Our second Crafternoon will be a Bokashi bran making workshop on March 7th. See here. Register here.

We are welcoming ideas for these free crafting sessions at the Community Center. Please contact Joanna at recreation@townofnewpaltzny.gov for more information.

Want to help our community lower our carbon footprint? Join our volunteer crew and two SUNY New Paltz interns (scroll down) to help maintain the Community Center's compost bins. The bins are turned weekly to help create ideal conditions for microbes, speeding up the decomposition process, and resulting in odor-free and rich compost. If interested, please contact Joanna at recreation@townofnewpaltzny.gov and she will give further instructions.

Thank you to UCRRA for providing our compost bin signage!

Update: SUNY New Paltz Volunteers Ben and Aiden will be finishing up their internship soon. They've done an incredible job keeping the compost turning. Give a thanks if you see them!

Pollinator Paradise Garden needs new signs. Original signs were made by the New Paltz Middle School students and art teacher Mary Jane Nusbaum in 2021. Sadly, they have faded and weathered over time. Wood and paints can be provided, if needed. Please email Joanna at recreation@townofnewpaltzny.gov for more information.

Update: Lisa of Cornell Cooperative Extension will be facilitating sign making with 4-H Lenape kids!

Help maintain and beautify the Community Center pollinator garden! Activities can include mulching pathways, cutting back perennials for layered blooming, or weed identifying and pulling. If interested, contact Joanna at recreation@townofnewpaltzny.gov, and she will give more details.

The Pollinator Paradise Garden was installed in 2021 by the New Paltz Middle School Climate Club. Using only native plants, landscape designer Liz Elkin created the initial design. High schooler Nikola Salvestrini painted the mural. New Paltz Middle School art teacher Mary Jane Nusbaum assisted the students in making the original signs.

Stay tuned for a native pollinator garden planting party at the Field of Dreams this spring, funded by Partners for Climate Action. Details to come.