Community Partners
Keep It Moving
Keep It Moving has the mission to provide young people with the opportunity to engage in healthy, life-affirming activities. We fill the gap for young people with the desire to engage in a sport, music, or academic endeavor, but do not have the financial means to do so. Over the past five years, we have led several compassion projects to help fulfill our mission.
We are also dedicated to having Narcan, the life-saving drug that reverses opioid overdose, in every purse, backpack, and first-aid kit.
We provide on-the-spot Narcan training for the community when and where it is needed – whether on the street, in a religious organization, living room, or in a parking lot.
High Meadow School
High Meadow School is a nursery through 8th-grade independent school that celebrates childhood, the joy of learning and play, and the power of community in a student-centered environment. We honor and welcome each child’s unique voice, identity, and approach to constructing knowledge.
Drawing on current pedagogical research, we center diversity, equity, civic engagement, nature, and the arts in the school’s dynamic curriculum and culture. High Meadow students graduate with a strong academic foundation and a developed sense of self, ready to contribute their passions and values to building thriving, sustainable, and equitable communities.
Free Youth Services Organization
Since 2015, we've offered Bars Beyond Bars, a music recording program for incarcerated youth in every youth detention center within the Hudson Valley. Operating as a music studio in these facilities, the program gives hundreds of young people the chance to write, record, and produce original music- averaging about 2,000 finished songs each year.
Newburgh Sanctuary
The Newburgh Sanctuary is a BIPOC centered healing garden rooted in love, justice and care for the earth. Transforming public land since 2020 into flourishing spaces of nourishment, healing and belonging. We grow and share life-giving food, herbs, and flowers through our community gardens; nurture youth leadership through regenerative farming and ecological land care; and uplift stories and community-led conservation through our youth media program. Through arts, wellness, and cultural events, we strengthen collective identity, pride and joy. Together, we empower people and the land to thrive in harmony.
Voices Of Tomorrow Empowered (V.O.T.E) is an Advocacy Program Dedicated To Helping Youth Express Themselves And Become More In Involved Their Communities.
V.O.T.E
The White Plains Public Library is a dynamic, civic resource. Its mission is to enable all members of our community to engage in lifelong learning, find inspiration and build citizenship by providing:
free and open access to recorded knowledge,
personal guidance in its use, and
diverse opportunities for cultural exchange and exploration of ideas
Through the planning and action of the staff and Trustees, the Library will:
play a vigorous role in the life of the City by serving as a center for informational, educational, cultural and recreational enrichment;
encourage full public use of the total range of library services;
through hours of service and other means of service delivery, provide the greatest possible public access;
employ qualified, skilled and resourceful personnel able to make the services of the Library responsive to the needs of the citizenry;
offer an up-to-date collection of books, other print and non-book materials and online resources that are carefully selected, systematically arranged, and aggressively promoted;
carry out its program of services in a comfortable, attractive, and safe Library building and grounds.
White Plains Public Library
Outdoor Promise
Plattekill Public Library
The Outdoor Promise mission is to inspire urban youth and families to appreciate the natural world, foster environmental justice, and cultivate their outdoor leadership skills for safe and enjoyable adventures. We are dedicated to increasing access to outdoor recreation, environmental stewardship, and equitable opportunities for all, regardless of socioeconomic background. Recognizing that people are more likely to protect the nature they have experienced firsthand, we aim to bridge the gap between underserved communities and the great outdoors. Outdoor Promise provides transformational outdoor experiences, comprehensive outdoor education programs, and inclusive environmental stewardship initiatives, empowering participants to become informed advocates for the natural world and champions for environmental justice.
The mission of the Plattekill Public Library shall be to promote a lifelong appreciation for reading and other forms of learning. The library will strive to meet the educational, informational, cultural, professional, and recreational needs of the growing and diverse community it serves.
Orange County Water Authority
Our mission is to build awareness and foster stewardship by facilitating innovative environmental programming in schools and getting students outdoors to learn about their local watersheds and ecosystems. OCWA Conservation Education specializes in classroom and field-based outreach programming to educate about critical water issues and to inspire students to care for their communities and the Earth.
Vulpes Wild Arts
Vulpes Wild Arts offers advanced outdoor skills, arts, leadership, and education throughout the Northeast for kids, families, and adults. Our programs are welcoming, in-depth, and fully customizable. We look forward to bringing everyone a little closer to Mother Nature.