This week we are going to take some time to learn about what they do at the Library at the

What do you get when you cross a free community dinner, a fundraising gala, The Wiz, art shows, mural tours, puzzle parties, kids events, organizations and people walking from Port Ewen to the Ulster County Courthouse, plus luminaries, non-profits and people of all ages? Black History Month Kingston.

As the partial shutdown of the federal government continues, Catholic Charities of Orange, Sullivan, and Ulster wants to remind those impacted by the furlough that help is available through the non-profit agency’s Case Management program.

Two hundred and thirty guests who otherwise would not have had a special Christmas meal dined on holiday fare such as roast turkey with stuffing and cranberry and applesauce, smoked salmon, rice and beans, vegan baked ziti, string beans, sweet potatoes, roasted potatoes, corn and bread and rolls.

What started in 2014 as an ad-hoc effort by a group of volunteers to provide emergency cold-weather shelter to Kingston’s homeless at a Clinton Avenue church has evolved into a fully funded county-program with, as of last month, a new home.