As recounted by Sharon Roth:

We took a bus with 14 senior citizens from New Paltz. Our Director drove the small bus. Not a school bus… we had lunch in the Apple Pie Bakery Café. The food was all made by students and it was excellent. I wanted the Spanakopita, but they were out. I asked for the apple ginger tart. All gone. I settled for the last cheesecake. With a small bottle of San Pellegrino. Yum. 

I asked a junior named Chelsea from New Jersey if she wants to become a sous chef after graduation. She said that that is not the first step. The first step is prep chef then executive chef. Then sous chef. Then main chef. She actually wants to become a chocolatier. 

It was a great day!

UCRRA Recycling Outreach Team Angelina Brandt (pictured left) and Eva Barnett (pictured right) held a fascinating and inspiring workshop on how to compost in your own home. They brought vermiculture and bokashi buckets to show and explained how easy the process can be if you know the basics. Even seasoned composters learned some tips.

Here Angelina is showing a bucket of active Red Wiggler worms.

Here is a video of Eva is demonstrating one way to finish a "bokashi cake."

Click here for UCRRA's booklet on bokashi composting.

Click here for UCRRA's booklet on vermicomposting.

Stay tuned for another indoor composting workshop this fall!

Join Ernest Masaaba, educator and child advocate, who is visiting from Uganda. He will discuss the organization AOET Uganda. https://aoet.org/uganda-locations.php. Through this organization you can sponsor a child from kindergarten through university and provide nutrition and medical support to the child as well as to their caretakers.

See flyer here.

Haven’t played Ping Pong in 30 or 40 years? Neither had we! But we got up to speed pretty fast and we have a lot of fun without being overly competitive.

We are always looking for a new players!

Wednesdays from 2:30 to 4:45 and Fridays from 2:30 to 4:30. (Community Center)

The Gunks Cast delves into the people, places, and events that define our vibrant community. From stunning landscapes and endurance sports to local businesses and rich history, we explore what makes the Gunks truly feel like home.

Website here.

UPDATE: Organizer of the Quilting Bee is joining the folk dancers! (See Balkan Folk Dance in Classes.) Please email her with inquiries about future sessions.

Meet with others who make quilts and quilted clothing in a variety of styles and levels of difficulty and with all kinds of equipment, from sticks to fancy long-arm quilting machines.

We stitch, admire and gossip, and put on occasional short presentations of quilt techniques of interest.  Lots of free advice on tap.  Contact:  mauraz@duck.com

Temporary pause. (Community Center)

The SOS is an eight stage triathlon held in New Paltz, NY every September. Consistently ranked among the best adventure triathlons in the world, and among the most scenic, the SOS has become so popular the event sells out in minutes. Fewer than 200 athletes get to compete each year on the scenic highways circling the northern ridge of the Shawangunk Mountain Range and through Minnewaska State Park for a combination run/swim journey through some of America's most beautiful cross-country trails and spring fed lakes.

See website here.

The SOS4Kids is designed to be an age and distance appropriate triathlon modeled off the Survival of the Shawangunks multi-stage triathlon for adults. Our goal is to introduce young girls and boys to the sport of triathlon and promote a healthy and active lifestyle for kids and their parents throughout Hudson Valley.  

The SOS4Kids is put on by a group of volunteers who are dedicated to this purpose and without whom this race would not be possible. 

See website here.

The SOS Boot Camp is a training weekend dedicated to first time SOS athletes who are registered for the race. The weekend is designed to run through each leg of the course (with some modifications) along side local SOS veterans and top performers. Each leg will include tips and tales from Boot Camp guides and secrets on "how to" from carrying shoes or wearing socks to running or walking Cardiac Hill and Godzilla.  

An informal, catered dinner is held where participants can get to know one another off the course, mingle with their SOS Boot Camp guides, meet the SOS Triathlon founder (and hear a few tips too). A talk given by SOS veterans and open Q&A follows dinner. 

The SOS Boot Camp will introduce first time racers to the SOS Community and the goal of fostering the "spirit" of the SOS Triathlon. 

See website here.

Sunday, July 26th, all day. (Field of Dreams)

Join us for a catered picnic at our Field of Dreams Pavilion. Free of charge. 

Please contact Joanna at recreation@townofnewpaltz.org or call 845-255-2512 if you would like to sign up.

Friday, July 25th, at noon. (Field of Dreams Pavilion)