2017

To highlight No Name-Calling Week, County Executive Hein developed a bullying prevention resource section on the County website and collaborated with local youth from the YMCA ‘School’s Out’ Program to create a Garden of Kindness consisting of paper flowers that include written various acts of kindness identified by the children.  County Executive Mike Hein was joined by Jeff Rindler, Executive Director, Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center;  Rob Conlon, Co-Chair GLSEN Hudson Valley; and Heidi Kirschner, Executive Director, YMCA of Kingston and Ulster County.