In The News

May 14, 2010 – Daily Freeman : Through community service projects such as Kids Run Wild and its upcoming Summer Fitness Challenge, the Junior League of Kingston continues to fulfill its commitment to the health and wellness of children and their families in Ulster County.

April 02, 2010 – Daily Freeman : Admission is free for this event, which is for children from preschool through fifth grade. It will feature simultaneous egg runs for different age ranges. Participants can undertake the challenge of finding the Golden Egg, although all who take part will receive a prize.

Tuesday, October 24, 2006 – Daily Freeman : Parks Administrator Mary Jo Wiltshire said that an architect has been selected to draw up plans for a 2,000-square-foot environmental education facility. In addition, $20,000 in funding from the Junior League of Kingston has led to several improvements, including the installation of a greenhouse and ongoing construction of an indoor reptile house, Wiltshire said.

Sunday, May 30, 2004 – Daily Freeman : City Planner Suzanne Cahill said the improvements will be done by the Hudson River Maritime Museum, which leases the lighthouse from the city, and the Junior League of Kingston.

Monday, February 02, 2004 – Daily Freeman : Among its many projects since 1922, the group has created library programs for inmates at the Ulster County Jail, hosted parties with the help of other groups for area seniors, launched recycling campaigns, and prepared more than 400 “blizzard boxes” with the Boys and Girls Club of Kingston and Boy Scouts for seniors isolated by the weather.

Saturday, May 05, 2001 – Daily Freeman : In October 1999, Junior League volunteers and some of their spouses began the project to turn what was a run-down, vacant home into a clean, freshly painted, four-bedroom abode – complete with the 75-by-100-foot yard, a family room, a kitchen and a living room – that will be home to the Terpenings and their four children. The home’s landlord donated the house to Habitat after he became hard-pressed to maintain it.