‘Done in a Day Projects’

Kingston Clean Sweep is a one day Spring event in which the JLK participates. We are one of over 20 local service organizations that gathers together to prepare Kingston’s main corridor to welcome in the warmer weather. The April Saturday is spent picking up litter and sweeping winter grime away from the NYS Thruway Circle [...]

The Junior League of Kingston worked with the Office of the Aging and the Boys and Girls Club to create Blizzard boxes. The purpose of the boxes was to provide people who received Meals on Wheels with food to tide them over when inclement weather kept drivers from making their rounds. Food was purchased with [...]

Junior League of Kingston members helped the students at Brookside School bake and decorate a variety of cookies. The cookies were then packaged in winter themed decorated boxes and donated to the Ulster Green ARC auction. www.ugarc.org

Each year members of the Junior League of Kingston help the American Cancer Society by volunteering to work registration the morning of the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk. This is a major fundraiser for the American Cancer Society held every October at Woodbury Commons. makingstrides.acsevents.org

Every September the women of the Junior League of Kingston volunteer at the Bike for Cancer Care to benefit the Rosemary D. Gruner Memorial Cancer Fund.  Junior League of Kingston members are stationed at registration and along the route for traffic control. Proceeds from this fundraiser help families who have loved ones going through cancer [...]

Junior League members donate their time and cars to help the American Cancer Society deliver Daffodil Bouquets.

Junior League of Kingston members raked, clipped brush and plantings, moved mulch, swept and planted fall flowers for this fall clean-up project on the grounds of the Ulster County YWCA. The United Way Day of Caring matches volunteers with service projects for non-profit organizations during this annual one-day event. www.uwuc.org

Junior League of Kingston members helped plant thousands of tulip bulbs throughout the historic Kingston area in the Fall to prepare for the Spring Quad-Centennial celebration.

This annual April fundraiser for the United Way of Ulster County features a Kids Fun Run and a 5K Run. The Junior League of Kingston members are stationed at registration and along the route.

Volunteers organized by the Junior League of Kingston brandished paring knives and peelers to spend an afternoon at the Queen’s Galley Soup Kitchen. They helped prepare Thanksgiving meals to feed over 200 people. The Queen’s Galley Soup Kitchen is open every day, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner to anyone seeking a meal. www.queensgalley.org

The Reindeer Ramble is a 5k Holiday Road Race/Competitive Walk held in Kingston during the month of December. This event raises scholarship money for youth membership and family memberships at the Kingston YMCA.   The JLK helped with flagging runners and stopping traffic. www.ymcaulster.org

Junior League of Kingston members helped set up and staff the Forsyth Nature Center Fall Festival. The Festival which is sponsored by the Friends of the Forsyth Nature Center (FNC) and the Kingston Parks and Recreation Department, includes live entertainment, crafts, children’s games, baked goods, food, raffles, hayrides, a corn maze and face and pumpkin [...]

Junior League members collected craft supplies and volunteered time to work in the arts and craft tent at the Relay for Life in Kingston. The Relay for Life is a local major fundraiser for the American Cancer Society.

Each year members of the Junior League of Kingston attend the Annual Boys and Girls Club Steak and Burger Dinner. This is an opportunity for leaders in the community to share a meal and enjoy an evening with young adults (ages 10-15) from the Club. Notable guest speakers share personal experiences throughout the evening. This [...]

Junior League of Kingston members and their friends gathered to learn to knit/crochet caps for an international project spearheaded by the “Save the Children” organization.  The mission of this project is to learn a skill and turn that ability into tiny caps for preemie babies. Our knitted caps are sent to Save the Children’s newborn health [...]