Events

Heal Well is a focus team of Live Well Kingston that brings together people working as health providers in Kingston to improve access to health facilities, increase knowledge of opportunities, develop healthy options, break down silos, and support needs assessment.

Our partners include social workers, health practitioners, doctors, non-profit and for-profit organizations, medical staff, yoga instructors, healers, government staff, and residents interested in health issues.

Our Vision

We envision an environment where all community members have access to healthy options to prevent disease and everyone can easily access affordable health care.

Our Mission

To promote complete physical, mental and social well-being in the City of Kingston by:

• Directing and supporting changes in policies, systems and environments,
• Providing tools to patients and to healthcare and human services providers to treat and prevent lifestyle-related chronic diseases, and
• Creating health equity, or social justice in health, so everyone in Kingston has a fair opportunity to live a long, healthy life.

For questions, contact, Kristin Kessler, RDN, CDN, CYT

City of Kingston, Project Manager Department of Health and Wellness.

Office: (845) 334-3917

Email: kkessler@kingston-ny.gov

Join us! Friday October 6^th at 2:00pm at the Rotary Park Pavilion. Head down Delaware Avenue in Downtown Kingston. As you approach the end of Delaware Avenue, Kingston Point Beach is on your left (north side), and Rotary Park at Kingston Point is on your right (south side) of Delaware Avenue. Welcome to the City of Kingston, NY – Kingston Point (kingston-ny.gov)

For more information, contact Marsha Sebro, City of Kingston Health and Wellness Department Msebro@kingston-ny.org

Eat Well is a focus team of Live Well Kingston that develops, implement and/or support policy, systems and environmental change by supporting and promoting local efforts to improve access to healthy foods throughout the community.

Our partners include farmers, chefs, teachers, artists, nutrition educators, dietitians, parents, non-profit and for-profit organizations, communicators, systems changers, volunteer organizations, private businesses, health practitioners, nurses, doctors and most importantly: YOU.

Our Vision– Everyone is food secure and healthy eating is the norm in our city

Our Mission– To unite the City of Kingston in developing and sustaining a locally based, resilient food system for all

Our Values– Inclusion, Resiliency, Community, Environment, Participation and Empowerment

Meetings will be hybrid, held via Zoom and in-person. RSVP for in-person attendance is required. For more information on how to RSVP, contact Eat Well Chair Katie Sheehan-Lopez from Cornell Cooperative Extension-Ulster County at kms369@cornell.edu.

For all other questions, contact Kristin Kessler, RDN, CDN, CYT

City of Kingston, Project Manager Department of Health and Wellness.

Office: (845) 334-3917

Email: kkessler@kingston-ny.gov

Join us on Tuesday October 17^th at 2:00pm at Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County CCEUC Located at 232 Plaza Road, in the Hannaford’s Plaza (next to Catskill Art Supply). Many thanks to the Relatives as Parents Program (RAPP) Relatives as Parents Program (RAPP) for hosting October’s meeting.  Please RSVP to Marsha Sebro (845) 334 – 3951 or Email Msebro@kingston-ny.gov