June 2026 Newsletter
Published on June 01, 2026
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A Message from the Office for the Aging Director
June is here and with it, some warmer weather and a sense of the summer season!
As we embark on our summer season – there have been some changes to OFA programming. The biggest one being our shift from Gateway Hudson Valley as our Home Delivered Meal provider and Community Café operator. Now, we are using Brooklyn Kitchen for our home delivered meal program and OFA will be directly running the Community Cafés. Please be patient as the staff learn how to manage the sites, as we transition from a contractor to the county run services.
We have some interesting offerings coming up, including a Geology and Rocks lesson in June, some more Advanced Directives and Palliative care offerings, Patriotic Bingo, and our yearly town of Wawarsing Picnic! This year we will be having Brooks BBQ supplying the lunch for both our summer picnics – we hope everyone enjoys it! Something a little different and fun!
The Crafts class will NOT meet in June as it will fall on Juneteenth, and that is a County Holiday.
Any ideas you may have for information you need, please let us know. We may have the opportunity to partner with the UC Department of Health and Cornell Cooperative Extension to bring some food and cooking demos to various locations (senior centers) across the County this summer. We will again be distributing the Farmers’ Market Coupons so be on the lookout.
We have had several colleagues come and offer to present something they are passionate about to our older adults, and we hope you all find them worthwhile. Some are Lunch and Learns and some are just workshops and educational opportunities. The subject matter they are presenting should be worthwhile, fun, different, and/or thought-provoking – at least we hope so!
Have yourself a wonderful beginning of summer and get out and enjoy the warmth!
Susan Koppenhaver, Director, Ulster County Office for the Aging