The Sullivan 180 Healthiest Fire Department Challenge kicked off a third year on January 1, 2025. To date, 15 of Sullivan County’s Volunteer Fire Departments have signed on to participate. As temperatures dropped during the wintery months of the challenge, departments braved the icy waters of White Lake at the Freeze for A Cause Polar Plunge in support of Alzheimer’s research.

Sullivan 180 will host two trainings, on February 14 and March 14, for teachers, community volunteers, youth workers and community health advocates to become facilitators of the CATCH My Breath Youth Vaping Prevention Program

The 4th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service Youth Summit was held on January 17, 2025, at SUNY Sullivan with goal breaking numbers of attendees including over 120 students and 60 adult chaperones and volunteers.

Sullivan 180 invited the community to step out of their cars and walk through the dazzling lights at Bethel Woods for the fifth annual Peace, Love & Lights’ Walk-Thru Mondays. Guests were encouraged to explore the drive-through light installation up close while supporting a great cause.

The 2025 Sullivan 180 grant programs are open, and the following applications are available: Beautification, School Beautification, Municipal Partnership and Community Development. Application deadlines, amounts and eligibility vary.

To kick off the 2025 Healthiest Fire Department Challenge, departments gathered with their members, friends and families to walk the 1.7-mile illuminated trail at Peace, Love & Lights at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts.

The 4th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service Youth Summit will be held on Friday, January 17, 2025, at SUNY Sullivan from 9am – 2pm, with a new, optional after-party from 2 – 5pm.

Sullivan 180 participated in the 2024 New York State Farm to School Summit held on November 21 and 22 at The Oncenter in Syracuse, NY.

Sullivan 180 is inviting the community to explore Peace, Love & Lights at Bethel Woods up close and personal, out of the car and amidst the magic. 

Since the beginning of the school year, Sullivan 180 has held three trainings for the evidence-based CATCH My Breath Youth Vaping Prevention Program.

Sullivan 180 is pleased to announce an exciting partnership with Sullivan BOCES to host a hands-on tree planting demonstration Thursday, November 7^th, from 9am to 11am, at the Sullivan BOCES campus, 52 Ferndale Loomis Rd, Liberty, NY 12754. The program will be held rain or shine.

Multiple Sullivan 180 team members attended national conferences in October

Sullivan 180 will hold a training on November 1st, 2024 for individuals to become facilitators of the evidence-based CATCH My Breath Vaping Prevention Program.

Sullivan 180, in partnership with The Community Foundation of Orange and Sullivan, awarded two scholarships to volunteers who made a significant contribution to a 2024 Sullivan 180 project.

September is National Suicide Awareness Month, and all are invited on Friday September 27^, 2024 to participate in a free QPR Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Training from 10 a.m. to noon at Cornell Cooperative Extension, 64 Ferndale Loomis Rd. Liberty, NY

Sullivan 180 will host an Evening of Appreciation on Thursday, September 26 in the Event Gallery at Bethel Woods. Doors will open at 5:30pm, a brief program will begin at 6:30pm.

Winners of The Sullivan 180 Healthiest Fire Department Challenge were announced at the 95th Annual Sullivan County Volunteer Fireman’s Parade on Saturday in Livingston Manor.

Food service professionals from throughout Sullivan County gathered last week for a two-day conference at the Michael Ritchie Big Barn.

The 2024 class of Sullivan 180 interns have spent the summer working alongside community volunteers and municipal staff to care for public spaces across Sullivan County.

The 2024 Sullivan 180 Scholarship application is due August 19.