The Queen's Galley, Kingston, NY 12401

The Queens Galley in partnership with the Kingston Boys and Girls club and the Kingston YMCA will be helping to make snow closure days for parents a little easier and for kids a little tastier. For many kids the school lunch meal is the only wholesome meal they get during the day. Families that must rely on foodstamps to stretch the household food budget are often not able to afford the extra meals needed when school closes for snow days. Tough choices are often made and the decision to miss a paid day at work to stay home or to take adavantage of the full day drop in programs at the Boys and Girls Club and the YMCA can be fraught with the stigma of sending a child to the program without lunch because of lack of money or food. Through the generosity of a little girl named Gracie who on her birthday held a food drive for this program and brought in every snack needed for the first 100 of the total 600 lunches we are set to deliver for the scheduled snow days in Kingston. Bravo to Gracie who gets that even kids can make a difference!