Hudson Valley Veterans Alliance (Aired On October 6 & 7, 2018)

RadioRotary interviews Zach Kirchner of the Hudson Valley Veterans Alliance,
an organization that bridges the gap between serving the nation and services
available to veterans. Since 2016 the volunteers of the Veterans Alliance have
connected veterans with housing, mental health assistance, physical health
needs, financial aid, and other useful services. The volunteers themselves have
come together to provide assistance on such tasks as installing water heaters or
septic tanks. All of their services are free to veterans of any US war or their
families. Veterans often have a difficult time making the transition to civilian life or
may have special problems resulting from exposure to toxic agents or enemy fire
during their service, so they may need the extra help the Veterans Alliance
provides.

Learn more:
Hudson Valley Veterans Alliance: https://www.hudsonvalleyveteransalliance.org/
Vet2Vet of Dutchess Country: https://mhadutchess.org/programs-for-veterans/
My Brother Vinny: https://www.mybrothervinny.org/index.html
Dutchess Country Division of Veterans Services: http://www.co.dutchess.ny.us/CountyGov/Departments/VeteransAffairs/VAindex.htm
VA Hudson Valley Health Care System: https://www.hudsonvalley.va.gov/
Hudson River Housing: http://hudsonriverhousing.org/

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October 11, 2018 · Posted in Financial Aid, Housing Assistance, Hudson Valley, Support Groups  

Ulster Italian-American Festival (Aired On September 29 & 30, 2018)

The Hudson Valley has a rich heritage of Italian immigration, making Putnam,
Dutchess, Orange, Ulster, and Rockland counties among those with the highest
percentages of Italian-Americans in the entire nation. The annual Italian-
American Festival on the Kingston Waterfront celebrates this heritage with food,
music, and Italian-American-themed products—free admission and free parking.
It is a project of the Ulster County Italian-American Foundation, whose president,
Highland Rotarian Tony Marmo, is this week’s guest on RadioRotary along with
Anna Brett, who is chair of the fourth annual festival. The Italian-American
Foundation supports its legacy in part with a dozen annual scholarships to
popular Italian food items, but also a wide selection of Italian wines and beers, as
well as a spaghetti-eating contest and lessons in pizza-dough tossing.

Learn more:
Ulster Country Italian American Foundation: http://www.ucitalianamericanfoundation.org/
Kingston, NY, Waterfront: http://thekingstonwaterfront.com/
American Italian Heritage Museum: http://www.americanitalianmuseum.org/
Highland Rotary: https://highlandrotaryclub.com/

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October 11, 2018 · Posted in Events, Hudson Valley, Nutrition  

Reher Center in Roundout, Kingston (Aired On September 1 & 2, 2018)

RadioRotary interviews Geoff Miller, Chair of the Steering Committee for the
Reher Center for Immigrant Culture and History, a project of the Jewish
Federation of Ulster County. The Center is a museum celebrating all the
immigrants who settled the region, not just the Jews, and occupies a 19 th -century
Jewish bakery that primarily served the immigrants who streamed into America
throughout the 19 th and early 20 th centuries. The museum aims to depict
immigrant life of that period. The Reher Center, at 99-101 Broadway in the
Historic Roundout waterfront of Kingston, New York, is located in the part of
Kingston that was originally a small community on the Hudson, while Kingston
itself occupied the bluff above the river. The Center is a work in progress, with
the museum only open a few hours a week at present. Tours require special
arrangements.

Learn more:
Reher Center for Immigrant Culture and History: https://www.rehercenter.org/
Kingston Waterfront (Roundout): http://thekingstonwaterfront.com/
History of Kingston: http://history.rays-place.com/ny/uls-kingston-ny.htm
History of Immigration before 1965: https://www.history.com/topics/immigration/u-s-immigration-before-1965

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October 11, 2018 · Posted in History, Hudson Valley, Museums  

Kingston Rotary, Oldest in District (Aired On August 18 &19, 2018)

RadioRotary interviews President Mike Fick and Alicia Marcinkowski of the
recently merged Kingston Rotary Club, which manages to be both the newest
and oldest Rotary in District 7210 at the same time. It is newest because of the
recent merger of the Kingston Sunshine Club with the original Kingston Rotary
and the oldest as the original club originated in 1916, just 11 years after Rotary
started in Chicago. The merged club has both breakfast and lunch meetings,
alternating weekly. The club is responsible for Kingston Point Rotary Park, a site
of barbecues (barbecue is very important to the club) and the annual Mutt Strutt.
The programs describes many of the activities and good works of the club,
including support for the Patriots home for homeless veterans.

Learn more:
Rotary Club of Kingston: https://portal.clubrunner.ca/2222 & http://www.kingstonnyrotary.org/

Kingston Point Rotary Park: https://www.tripadvisor.com/AttractionReview-g48241-d10354521-Reviews-Kingston_Point_Rotary_Park-New_Kingston_New_York.html

Patriots Project Veteran’s Home: http://ulstercountyny.gov/veteran-services-agency/patriots-project-veteran’s-home

SUNY Ulster: https://www.sunyulster.edu/

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