Anita Vandermark
By Anita Vandermark
I want to take this occasion to wish everyone a Happy, Healthy, Peaceful New Year. Keep your emails coming for your organization’s events, birthdays etc.
We are blessed to live in a community with so many outstanding organizations. The Knights of Columbus was founded on the principles of charity, unity and fraternity. Council 9254 carries out those goals everyday. They work to raise money all year and then give it all to local charities in need. At the end of each year, the Council only holds enough money to run the council and donates the rest to local charities.
Donations totaling $13,500 were made to MPB Parish; Montgomery Food Pantry; Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry; Catholic Charities of Orange, Sullivan & Ulster; Walden Village Parks & Recreation; St. Christopher’s Inn; Hospice of Orange & Sullivan; Good Council Homes of HV; Habitat for Humanity-Newburgh, N.Y.; Special Olympics/Polar Plunge; Keep Christ in Christmas Magnet Program; Coats for Kids Program; Hudson Valley Honor Flight; Fr, Anthony (Support of Priesthood’s Foreign Programs) and Fraternal Support/Brother Knight in Need.
Thank you to Mike Bliss and his family for assisting the Walden Rotary Club in ringing the bell outside Thruway Sporting Goods Store in Walden to raise funds for the Salvation Army during the holiday season. It was a rewarding experience.
Belated Happy Birthday wishes to Giovanna Rossi, Christina Plate and William Ibberson, who all celebrated their special day on January 1. May they enjoy all of life’s best.
Family, friends and the Walden Rotary Club look forward to sending Lauren Rowley “Happy Birthday”’ wishes on January 14 and thank her for all she does for this great organization. Enjoy your special day, Lauren.
Kelly Eskew, Orange County Clerk, sends word that the Orange County DMV Mobile Unit will be at Wooster Grove Park, 89 East Main Street, Walden on Tuesday, January 9, 10 a.m. - 12; closed 12 - 1 p.m. and open 1 - 3:30 p.m. All registration and license transactions are offered.
Leadership day will be held on Thursday, January 11, 6:30 p.m., 3rd floor Bradley Assembly Room, Municipal Building. You are invited to attend and pay tribute to the following honorees: Greyson Sager will receive the Ronald I. Jacobowitz Youth Leadership Award; Mark and Courtney Grogan will receive the Midge Norman Volunteer of the Year Award; Blue Fox Books will receive the Community Business of the Year Award; the Walden Historical Society will receive the Sam Phelps Service Award.
The Walden Women’s Club will hold their Youth Community Service Awards 2024 Ceremony on Monday, January 15 at 2 p.m. in the Bradley Assembly Room, 3rd floor of the Walden Municipal Building. This award program is designed to recognize the volunteer activities of middle and high school youth in the Town of Montgomery. The community is invited to attend. Let’s congratulate our students on a job well done.
The Josephine-Louise Public Library sends the following news:
Dungeons and Dragons for Teens will be held on Friday, January 5, 5 - 7 p.m.
Magic! The Gathering Club for teens will be held on Saturday, January 6, 2 - 4 p.m.
The Walden Chess Club will begin meeting again on Saturday, January 6, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
All ages and skill levels are welcome. They will meet every first and third Saturday of the month.
Winter Toddler Story Time registration will start on Monday, January 8 for ages 2 ½ - 5 years of age. The sessions will be held on Tuesdays beginning January 23, 10:30 a.m.
“Stone Soup” in a jar - a “take & make” activity will be held Thursday, January 11, 2 p.m. For questions and registration, please call (845) 778-7621.