a “used” pumpkin collection that took place right after Halloween.

March brought us a new source for commercial food waste and a $20,000 revenue. Staff created beautiful screened compost which was used by local gardners and on the Field of Dreams.

April has been designated as the annual textile collection month in partnership with the New Paltz Clean Sweep program. In 2015, NYSDEC Regional Director, Martin Brand, attended the first event which began as a partnership in 2014 with Region III NYSDEC and the solid waste local authority in support of the ReClothe-NY program. With the help of volunteers, the clothing collection is now ongoing and 4.39 tons was collected this year for local charities.

In May, New Paltz was selected to receive the 2016 Environmental Champion Award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region II for its commitment to protecting and enhancing environmental quality and public health. Later in the Fall New Paltz received national EPA recognition for its Food Recovery Challenge. These programs have been a success because strong partnerships with the local NYSDEC Region III office and community members have been developed. Two of our dedicated volunteers, Joan and Vincent Gallagher, were recipients of the first New York State Recycling Leadership Citizens’ Award.

May was also the 14^th Annual SUNY New Paltz campus dorm cleanout and Great Community Giveaway. This year seven (7) tons of clothing, food and other items were donated by students. After volunteers collected and sorted everything, the material was delivered to twelve (12) local charities with the remaining items put under tents donated by the United Methodist Church for the public to take.

In June, New Paltz received $264,000 in recycling grant funding. The grants were written for the composting and brush program for capital equipment purchases that were reimbursed at 50%. The funds offset the cost of the horizontal grinder purchased in December 2015.

Over the summer, local artists contributed their time and skills to paint a mural on the New Paltz ReUse Center. New Paltz High School students participating in the Roost Youth Group (RYG- a local gallery) spent the entire summer painting. This partnership led to the ReUse Center’s second project. A ReUse Sculpture Park on Clearwater Road, using materials diverted from the waste stream to represent all aspects of society and sustainability. The first sculpture was a collaboration between RYG and the Maya Gold Foundation.  The Maya Gold Foundation was created in response to the tragic death of 15-year old Maya Gold, a New Paltz High School student who took her own life in October of 2015. Maya’s parents launched the organization with help from community members and friends, in response to the social pressures and concerns her death brought to light. This sculpture is “Community”.

New Paltz finished a very busy summer by tabling at the Ulster County Fair. With the help of a dozen volunteers, hundreds of children’s hard cover book spines for personalized story books were given away. (Eighteen cases of educational material was brought into the New Paltz recycling center for disposal and diverted to the outreach program.) Several teachers interested in class writing projects were sent home with a case of hard covers.  Fair goers also received reusable shopping bags that had been pre-packed with information on the ReUse Center, native gardens and other program literature.

New Paltz ReUse and Recycling Center and New Paltz Youth Center (NPYC) volunteered at the annual Taste of New Paltz event. Sponsored by New Paltz Chamber of Commerce, this event invites local restaurants and food artisans to have the public sample their products and was promoted as a zero waste event. Young volunteers from the NPYC and SUNY New Paltz were stationed throughout the fairgrounds to guide fairgoers on how/where to place compostable items, recycling or garbage using a three-bin system. The carts were donated by local business, Solid Waste Disposal Service, Inc.  Only ten  35-gallon bags of garbage were collected; mostly non-compostable #6 condiment portion cups and recycling that was  contaminated with food.

SUNY New Paltz invited ReUse and Recycling Center staff to attend several sustainability events including a statewide conference in September and October. SUNY students are the largest resource of volunteers that the New Paltz Zero Waste program has, and their energy and core knowledge is inspirational. Recycling Coordinator, Laura Petit, was invited in November to attend PLANs northeastern conference at the University of New Hampshire.

Town of New Paltz Sustainability Film Series - Several screenings of a series of sustainable films of documentaries created by people who were inspired to change their lives and the environment by changing their habits by plugging leaks in local economy, local currencies while appropriately using natural resources, urban agriculture and food resilience. Sustainability is a transformation. The first film “ReUse: Because You Can’t Recycle the Planet” was shown on two separate dates in November that led to the the 2017 project plan. Hudson Valley Regional Council and Feed the Hudson Valley sponsored “Just Eat It” a film on food waste shown in December that will lead to the overall food recovery program for 2017. Laura Petit and a regional NYSDEC representative met with SODEXO representatives (one regional; the other local) to coordinate how volunteers with be picking up leftover dining hall food to donate to local charities.

These films motivated New Paltz ReUse and Recycling  staff to draft a plan for 2017 that includes: Spare Share (a program for teachers to take FREE supplies recovered from the waste stream to use in their classrooms – August 2017); Bike Share ( a program that leases bikes recovered from the waste stream); Scrapped Kitchen (a program of workshops including seed harvesting, gardening, composting, perennials, cooking seasonal produce and canning); Extreme Recycling (a program of select recycling center users willing to break down their recycling beyond four containers and to recover additional materials such as coffee grinds from K-cups and Box Tops for education); Edible Trail and Scavenger Hunt Trail (a program that ties ecology in with the arts and gardening).

New Paltz closed the 2016 year by joining Rescuing Leftover Cuisine to pick up food donations from local businesses for drop off at local charities. This will be an incredible step to feed our hungry and jump into the long term goals of our zero waste plan. The goals can only be achieved with community volunteers. New Paltz has also partnered with Food Insecurity Collaborative (Rondout Valley Growers Association, Family of Woodstock and Ulstercorp) as part of the food recovery hub for gleaned and/or overproduced fresh produce. Plans for building a Cool Bot® in the ReUse Center to store produce until food pantries can pick up items are being drafted for February 2017.  

Staff helped SUNY Sustainable Agriculture students prepare a banquet on Sunday November 20th entirely out of rescued and gleaned produce. Students and New Paltz staff prepared the feast at Huguenot Farm which was transported to the SUNY campus that fed eighty (80) students.

The last event of 2016 was during the first major snowstorm of the season at a Boy Scout Pancake Breakfast event. A full table of materials from the ReUse Center was set out for the next generation of creative minds to use. That and a hot glue gun (supervised by an adult of course) resulted in some really cool snow globes!

New Paltz ReUse and Recycling Center achieved another benchmark in 2016 by coming in under 300 tons of garbage that had to be hauled to a landfill over four and a half hours away. Before New Paltz partnered with the EPA in 2011 as part of a national zero waste pilot initiative, New Paltz was receiving over 800 tons of garbage annually destined for landfilling. This year 297 tons of garbage was received (down from 324 tons in 2015) and revenues were at their highest to date through new programming and commercial food waste tipping fees.

Staff

Laura Petit – Recycling Coordinator/Environmental Educator   recycling@townofnewpaltz.org

Robert Karlsbarch  – Transfer Station Operator

Lloyd Luckett – Municipal Worker I

www.newpaltzreuse.org

2017 New Year Resolutions

Live 2017 as a more sustainable lifestyle.  Here a a few resolutions for you to consider for the New Year.

Donate things you don’t need.

You don’t have to wait until the spring to do major cleaning in your home. Make it a
resolution to go through all of your belongings and sort out what you will no longer use.
Take the pile of unwanted items and donate them to a local charity. This is a
great way to reuse items you no longer need instead of tossing them in the trash.

Learn more about what can and cannot be recycled.

When you sort through all of your stuff, do you find yourself questioning whether something
is recyclable? Many people throw items they’re unsure of in the recycling bin, but if it’s not
recyclable, it could end up contaminating other items or damaging equipment at the recycling
center. So, this New Year, check with Recycling Staff to learn more about what is and is not
recyclable. For example, did you know most recycling centers will not accept plastic grocery
bags, BUT stores with over 10,000sf are mandated to accept them. So take your clean leftover
shopping bags to Shop Rite or Tops. Better yet USE A REUSABLE BAG!
Bring your own containers.

Are you going out for coffee? Bring a reusable mug and ask the coffee shop to use your cup.
The next time you go out to dinner, bring a small reusable container in your bag and ask the
restaurant to put your leftovers in your container. Ulster County has banned the use of
plastic foam takeout containers. Making this small change can help you drastically reduce the
amount of waste you are creating in your day-to-day life.

Have a Happy, Safe and Sustainable New Year.

Third Annual Winter Coat Drive

The Third Annual Winter Coat Drive in partnership with the Groovy Blueberry and United Methodist Church officially ended on November 30th. In 2014, Amy Cohen, owner of the Groovy Blueberry approached us with the idea of collecting winter coats for the Washbourne Battered Women's Shelter run by Family of Woodstock. With the help of Joan and Vincent Gallagher of the United Methodist Church, everything donated gets distributed to several local charities. Anyone in need of a coat can take one. There are no forms or other disclosure documents needed! Over 1,400 pounds of clothing and apparel was donated. Thank you!!

Food Recovery Program

We had a great group of people attend the screening of Just Eat It. Thank you for your support and the ideas. And, thank you to the Hudson Valley Regional Council for allowing us to show borrow the film. I think the next New Paltz program is ready to go. Food Recovery!

Here is what has been proposed for a future program. The results are a drafted two part plan:

Agriculture 
1) List of farmers in New Paltz/Gardiner area (we have already)
2) List of pantries/churches/cool bot distribution sheds
3) List of Farmer’s markets
4) Coordinate with Ulstercorp to manage volunteers and drop off produce at pantries
5) Schedule gleaning days

Prepared food rescue
1) List of restaurants (working on it)
2) Contacts for events like Taste of New Paltz
3) List of pantries/churches/cool bot distribution sheds (working on it)
4) Briefing to recruit volunteers and instruct on food recovery protocols including filing food pickup data forms (Rescuing Leftover Cuisine, Inc)
5) Calendar to coordinate volunteers (Rescuing Leftover Cuisine, Inc)

What do you think?

Feed The Hog!

New Paltz ReUse and Recycling Center is accepting "used" pumpkins for livestock feed. According to the owners of Briarcreek Farms, a local farm in New Paltz, animals LOVE pumpkins. Food for animals removes a significant amount of usable organic material from the waste stream and provides a valuable resource to local farm businesses. The ReUse Center is open Tues-Sat from 9-4:30pm and is located on Clearwater Road off Route 32 in New Paltz. This program runs through November 30th and is open to EVERYONE with pumpkins. Our zero waste goals, in partnership with EPA, include the Food Recovery Hierarchy pyramid. https://www.epa.gov/sustainable-man…/food-recovery-hierarchy The Town was invited to represent EPA Region II in 2011 as part of a zero waste initiative with twelve other municipalities nationally and developed a road map with input from the community. Interestingly enough, the New Paltz Zero Waste Action Plan has been implementing food recovery goals in reverse - from the bottom of the pyramid up.

• 2012 A commercial composting site was encouraged by students and faculty of SUNY New Paltz and a registered facility was opened in June.
• 2012 Free backyard composting and permaculture workshops for the public.
• 2014 An intern from SUNY New Paltz created a list of active farms that was provided to several local retail and wholesale food distributors. Products beyond the sell by dates are collected and used to feed livestock.
• 2016 A partnership was formed with the Food Insecurity Collaborative (Family of Woodstock, Ulstercorp and Rondout Valley Growers Association) to include New Paltz as part of a recovered food distribution system. A donated freezer is already full of healthy foods from a bumper crop of tomatoes (tomato basil sauce), eggplants (Ratatouille) and peppers. A Cool Bot system to keep produce cold until pantries can pick it up will be installed before the end of the year.
• 2017 New Paltz plans to implement a Master Organics Material Management program that focuses heavily on consumer modification.

For more information contact us at (845) 255-8456 or recycling@townofnewpaltz.org Website www.newpaltzreuse.org

Household Generated SHARPS

Household generated medical waste INCLUDING SHARPS CAN NOT BE RECYCLED at the curb or at your local transfer station. If you are NOT using a red SHARP container, then a #2 milk jug or detergent bottle can be used (Although a red SHARP container is recommended) When full use packaging or duct tape to secure the top, mark HOUSEHOLD GENERATED MEDICAL WASTE and drop off at a collection point. DO NOT PLACE IN RECYCLING CONTAINER. For more information on SHARP drop off locations see www.newpaltzreuse.org; www.ucrra.org orwww.dcrra.org

R-3 (ReUse) Bus Maiden Voyage

The R-3 (ReUse) bus will be making its maiden voyage to Blueberry Fields across from Groovy Blueberry on Water Street tomorrow, Friday September 23rd from 2-4:30pm. Create at the craft table and get a sample of materials available at the ReUse Center on Clearwater Road of Route 32 by the ballfields.

We have windows, doors, shingles and ceramic tile available at the ReUse Center. On Sept 23rd see our selection of fabric, yarns, frames, wooden discs, lamps, mugs and other housewares.

Saturday, August 27, 2016: Unveiling of the Mural

An unveiling of the Roost Youth Group mural at the New Paltz ReUse Center on Clearwater Road is planned for Saturday, August 27th, 2016 at 2pm followed by an ice cream social generously provided by Stewarts Shops. The event will be open until 4pm with members of the RYG available to discuss the mural.

New Paltz ReUse and Recycling has partnered with the Roost Art Gallery and New Paltz High School students (Roost Youth Group – “RYG”) who completed a mural on the front of the ReUse Center in late July. The ReUse Center is a warehouse opened in 2011 for usable materials that were destined to be landfilled. 

The mural depicts a dismal future as our natural resources continue to be abused and depleted. However, there is a pilgrimage of people moving toward sustainability and a healthier environment which could reverse the damage that has been done. 

Laura Petit, New Paltz Recycling Coordinator said,” This group (RYG) of talented young people created a visual story to educate everyone about the consequences their decisions have on the environment.” She added, “Even through the adverse conditions of this summer’s extreme heat and sudden violent thunderstorms, the RGY group finished this priceless mural for the community to enjoy.”

Special Thank You to Our Volunteers!

The Town of New Paltz ReUse and Recycling Center has been recognized several times by the EPA for its composting and reuse programs. It was also one of the first in Ulster County, New York to begin holding textile collections in partnership with the NYSDEC and local solid waste authority beginning 2014. This event was attended by NYSDEC Region Director, Martin Brand on April 25, 2015, in recognition of the ReClothe NY textile recycling campaign.

From August 2nd through 6th, 2016, New Paltz had a booth at the annual Ulster County Fair where volunteers offered information and ideas for repurposing material. An unofficial record setting 50,591 visitors attended the Fair. Over 150 children's books with blank pages for their own illustration and authoring were distributed as volunteers explained that this material would have been thrown in a recycling bin. (Recycling is not number one on the NYSDEC hierarchy and would have created 900 pounds of CO2 emissions for each roll-off container load sent out for recycling.) Instead, new and gently used materials are diverted to encourage reuse and modified consumerism to keep everything local AND out of landfills.

All of these programs have been a success because of public support and the amazing volunteers that offer their time and experience. The perennial garden, the greenhouse, the ongoing clothing collections for more than ten charitable organizations and the evolving food recovery program all rely on our network of volunteers. Thank you to each and everyone of them!

ReUse v Recycling

Everyone can identify with recycling.  For decades now, people have been separating paper, cardboard, glass, metal, plastic and glass from their garbage so it can be re-manufactured into another product saving hundred of trees and eliminating mining for new, unused material.

But recycling is not the preferred method to keep garbage out of landfills.  At the top of the New York State Department of Environment and Environmental Protection Agency hierarchy is modified consumerism (buy less; use less) followed by reuse (the favorite thing to do at the New Paltz ReUse Center) followed by composting THEN it's recycling.  In order to recycle one forty cubic yard of 

cardboard collected at the New Paltz Recycling Center it is necessary to deliver it to the local Materials Recovery Facility "MRF" which is a thirty-two mile round trip, use heavy equipment to push in onto a conveyor belt where it is compacted into 800-1,200 pound bales, then lift the bales with heavy equipment to place it in a truck so it can be shipped several hundred miles away to a broker who finds a buyer/manufacturer to send it to,  NOT the best way to reduce our carbon footprint or keep things local.

Next time you start to fill up the recycling bin, think about alternative uses for your recyclables. Cardboard can be used as a weed barrier in your garden or shred it to add to your backyard composter.  Paper should have both sides used before it is shredded and used for animal bedding. Invest in reusable takeout/storage containers to take to the supermarket or your favorite restaurant to reduce plastic.  It can be the next fun and creative challenge to helping New Paltz reach its Zero Waste goals.

Annual Zero Waste Day at the New Paltz ReUse and Recycling Center

Looks at what's happening this weekend (the 13th) at the New Paltz ReUse Center from 11am to 3pm (Clearwater Road).

Thank you Heady Teddy Outfitter, Kniffen Homes and Lion Zen for helping out! So now we have tents and music!! 

Climate Action Coalition – The Climate Action Coalition of New Paltz works to alert people in our area to the changes they can expect from climate change, and to help them reduce the causes and adjust to the effects. Meets every Thursday at 5pm at the New Paltz Village Hall. http://www.newpaltzclimateaction.org

Dolphin Plumbing, Inc. – Master plumbers and a local business.  Phone: (845) 834-2797  Website: www.dolphinplumbingandheating.com

Environmental Protection Agency – National organization for the protection of human health and the environment.  Phone: 877-251-4575  Website: www.epa.gov

Food Not Bombs/NPZ De Facto - The De Facto Community Project is a long -term project to create a multi-functional , multi- purpose, multi-service community center in New Paltz, NY.  Email: npzdefactoproject@gmail.com  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/334257156703786/

Heady Teddy Outfitters is the Hudson Valley's only shop which specializes in vintage music memorabilia and Grateful Dead collectibles. Phone: (845) 444-1720 Website: www.headyteddys.com

Home Energy Consultants, Inc. – Jonathan Flynn. Will show you how to reduce energy costs and guide you through the process by demystifying the NYSERDA process.  Phone: 845-635-8302 Email: HEC@SaveEnergyNY.com

Fossil Fuel Resistance – Check out the Mercedes converted to run on vegetable oil and chat with them about the Pilgrim Pipeline project.  Learn more about what you can do to conserve and advocate for the environment.

New Paltz ReUse and Recycling Center – Focusing on education and waste reduction, staff helps the public understand the importance of changing consumer habits, reusing everything possible, eliminating hazardous materials, recycling and other lifestyle changes to move toward zero waste and sustainability.

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation The NYSDEC division of solid waste and recycling is responsible for oversight and management of solid waste. Their hierarchy encourages education on waste reduction, reuse and recycling Phone: (845) 256-3000  website: www.nysdec.gov

Rifton Woodcrest - Woodcrest was the first community of the Bruderhof in the United States, started in 1954 on a property near the Walkill River. They are a faith based community that advocate local volunteerism and support.

Solid Waste Disposal Service, Inc – This local company has offered garbage and recycling collection for over ten years and has recently added  organics to the list of services provided to customers.  Learn more from owner Phil Ferraro. 845-453-8741

Solarize Hudson Valley Solarize Hudson Valley is a partnership of municipalities, community organizations and solar companies working to expand renewable energy in the Hudson Valley. Email: solarizeinfo@sustainhv.org website:   http://solarize-hudsonvalley.org
Take Me Home Pet Rescue, Inc. Take Me Home Pet Rescue Inc., is a 501c3 Non-Profit Organization that rescues pets from high kill shelters & finds them loving homes. Website: http://www.tmhpetrescue.com

Dan Guenther has been a farmer and farm consultant for 20 years. He helped create CSA’s in the Hudson Valley including Brook Farm Project and Phillies Bridge Farm. He and his wife, Ann, have actively been educating the people on climate change and offering alternatives to energy consumption through education. They co-founded New Paltz Climate Action Coalition. Their work involves community outreach and SUNY New Paltz interns to reduce climate change effects and carbon footprint.

Food Not Bombs is part of the De Facto Community Center project which is a local movement to sustainability and social outreach through community events and membership.   This group of advocates for real change with hands on support for food security, farms, local businesses and artisans.  

Lion Zen plays a blend of rock and blues which they refer to as Playing Groove Rock ((Psychedelic Country Blues)) Come on out and “Get your Groove On” with this newly formed band.               

Special thanks to Davy from Heady Teddy for helping us out with tents and getting us in touch with Lion Zen.  YOU ROCK!

Clothing Swap

Swap for Success March 14th from 11am to 3pm at the New Paltz ReUse Center.  You still have an hour to stop by and pick out some new clothing for your wardrobe or drop off clothes.  It's been quiet but our volunteers are still here to help.

Volunteer Fair

Come out to Jordan's Pizza on 52 Main Street (the corner of Main and Chestnut) to find out what volunteer opportunities there are to help out the community.  Have pizza and network with a great group of people!! Volunteering is what makes this community so vibrant and so successful.

Hope to see you on Friday, March 6th at 4pm!!