Past Events
Scarecrow Festival - October 26, 2024
Thanks to everyone who made this year’s Scarecrow Festival at Frog Alley Park so successful! We loved the KCSD students’ artwork, the animals from Forsyth Nature Center (thank you Mark DeDea!), and all of the creative scarecrows.
We would also like to recognize local musician Johnny “Stickerboy” Owens, who performed a beautiful set of autumnal cover songs in front of the Louw-Bogardus Ruin. As always, thanks to City of Kingston, the Junior League, and the Wiltwyck Fire Station for partnering with FHK to present this great event.
Clean Sweep - May 4, 2024
The 15th Annual Kingston Clean Sweep was a HUGE SUCCESS!
On May 4, over 200 volunteers from 30 local service, business, school and youth organizations “swept” the city, bagging over two tons of trash and yard waste during the three-hour event.
Filled bags were picked up immediately following the event by the City of Kingston Public Works who weighed the amount of trash and yard waste collected. The collected waste also included several shopping carts, automobile tires and about 350 pounds of scrap metal. Bags and gloves were donated by Herzog’s Home Center and a mini-grant from Stewart’s Shops help to pay for other supplies.
Thank you to all of the businesses, service and civic organizations, schools, churches and individual volunteers that came out to sweep. The success of the Kingston Clean Sweep is not possible without volunteers. Their enthusiasm, energy, and hard work make a significant difference, and we are truly grateful for their participation!
- Kingston Uptown Business Association (KUBA)
- City of Kingston – Ward 9
- Volunteer Firemen’s Museum
- Center for Creative Education
- Junior League of Kingston
- Ulster Garden Club
- ICCHV – Irish Cultural Center of the Hudson Valley
- Friends of Historic Kingston
- City of Kingston
- Lowe Plumbing & Heating
- Ulster Savings Bank
- Young Ulster Professionals
- Kingston Rotary
- Dragon 360
- Friends of Kingston Library
- Kingston Kiwanis Club
- Archtop Fiber
- Kingston VFW
- Keegan’s Army
- Livingston Street Group
- RUPCO
- Kingston Lions Club
- Boys and Girls Club of Kingston
- Gateway Hudson Valley
- Livingston Street Group
- Ulster County Realty
- Kingston Catholic School
- YMCA
- YMCA Farm Project
- YMCA BARK Youth Program
- Radio Kingston
- Kingston Waterfront Business Association
- Hudson River Maritime Museum
- The Kingston Guards Vintage Baseball Team
- Friends of Senate House
- People’s Place
- Rhinebeck Bank
- Gabi Madden Group
- Children’s Home
- Basch and Keegan
- Kingston Lutheran in Mission