Volunteers Make the Difference ....... And Cold Spring has no shortage of fine volunteers!

This recent article on wnyc was shared with me by one of our neighbors.  I want to share it in turn!

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It's about some resident volunteers and their efforts to build a healthy and happy place to live by caring for their newly planted trees - and it reminds me of how fortunate we are in our community to have volunteers willing to roll up their sleeves and do good work for our community.  Not only do we have residents willing to support our newly planted trees - we have residents who do a whole host of other good work for our community!!

Our volunteers fight fires, they maintain our parks and playing fields, they plant flowers, they provide support to our Village Clerk, they teach young people about the river and boating, they maintain hiking trails, they help us migrate local laws when we have building projects, they help improve our business district, they are scout leaders, they are coaches, they run educational programs for children after school, they plan music concerts and free film events, they raise money to support community projects and school athletics......... the list is longer still.....and the combined years of commitment of all our volunteers must be one huge number!!

Thanks to all who make a difference in our community through volunteerism!

:)