Join us on Saturday, May 6, 2023 for Riverkeeper’s annual day of service for the Hudson River and its tributaries.

Friends of Athens, in partnership with the Village Board and DPW, is pleased to participate in Athens Village Cleanup Day on April 29th, 2023.

Support the Community Shares program, a collaboration between The Athens Community Farm and the Gang Greene Farmer Alliance, helping area food pantries by coordinating with growers and producers, raising funds, and delivering fresh food directly to the communities they serve. As a result, local farmers are provided with a dependable sales outlet and funds at a critical point in their growing season while pantries receive consistent and dependable deliveries of hyper-local, nutrient-dense food.

Athens Cleanup Day was a resounding success thanks in big part to our volunteers of 19 adults and 2 children. All in all, we collected 36 large bags of trash!

Join us on Saturday, May 7, 2022 for Riverkeeper’s annual day of service for the Hudson River and its tributaries.

Friends of Athens, in partnership with the Athens Village Board, Athens Conservation Advisory Council, and DPW, is pleased to participate in Athens Village Cleanup Day on April 30, 2022.

The annual Athens Victorian Stroll is back and will take place on Saturday, December 11, from 1 to 5PM.

The Athens Community Farm is raising funds to continue bringing fresh, local veggies to the Athens Community Food Pantry and Rivertown Senior Apartments this fall and winter.

The Friends of Athens New Neighbor Committee is on a mission to give a warm welcome to Athens’s newest village residents with a personal visit and gift bag of local gift cards and discounts, and other merchandise.

On Saturday, May 1, a team of Athens residents and volunteers set off across the Hudson River to Middle Ground Flats—the island situated directly between Athens and the city of Hudson—for Riverkeeper’s 10th Annual Riverkeeper Sweep.

The newly formed Athens Community Farm has been making fast progress.