Kingston Cares

04/04/2018

Young Adult Job Fair TOMORROW Thursday April 5th, 11am-3:30pm at the Andy Murphy (mid-town) Neighborhood Center. This is open to young adults 16-24 (but no job seeker will be turned away). Please share widely!

06/09/2017

Join us Saturday June 17th for this FREE, family-friendly community event!

12th Annual Midtown Make a Difference Day
Building a Strong Community: Neighbor to Neighbor
Saturday, June 17th, 2017, 11:00am-3:00pm
Franklin St. Between Broadway and Prospect St. in Kingston, N.Y.

Join us for this FREE, family-friendly community event!
The day will include:
Food
Entertainment
Community Resources
Neighborhood Celebration

Brought to you by: City of Kingston and Kingston Parks and Recreation Department; Rose Women’s Care Service; Kingston Cares /Family of Woodstock Inc; Ulster BOCES; UlsterCorps; Center for Creative Education - Arts with a purpose ; Go Beyond Greatness; Kingston Midtown Rising; and the Kingston Library.

This is event is free to the public thanks to our sponsors, including the HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley Hospitals, members of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth).

This year's event is being held in memory of Sandra Thompson-Hopgood, co-founder of Midtown Make a Difference Day and long-time community activist.

07/09/2015

Thanks again to all the volunteers who helped make the 10th Annual Midtown Make a Difference Day such a great success! Special thanks to Megan Weiss-Rowe, Program Director of Kingston Cares for putting this wonderful event together for the last 10 years, and all you do for our community!! Photos by Jim Peppler (and friends)

06/25/2015

Bilingual Youth Summer Coordinator-
Kingston Cares is hiring! Temporary position. July 6th-August 7th, Monday-Friday, 9am-4pm. Perfect for a college student home for the summer! Coordinator is responsible for working with a team to supervise youth participating in summer youth development program, implementing age appropriate educational and recreational activities and facilitating communication between program leadership and youth and parents whose primary language is Spanish. Resumes can be submitted to [email protected].

06/20/2015

10 years have passed since our first Midtown Make a Difference Day. So many memories! Let's make more memories tomorrow at the 10th Annual Midtown Make a Difference Day!

06/18/2015

It's our very first Throwback Thursday (TBT)- Pictured here is one of our kids who in this picture was preparing for our 3rd annual Midtown Make a Difference Day. She is now 12 years old and helping us preparing for our 10th Annual Midtown Make a Difference Day!

05/17/2015

Just a little more than a month away!

KINGSTON >> Mayor Shayne R. Gallo will kick off the festivities for the 10th annual “Midtown Make a Difference Day” on June 20.

07/14/2014

Donation Request: We are in need of additional beads (to make jewelry during arts and crafts time) and folding chairs (metal, wooden or plastic). We serve 50 children a day and do not have enough chairs for all of them to eat together at once. Please call Megan Weiss-Rowe at 331-1110 if you would like to donate one of these needed items to our drop in summer program. Thank you!

06/18/2014

We can't wait for the 9th Annual Midtown Make a Difference Day. Please share with your friends, neighbors and contacts about this wonderful and fun event. The flyers are available in Spanish and English.

06/03/2014

Summer packets are now available for youth wishing to participate in the drop in summer program at the Everette Hodge Community Center. This program is available to local children in need of positive activities to do this summer. This is a drop in program that runs from July 7th-August 8th, Monday-Friday, 9am-4pm. The summer packet must be completed before children can participate in the program. All information is available on-site at the Hodge Center. For more information, please contact Megan Weiss-Rowe at 331-1110.

05/28/2014

The Dig Kids application for the 2014 farming season is now available! Paper applications are available at the Kingston Cares office at the Everette Hodge Community Center!