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Encouraging healthy lifestyles through education, services, and opportunities.
preserve jars on brown wooden shelf
preserve jars on brown wooden shelf

Welcome to Community Life Support

Whether you are visiting for the first time or have been working with us for years, we are thrilled to have you here! Please explore the page to find all of our events, ways you can get involved, what support we currently need, and celebrations of successes we have had. If you need any assistance, don't hesitate to reach out using the button below.

Link to newsletters can be found at end of site.

Stay connected with us on FaceBook for upcoming events and programs!

Oct 10 - Community Meal - will return for its fall run- October November and December- 2nd Saturday of the month. October menu is meatloaf, potatoes and fall veggies with an apple dessert. Hosts are CLs and Junior National Honor Society of Hoosic Valley School.

What We Do

  • Community Dinners

  • Food Pantry

    • Routine Needs

    • Holiday Meals and Gifts

  • New & Recurring Events

    • Health & Wellness Fair

    • Strawberry Festival

    • Christmas Around the Corner

    • Basket Raffle Fundraisers

  • Commercial Kitchen and Dining Room - donation based rental for special occasions, cottage businesses, and classes for the community.

  • and more!

To book the commercial kitchen or event space, email Lynne Hardy at lenhardyny@gmail.com for suggested donation and confirmation of availability.

Why Donate?

  • According to Data USA, 20.1% of Schaghticoke Residents live in poverty, which is higher than the national average of 14.2% as of the most recent US census.

  • 17.3% of households in Rensselaer county self-reported food insecurity issues in 2023

  • Food insecurity has been on the rise since 2021 with about 1 in 10 New Yorkers reporting food insecurity in 2024 which is on par with 2020 where work stoppages contributed to significant need in NY.

CLS Next Event...looking to volunteer? We will have lots of places for volunteers. Reach out to Liz @ ebaker50@yahoo.com.

Our next event will be Christmas Around the Corner 2025 - date to be announced soon.

Community Center Initiative meets monthly at the Hoosic Valley High School – will be in Late May after budget/board vote. CCI is a grass roots group from the northern Rensselaer County with a broad focus on preparing for the future of the Schaghticoke area. We are currently in the survey phase and meeting to discuss the data we are getting and then move to the next steps. A survey for the community can be found at the link below. Surveys are distributed through Parents Space and to high school students 7- 12th grade through their social studies class. We want every voice to be heard. Besides the survey work CCI is interested in seeking land, support, and acknowledgment.To complete a survey for the community center initiative go to: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScryNX66jRhFOM3IzynmPPoVLtHDLUneyChupfLvIouhQArug/viewform

Yoga with Sharon Gavitt on a summer break. Resuming in September 2025- Dates to be announced

Yoga with Kelsey Richards- Every other Monday Evening through the summer 7/14, 7/28, 8/11, 8/25 .

6:30 pm- 7:30 pm

Presbyterian Church dining Room

Next Class -

Pay Instructor each class.

Community Life Support is asking for your input on potential learning opportunities- Let us know what interests you by answering the 6 question opportunities survey. It includes possible beginning cooking classes, investment planning, leadership development, long term food storage and Before and After Death seminar.

Go to: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1REja7FlmDbr53PVymXU1MUkyBsYlv9EnNmZubXLgH4s/edithttps://docs.

Sewing/Quilting Classes on summer break September 2025

Community Life Support and the Schaghticoke Food Pantry are very humbled by your constant generosity and support. We are hoping to bring you new ideas to support and help bring to life in 2025.