Tree Toga 11 – Volunteer to Help
Sustainable Saratoga needs you to help plant trees. Tree Toga is a fun, family-friendly event. Our great volunteers plant trees to leave a green legacy for the next generation. We will plant fifty-three young trees throughout Saratoga Springs this year. On April 30, volunteers will gather at 9:30 a.m. at Pitney Meadows Community Farm for registration, training, site assignments, and camaraderie. Around 10 a.m., volunteers will disperse to plant shade trees at residential and institutional sites around the city, finishing about noon. To learn more, and to sign up as a tree planter, waterer, or event day volunteer, go to www.sustainablesaratoga.org/treetoga. For inquiries/donations: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Get a Table for Spring Craft Fair
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Saratoga-Wilton Elks Club is holding a wonderful Spring Craft Fair on Saturday, April 16 from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. at the Lodge on Elks Lane off Maple Avenue in Saratoga. This Craft Fair benefits our annual Scholarship Fund for 2022. Admission is free and parking is excellent. An 8 x 6-foot space with an 8 ft. table and 2 chairs is $40. For information email Debbie at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call 518-885-6506 and leave your email address. Applications are also available in the lobby of the Elks Club. Masks should be worn by everyone per NYS Guidelines.
Genealogy and Local History
Heritage Hunters is partnering with the Saratoga County History Center at Brookside Museum, Saturday April 16, 1 p.m., 6 Charlton St. in Ballston Spa. Tobi Kirschmann, a DNA Analyst, will speak about the process of identifying criminals by comparing DNA left behind in crime scenes to genealogical databases. Tobi has her own business working with law enforcement groups and has assisted adoptees in locating biological relatives. Her website is dnainvestigations .com. The in-house program will also be online through Facebook Live. The link can be found on SCHC’s website, brooksidemuseum.org. For info 518-885-9309.
The Town of Greenfield Historical Society Program
The meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 19, at 7 p.m. at the Community Center, located at 25 Wilton Road, Greenfield Center. Saratoga Plan – Casey Holzworth, a member of Saratoga Plan’s Palmertown Guidance Committee and staff at NYS Parks, will update us on the exciting things that are happening in the Palmertown Range and the Sarah B. Foulke Friendship Trails. This planned network of trails in Northern Saratoga County, emphasize celebrating friendship, building community, and connecting people from all walks of life to nature and to each other. All are welcome.
Plastic Fantastic?
A look at a Growing Environmental Problem. A Zoom presentation featuring Anne Ernst on April 20, at 7 p.m. Plastic – miracle molecule or environmental scourge? Plastics transformed transportation and electronics, revolutionized medicine, and saves lives daily. But plastics have a dark side: they leach toxic chemicals, litter our landscapes, and imperil marine life. Our growing problem with plastic pollution is causing a host of negative human health and environmental impacts. Are there solutions? This free event is co-sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Saratoga County and Sustainable Saratoga. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMrcu6uqj8vGNJ1Iu Xz7epMFou8ZO9h6FMx
Earth Day Team Up to Clean Up
The event will be held on April 23 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at four designated clean-up sites. We provide gloves, vests, and garbage bags. Location and other details will be sent out the week of the event. Invite your friends and family to join us or you can pledge to clean up your own neighborhood with friends and family. Your act will not only inspire and improve our community, but it will help to remove the ever-increasing threat posed by plastic waste which contaminates our water, soil, air, and wildlife. Please register so we can keep track of the impact we collectively make. To register, visit forms.gle/JwFfGmegQ7pBUP9Y8
Havurah Vatik
How did The Giving Circle come to be? Join us on Tuesday, April 26, 11 a.m. – Noon for our first in-person program in two years! Havurah Vatik is excited to welcome two of our long-term members, Ron and Karyl Maenza, to the podium to share with us how they helped found The Giving Circle, Inc., an all-volunteer, not-for-profit, charitable organization based in Saratoga Springs, with a mission of communities assisting communities in need – its history, how it was conceived, and how it evolved, beginning with the hurricanes of 2005. For in-person meetings all attendees must show proof of vaccination and adhere to safety protocols prescribed by our host, Congregation Shaare Tfille, located at 84 Weibel Ave, Saratoga Springs.
Gardener or Guardian
You can be both. Why the hype about native plants matters. A Zoom presentation on April 26 at 6:30 p.m. by Johanna Garrison. Whether you have a meadowy acre, an urban plot, or a sunny porch, you too can help reverse the damage from decades of pesticide abuse and habitat loss by cultivating your own pollinator paradise. Join us as we dig into the importance of native plants, pollinators, and a few other wildly wonderful critters as Johanna leads you down her own native plant journey-one rife with trial and error, and the many unexpected joys and lessons of wildlife gardening. www.facebook.com/events/313656714166124/
Wing Fest
On Saturday, April 30, we will find out who has the best wings in Glens Falls at a competition between restaurants. Tasting is from noon to 3 p.m. and an awards ceremony at the bandstand in City Park at 3:30 p.m. There will also be live music in Downtown Glens Falls. Tasting Tickets are $1 each, and the number of tickets to taste varies by restaurant. Participating Downtown restaurants will serve from their storefronts, and restaurants from outside the city will serve from locations along Glen, Ridge, Bay, and Maple Streets. There will be entertainment in City Park.
Adult Tractor Safety Class
The basics of tractor safety will be presented on April 30, 10 a.m. – Noon at the 4-H Training Center located at 556 Middleline Rd., Ballston Spa. The class includes: Rollover prevention and importance of ROPS & seatbelts, runover prevention, PTO safety, basic safe operating principles. Register by contacting Nicolina Foti, 518-885-8995 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Southern Saratoga Art Society
Artists and members of SSAS will be exhibiting throughout the area. During April and May SSAS members will be exhibiting their work at Clifton Park Town Hall, the Mechanicville Library, and the Clifton Park Senior Community Center. Stop in and visit these exhibits and support the arts in Southern Saratoga County. For more information visit our website: southernsaratogaartist.com
