Saturday, April 24th 2010 9am-1:30pm,
Rain or Shine

Amsterdam Mayor Ann M Thane and the Amsterdam Neighborhood Association invite you to join the 2010 Citywide Spring Volunteer Cleanup.

The Goal is 500 volunteers and 1000+ bags of litter gathered from the streets, parks, waterways, playgrounds and public areas.

Items must be gathered from the great outdoors and there will be restrictions as to what we will accept. Unacceptable items include household trash, leaves, tires, paint, oil, gas, electronic waste and hazardous materials.

Tight restrictions will be enforced at the unloading site and the City reserves the right to refuse any load.

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The Soroptimists of Fulton County are set to hold their Annual Celebrity Chef Dinner on Monday evening, April 19, 2010 in Johnstown at the Holiday Inn.

The Celebrity Chef Committee has planned an entertaining evening around its theme, A World of Food.

The event will include an array of multi-cultural cuisine from area chefs and restaurateurs, musical entertainment, filled-to-the brim gift baskets for raffle, and an auction for some extra special items, including a Soropti-Chef themed dinner.

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Last weekend the Boiling Pot Eagles #3846 hosted their first-ever Easter Egg Hunt and Party.

Over 300 kids showed up (with their parents!) to enjoy the festivities of the day. Along with the Easter Egg Hunt, there were other games. Sack races, 3-legged races, egg relays and more kept the children playing for several hours at the Riverfront Park in Canajoharie.

Another popular activity drawing lots of kids was the bouncy-bounce, brought in by Kyle’s Bounce Rentals of Hagaman, NY.

Gary ValSlyke was also there, playing tunes for the kids, and even brought intruments for them to play, too.

There were art projects, balloons, and the Montgomery County DARE program, offering free fingerprint ID kits for the families.

We had a great time, and look forward to next years Easter Party!

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The Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce invites you to join them to network and meet your colleagues and prospective customers. Celebrate with  Seely Conover’s Office Centre , 333 West Main Street, Amsterdam, from 5-7pm, one of the community’s businesses that have been in existence for decades.

Refreshments will be provided.  Call 853-1800 for reservations.

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The Amsterdam Family YMCA in Hagaman will host YMCA Healthy Kids Day, the nation’s largest health day for kids and families, on Saturday, April 17 from noon to 3 p.m. This free event is open to all.

The event is filled with fun, engaging and creative activities that foster healthy living and is a part of the YMCA’s larger efforts to help more kids and families become physically active. YMCA Healthy Kids Day will be celebrated across the country at more than 1,700 YMCAs.

There will be several fun activities including:

Face painting

Zumba

Yoga

Martial Arts Demonstration

Healthy Snacks

An Inflatable Maze

an appearance by Amsterdam Mohawk’s “MoJo”

and more!

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The Central Mohawk Valley Lions Club is sponsoring an Easter Egg Hunt Saturday, March 27th 2010.

The hunt will take place in Haslett Park, downtown Fort Plain. This event is for children in 6th grade or younger. Eggs found will be exchanged for a solid chocolate Lions bunny.

Saturday March 27th 2010 @ 1pm

Amsterdam collector, Gerald Snyder, and City Historian, Robert von Hesseln will be signing copies of their book, Amsterdam: A Postcard History. The Book Hound, located at 16 Main Street in historic downtown Amsterdam, will have copies available for you to purchase.

AMSTERDAM: A POSTCARD HISTORY by Gerald Snyder and Robert von Hesseln uses vintage post cards to tell the story of how a small Upstate New York trading village of the 1700s parlayed its position astride critical waterways during the westward expansion of the early 1800s to become an industrial powerhouse: America’s foremost rug-making center, the “Carpet City”, seventh largest city in the most populous state in the Union and “Gateway to the Mohawk Valley”. How turnpikes, canals, and railroads rapidly changed an isolated rustic settlement of cheap land and abundant waterpower into an urban manufacturing center, doing business worldwide. How successive waves of Dutch, German, Yankee, Irish, Italian, East European, and other immigrants were drawn to it, some to become millionaires, some millworkers; all to leave their own mark on this “City on a Hill.” And what became of that city when the mills closed. This is the story of an American Dream created, lost, and still pursued on what was once the American frontier.

Click here to find out from our friend Dan Weaver the top 12 Reasons to Buy Amsterdam: A Postcard History.

The 3rd Annual WCSS Dodgeball Tournament will take place Saturday, March 20th at the Wilbur H Lynch Literacy Academy.

24 teams will battle it out in a one day event where only one can be called the CHAMPIONS. Proceeds will benefit:

Amsterdam Youth Baseball
Amsterdam High School Wrestling
Amsterdam Modified Baseball
The United Way

Face Painting & Cookie Sales by The Girl Scouts.

Kid’s Tournament: 9:30am – 12:00pm.

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Bring the whole family for a day of fun!

Saturday, March 6th from 11am-12:30pm
Amsterdam High School,
Saratoga Ave, Amsterdam
$5 per golfer, $3 children under 5 & non-golfers

Miniature Golf Day with various children’s activities including crafts, face painting, trivia contest, build a bear, Wii, and more…

Master Balloon Artisit Daryl Baldwin 11am-12:30pm

Gary VanSlyke and his percussion instruments 1-2pm

Make your own Sundae

Food & Refreshments available at additional costs