Category: Community outreach

  • Holiday Family Adoption

    Together with Orange County Rowing Association, we’re supporting Families 4 Families this holiday season and have adopted a wonderful local family in need. If you’re able to, please help us collect holiday gift items for the family! You can find a list of requested items at this SignUpGenius link. All items must be new and…

  • 2024 Haunted Boathouse

    We want to give a big shout-out to everyone whose hard work and enthusiasm made our Haunted Boathouse a HUGE success this year! More than 200 people from the Greater Newburgh community attended this free event, with several groups of people coming out for both days. We were the ONLY haunted house in the City…

  • Boats & Blooms Plant Swap

    Our Boats & Blooms Plant Swap will take place on Sunday, September 22, at 11 am, right after the regional scrimmage we’re hosting that morning!  The swap, which will be co-hosted by the Newburgh Waterways Center and the Greater Newburgh Parks Conservancy, is open to all NWC members as well as to the general public.…

  • Quassaick Creek Fest

    Free community event for all ages. Enjoy free food, music, dancing, games, nature education, and more! Help create a vision for a healthy and connected Quassaick Creek Greenway. The Newburgh Waterways Center is sponsoring a free kayaking event on Muchattoes Lake on Sunday, September 8, in conjunction with Scenic Hudson’s Quassaick Creek Fest. The goal…

  • Kayaking Quassaick Creek with a Purpose

    From a recent Riverkeeper e-newsletter… Riverkeeper’s Habitat Restoration team recently hosted a community kayak day in the City of Newburgh for residents and our partner organizations, Outdoor Promise and Crystal Lake Sanctuary Healing Gardens. Paddling in kayaks, participants had the chance to experience the Hudson River and Quassaick Creek up close and personal. Much of…

  • Newburgh Waterways Center Under New Management

    Newburgh Waterways Center is a new umbrella organization of rowing enthusiasts, Newburgh families, and water safety organizations that is reimagining waterfront programming for families in Newburgh and surrounding areas. The center occupies the Ward Brothers Boathouse, the former Newburgh Rowing Club site, located in Ward Brothers Memorial Rowing Park at 2 River Street on the…

  • Outdoor Promise Visits the Center

    Outdoor Promise recently visited the Newburgh Waterways Center to learn about our programs. Watch the video!