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Volunteering at Waterfront Wednesdays
This summer a dedicated crew, including Rachel, Kelly, Melissa, Elias and Matthew, has represented both Camphill Hudson and Riverkeeper, a nonprofit protecting the Hudson River, at a recurring community event called Waterfront Wednesdays in Hudson. The group, wearing orange Riverkeeper shirts, hands out pamphlets and free memorabilia on behalf of the environmental organization and sells cookies baked at Solaris to benefit Riverkeeper. Wednesday, August 28 is the final Waterfront Wednesday. Stop down and say hi if you’re in town! In Matthew’s own words: “My name is Mathew Whitney Harrington, member of Camphill Hudson community and Riverkeeper of Wednesday Riverfront. My favorite thing about Wednesday Riverfront is to sell cookies – we’ve sold $247 (worth of cookies); it’s a big deal. We have free drum circles, free boat rides and nice band concerts and we have our community all together, helping each other. And also we love to have a lot of people gathered and enjoying our cookies baked by Chelsea Anderson and Tweety. We are masters of cookie-baking. It’s all incredible. I feel so grateful to keep the water clean and keep fish safe. The riverfront is the best place I have loved. My happy place is at the river park at Wednesday Riverfront.” |
From left to right: Rachel, Matthew and Kelly, with Billy in second row.
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From left to right: Chaydvan, Erica, and Minh.
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Thank you, dear Minh and Chaydvan!
Our amazing short-term volunteers brought so much energy and joy to their work at Allen Street and to Solaris. After a year of volunteer service, they are both back in Germany to pursue higher education. We enjoyed many festivities recently to send them off with love and to express our gratitude to all they brought to our community over the past year. In Onat's own words: "I can’t believe it’s been a year since you both joined and blessed our community with your warm and positive presence! It’s true what they say—time flies when you’re having fun. Thank you so much for choosing Camphill Hudson. I know I speak for many when I say that your positive outlook, your “can-do” attitude, your creativity, the joy you bring, and your 100% presence, 100% of the time, made our year so special with you! Please know that you always have a home here at Camphill Hudson. Good luck in your studies - and visit us soon! We love you! |