SCHEDULE

REGULAR WEEKLY PROGRAMS:

MONDAY

WEDNESDAY

1:00 pm: Community Crafting

Bring your projects and create in community with others!

5:00 pm: Zumba with Annie G!

Drop in cost is $10 or a $40 punch card for five sessions. Email questions to annieg39@aol.com

6:00 pm: Mindfulness Group

Learn how to create a present state of awareness and reduce overall stress. Cost is $10 per session- more information is available at www.BeingOneWorld.com

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

1:00 pm: Quilting Group

Open for new and experienced sewists! Bring your own sewing machine in good working order, machine needles, and a spool of cotton thread. You should have at least a basic understanding of how to operate your sewing machine. If you can sew a straight line, YOU CAN QUILT! Open to adults 18 years and older. If interested, please contact Lisa Wend at LPiseczny@nycap.rr.com or (518) 852-0584.

5:30 pm: Gentle Yoga with Jean Marie CYT, LMT

each session is $15 for an hour long class, and includes centering, gentle stretches, and asanas. RSVP: yoginijean@yahoo.com

7:00pm : LGBTQIA+ Support Group

Open to all, although minors need to be accompanied by a parent or guardian. No cost or commitment to attend weekly.

4:30 pm: Produce Pantry

Free produce distribution every Friday. Numbers are handed out beginning at 4:15. No I.D., paperwork, or preregistration required.

5:00 pm: Zumba with Annie G!

Drop in cost is $10 or a $40 punch card for five sessions. Email questions to annieg39@aol.com

UPCOMING SPECIAL EVENTS:

November 2025

Saturday, November 1st at 7:00pm
Rotterdam Community Center Performance Hall
705 Curry Road in Rotterdam, New York
Join the Capital region's premier Gospel Blues band Agape Blues Company and help us to make a joyful noise and fill the shelves at the Bread of Life food pantry! Musically, Agape Blues Company is a full-bodied blend of blues styles with rock and roots notes. Performances include many original songs written by Scott Heller, classic gospel blues covers, and Christian hymns rearranged in a blues style-better known as “Barrelhouse Hymns.” Admission for the concert are non-perishable food items. Refreshments and cd's will be sold with all proceeds to benefit the food pantry.

Fall Food Drive
Tuesday, November 11th from 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Rotterdam Community Center
705 Curry Road in Rotterdam, New York
For my Individual Service Project that I am required to do for my National Honors Society, I chose to do a Food Drive for the Bread Of Life Food Pantry. I chose to do this because the pantry is a place that I have been volunteering at the pantry with my Nana since it started. I not only love being apart of something so amazing but I love getting to know the people as well. I want to be an even bigger part and bring some help and food to fill the pantry's shelves before the coming holiday season. I hope you are able to be apart of this as well! - Grace Olochnowicz

A Workshop on Organizing Conversations
Wednesday, Nov 12th from 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Rotterdam Community Center Performance Hall
705 Curry Road in Rotterdam, New York
How can we build community connections and power among our neighbors? What does it mean to organize and build organization? How can we start to have difficult conversations across lines of division? Join us for a workshop on Organizing Conversations - a community organizing practice to build relationships, organization, and community power. We’ll discuss:
- What is organizing, and what are organizing conversations?
- How is an organizing conversation different than just talking?
- Why is this an essential tool and tactic for our present moment?
This is part 2 of a 2 part workshop series. The first workshop, on Projects of Survival, will be held on Wednesday, October 29, at 7pm at the Rotterdam Community Center.
Register here: https://forms.gle/7juNrfnLL1nJ6CwQA. Light refreshments will be served. Contact unitethepoor@proton.mewith any questions.
Accessibility: The workshop will be on the second floor of the Rotterdam Community Center. There is parking, an elevator, and an accessible restroom. Masks are optional, and will be made available.

History Night: Mysteries of Mabee Farm
Saturday, November 15th at 7:00pm
Rotterdam Community Center Performance Hall
705 Curry Road in Rotterdam, New York
As the oldest farm in the Mohawk Valley (1705), Rotterdam Junction's Mabee Farm is a site steeped in history – and mysteries! From the weathered pine floors in the home of settlers Jan and Annetje, to the hand-pegged Dutch Barn, to the site’s elusive 1600s fur trading post, what mysteries lie buried beneath Mabee Farm’s soil? Archaeology, research, and deduction help us answer some questions – many more remain unsolved mysteries! Join us for our final History Night of the year as we continue our amazing partnership with the Schenectady County Historical Society!

Help Portrait Volunteer Meeting #2
Tuesday, November 18th at 6:00pm
Rotterdam Community Center Conference Room
705 Curry Road in Rotterdam, New York
Join us as we plan one of our most cherished events of the year! Help celebrate the season with us at the Rotterdam Community Center as we provide FREE framed portraits for all our neighbors along with local professional photographers, hair stylists and makeup artists! The event itself is Saturday, December 6th, but if you're volunteering, and especially if you're chairing a part of the event, please be sure to join Event Co-Chairs Heather Zimmer and Randi Dunda-Martin in order to get ready for the big day!

Women of the ELCA Pie Baking
Friday, November 21st at 9:30am
Rotterdam Community Center Kitchen
​705 Curry Road in Rotterdam, New York
Looking for some hands to peel some apples and roll out some pie crusts! Please grab your apple peelers, sharp knives and cutting boards and join us on Friday, November 21, 2025 at 9:30am at the Rotterdam Community Center. We always have a lot of fun baking some delicious pies and catching up with each other. If you would like to help out in another way, we are looking for donations of pie crusts. These would be the boxed crusts that come two in a package. We have found that the best place to pick them up would be Aldi. If you would like to donate pie crusts, please place them in one of the freezers in the MLC kitchen or RCC kitchen.

***Fundraising Event***

Third Annual Empty Bowls Gala
Friday, November 21st at 6:30pm
Rotterdam Community Center
705 Curry Road in Rotterdam, New York
Love soup? Love helping people? Then join us for this unique event! So far in 2025, our two food pantries provided over 33,000 meals worth of groceries to children, families, and seniors in our community. Help us continue this work by purchasing a ticket to our Empty Bowls Gala for $40. Each guest will enjoy delicious soups and chilis created by local amateur and professional chefs and will also receive a handmade bowl made by students in the Mohonasen High School Fine Arts program to take home! Buy your tickets today at https://bit.ly/rccemptybowls2025​ as we do plan to sell out!

***Fundraising Event***

Albany Voices of Pride Presents Queer-A-Copia: Abundance in Harmony
Sunday, November 23rd at 3:00pm
The Masry Center for the Arts
1002 Madison Avenue in Albany, New York
Join Albany Voices of Pride for a concert benefiting the work of the Rotterdam Community Center! Friendship, community, and most of all music are put together to create an overflow of joy, hope, light and love. Queer-A-Copia is going to bring you on a musical journey celebrating and uplifting what a wonderful world we live in, together united in purpose, and rejoicing that the light of a clear blue morning brings forth a brand new day. We can't wait for you to share in our abundant harmony to start our 31st Season: Many Songs, Many Voices! Buy your tickets today at here.

December 2025

Help Portrait Volunteer Final Volunteer Meeting & Set Up
Friday, December 5th at 6:00pm
Rotterdam Community Center
705 Curry Road in Rotterdam, New York
The event itself is Saturday, December 6th, but if you're volunteering, and especially if you're chairing a part of the event, please be sure to join Event Co-Chairs Heather Zimmer and Randi Dunda-Martin the night before in order to get ready for the big day! We will be finalizing any last minute details and start getting things set up for the big day!

Help-Portrait Schenectady 2025
Saturday, December 6th from 10:00am - 1:00pm
Rotterdam Community Center
705 Curry Road in Rotterdam, New York
It's back! Come celebrate the season with us at the new Rotterdam Community Center as we provide FREE framed portraits for all our neighbors along with local professional photographers, hair stylists and makeup artists! The festivities will also include snacks with Santa, storytelling, gifts and holiday crafts for all ages. Join the international movement with local impact and build some community with us this holiday season! THERE IS NO NEED TO PRE-REGISTER to participate in this cherished Schenectady County tradition! The event is FREE for all in our local community although donations to support the ongoing work of the Rotterdam Community Center will be accepted.

January 2026

Tri-City BMX Winter Indoor Balance Bike Class
Saturdays January through April at 10:00am
Rotterdam Community Center Performance Hall
705 Curry Road in Rotterdam, New York
Join Tri-City BMX this winter for an exciting Indoor Balance Bike program designed to teach children 1-5 the fundamentals of BMX racing in a fun and safe environment! Through fun games and obstacle courses, children will develop balance, coordination and control while building confidence through expert coaching. Emphasizing safety and teamwork, this program offers a supportive atmosphere for every child to thrive and explore the world of BMX. Join us and start your adventure in BMX racing where nobody sits on the bench! Winter sessions are held each Sat at the Rotterdam Community Center. Contact Tri-City BMX at TriCitybmxinfo@gmail.com for more information.

Agape Blues Benefit Concert
Saturday, January 3rd at 7:00pm
Rotterdam Community Center Performance Hall
705 Curry Road in Rotterdam, New York
Join the Capital region's premier Gospel Blues band Agape Blues Company and help us to make a joyful noise and fill the shelves at the Bread of Life food pantry! Musically, Agape Blues Company is a full-bodied blend of blues styles with rock and roots notes. Performances include many original songs written by Scott Heller, classic gospel blues covers, and Christian hymns rearranged in a blues style-better known as “Barrelhouse Hymns.” Admission for the concert are non-perishable food items. Refreshments and cd's will be sold with all proceeds to benefit the food pantry.

A Community Forum with Literacy Volunteers
Wednesday, January 21st from 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Rotterdam Community Center Performance Hall
705 Curry Road in Rotterdam, New York
Join us at Rotterdam Community Center for a special program with Literacy Volunteers of the Capital Region. Learn how trained volunteers can help our adult neighbors strengthen their reading, writing, and English language skills — and how you can get involved. Whether you’re interested in becoming a tutor, know someone who could benefit from our free services or simply want to lower the stigma around adult illiteracy in our community this forum is a chance to connect, ask questions, and explore opportunities.