VIDEO: Free Money Remains Available At Beacon Farmer's Market For "Those In Need" From NY State: Here's What You Can Buy

Available to anyone “in need” until the end of December 2025: the $2 Fresh Connect money from New York State to spend at markets like Beacon Farmer’s Market. The Beacon Farmer’s Market is giving these cash coupons away to anyone in need plus their Greens4Greens monies from their fundraisers and donations. If you need to make lemonade from lemons and are in a tough spot, walk your little booty to the Market Manager’s table to request this assistance. Then spend in the market. Several vendor tables accept both currencies. Like:

🍚Rice from Great Joy @thegreatjoyfamilyfarm

🍏Granola from @upstategranola

🍖🥓 Holiday Hams, Bacon, Chicken, Eggs, etc from @eggbertsfreerangefarm

🐟🍤 Fish from @montaukcatchclub

And so much more. Coffee beans also!

But it expires end of December. So come now. New York State is being very generous. Get what you need and want. Tell your friends.

VIDEOS: Shopping The Highly Anticipated Annual St. Joachim / St. John Christmas Shop

A Little Beacon Blog took a shopping tour of the highly anticipated St. Joachim’s / St. John Holiday Shop at the church at 51 Leonard Street on the east end of Beacon near the mountain. Our guide was a longtime reader who attends the shop each year.

The first table was a blow-out Santa table with snowmen to choose from. The church ladies prepare all year for this sale, collecting new and handmade gifts to sell.

The jewelry table is at the center of the mix. People young and old enjoy it for finding treasures. One ALBB reader gave us a tip, that one should keep coming back, because as one piece of jewelry is sold, the empty spot is replaced with a fresh box of jewelry.

The baked goods table was extensive. Our tour guide was excited to see an Italian dessert, and explained how it was made.

This beaded bling craft was discussed as an alternative or addition to crocheting.

And to complete the shopping tour, a purchase needed to be made. A Santa bookmark, of course.

Media Alert: HUDSY Filmmaker Grant Deadline a Week Away!

Deadline to apply for HUDSY’s Community Content Fund Grant of up to $5,000 for Filmmakers is Only a Week Away! 

Hudson Valley, NY— HUDSY, the first streaming video app for the Hudson Valley, is putting out a call for Hudson Valley content creators to apply for grants of up to $5,000, supported by HUDSY’s Community Content Fund. Grant recipients’ completed projects will stream on the HUDSY App, which features compelling series, impactful documentaries, engaging local stories and other video content about or shot in the Hudson Valley by the talented artists who call it home. 

“HUDSY is brought to you by a Hudson Valley-based video production company that creates our own HUDSY Original films and series, and also distributes community-generated video content licensed from creatives throughout the region.”

Applications for HUDSY’s Community Content Fund are due by August 1, 2022Once selected by the HUDSY Content Committee, content creators must be prepared to present the completed project by December 1, 2022. Filmmakers interested in applying can get more information at www.hudsy.tv/grants.

Applicants must be from one of the Hudson Valley's 11 counties (Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Putnam, Rensselaer, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, or Westchester), and / or the project must have been shot in the Hudson Valley or be about the Hudson Valley. Submissions must include a one-page synopsis of the project and a projected budget. 

“It has always been a goal at HUDSY to provide direct access to capital for filmmakers to bring local stories to life,” said HUDSY co-founder Jesse Brown. “As filmmakers ourselves, we know how hard it is to get projects off the ground, and we want to help provide a supportive way forward."

HUDSY believes in reinvesting in the Hudson Valley’s most meaningful stories. HUDSY’s mission is to empower community storytellers to make innovative and important video content about life in the region and then deliver this content on the HUDSY App. The HUDSY Community Content Fund is just one of many capital-injection initiatives that the platform cooperative hopes to offer to local content creators in the future. 

“From the shows we create and the artistic momentum we're building upon, to whomever we hire along the way, HUDSY is fully committed to seeing our diverse local communities thrive,” said HUDSY co-founder Laura Kandel.