Community Center
Delaware Youth Center
8 Creamery Road
Callicoon, NY 12723
Phone: (845) 887-5155
www.delawareyouthcenter.org
Who We Are
Nestled on the shore of the Delaware River in the rural hamlet of Callicoon, New York, the Delaware Youth Center (a.k.a Delaware Community Center) has been a central part of its surrounding community for over 70 years. And in that time, we’ve had the honor of touching thousands of lives.Â
Whether they learned to swim in our pool, to fly-fish in our creek, had their first dance at our pavilion, or celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary in our hall, chances are that if you ask someone in the community what the Delaware Youth Center has done for them, they’ll have a special story to tell. Â
We’ve been able to provide all these things and more over the years thanks to the support and generosity of our members and donors. Though we do allow everyone to use the playground and grounds, the Youth Center is not run by the town! It is funded and intended for use by our members, so please become a member soon! Treat yourself to the fun and warm memories that membership provides, and ensure that the Delaware Youth Center continues to touch the community for the next 70 years, and beyond. Â
The Delaware Youth Center offers free wifi to our visitors thanks to the generosity of our sponsors. You’ll see our wifi sponsors posted in the entrance way. Please shop local and make sure to patronize these businesses and thank them when you visit. Â
Mission
The Delaware Youth Center provides the local community with educational, recreational, and social events that enhance the quality of life.  We provide these opportunities in a beautiful, safe setting along the majestic Delaware River in Callicoon, NY.  With year round activities including adult and youth sports clubs, fitness programs, swim lessons, arts & environmental programs, holiday events, and more, the DYC strives to be the heart of the community.  Our primary mission is “Building a stronger community for our children”.
Membership
The Delaware Youth Center is a nonprofit membership entity that welcomes everyone to its facilities. The Center is sustained by memberships and donations and is intended for use by its members. All residents and visitors are eligible to become members by purchasing an individual membership, family membership, or a day pass.  Through these memberships we can keep our doors open – we thank you! Â
Those eligible for inclusion in a family membership are immediate family, grandparents, or a caregiver. Friends and extended family are not eligible and should purchase a family or individual membership separately. Â If cost is a concern, we encourage you to reach out directly to info@delawareyouthcenter.org. Â
Included with your membership is: Tennis, Pickleball & Basketball Courts • Playground & Skate Park • Pool (summer season) • Children’s Summer Program (Mon.- Fri. from 9am to noon) It is not a traditional drop off program, but instead encourages group participation. You can attend every day or just the days that suit your schedule. • Access & Reminders to Seasonal & Special Events • 10% discount when renting the Hall or Pavilion.Â
The DYC is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization and all donations are tax deductible.
ENGN CNTR
12 Lower Main St.
Callicoon, NY 12723
(845) 288-2845
contact@engncntr.com
ENGN is an educational organization for social, civic and creative practice. We develop community scale DRAWING initiatives & documentary FILMS with learning at heart. We build relationships between socially and culturally diverse people through projects, events and curriculum. As a business we offer professional services to support the work we do with our communities.
 
Education + Schools
Catskill Literacies LLC
24 Upper Main Street (Lower Level)
Callicoon, NY 12723
845) 684-0103 |Â Email Catskill Literacies
www.catskillliteracies.com
PERSONALIZED LEARNING, LASTING IMPACT
Our goal is to create lifelong lovers of reading and writing, which goes beyond test scores and reading levels.
About |Firmly grounded in a combined framework of scientifically sound research findings with authentic and purposeful reading and writing practices, Catskill Literacies takes an advocacy-based stance when working with learners. Each youngster brings unique strengths, knowledge, and experiences to learning. One size [of learning] does not fit all. The goal is to create lifelong lovers of reading and writing, which goes beyond test scores and reading levels. Proficiency is developed through targeted practice and an understanding that the language processes of reading and writing are all about making meaning of our world.
SERVICES
1:1 Literacy Tutoring Grades K-12 • Homeschooling Literacy Support • Reading Assessment, Report Writing & Instruction •  IEP Review/Consultation • Parent/Guardian Consultation • Student Workshops  • ELA Regents Prep • Parent Workshops/Presentations • Special Events Throughout the Year
Oak Rose Forest School
The Sancturary Campus
132 Hospital Road
Callicoon, NY 12723
Phone: (561) 718-3052
Email: cpezza@thewizardschool.net
www.oakroseforestschool.com
A Magical Learning Environment
The Oak Rose Forest School provides an enriched and magical learning environment for our students. Founded in 2021, our forest school is located in the Western Catskills on the land of the Lenni Lenape tribe at The Sanctuary, an indigenous healing center, bee, pollinator and food forest sanctuary. Our environment reflects the beautiful energy and intention of this land, as well as the various backgrounds and cultures of the area, the community caregivers, and wild-life. Our teachers are passionate, progressive and experienced in providing a safe space for child-led learning through play, discovery, and connection with nature.
At the Oak Rose Forest School, we do our best to develop autonomy, curiosity & courage in our students. We believe that joy, awe, wonder and a connection to nature and its elements is greatly important for students to access their own inner wisdom, empathy and intrinsic drive to learn. For us, emotional learning, regulation, and healthy social relationships are of great importance & a crucial foundation for any other learning to take place.Â
We combine our backgrounds in Waldorf eduction and traditional forest schooling, indigenous wisdom, story telling and myth to weave the curriculum for our program. Our program takes place in all types of weather outdoors.
We believe that childhood should be joyfull and wholesome; that the earliest, most memorable kind of learning includes climbing trees, catching frogs, making mud pies, and mixing potions.
Jeffersonville-Youngsville Campus
Provides K-6 grades
33 Schoolhouse Road
Jeffersonville, NY 12748
This campus is listed on National Register of Historic Places.
Lake Huntington Campus
Provides 7-12 grades
6604 State Route 52
Lake Huntington, NY 12752
Sullivan County Community College
112 College Road
Loch Sheldrake, NY 12759
Toll Free: (800) 577-5243
www.sullivan.suny.edu
A rural, two year SUNY community college, boasting nationally and
internationally recognized programs, faculty, and students.
Hospitals
Garnet Health Medical Center – Grover Hermann Division
8881 Route 97
Callicoon, NY 12723
Phone: (845) 887-5530
www.crmcny.org
Library
Western Sullivan Public Library – Delaware Free Branch
45 Lower Main Street
Callicoon, NY 12723
Phone: (845) 887-4040
Fax: 845.887.8957
Branch Manager: Melissa Reid
del@rcls.org
www.wsplonline.org
The Western Sullivan Public Library shall provide welcoming centers of information and discovery and provide our communities with tools for lifelong learning, creativity and enrichment.
Post Office
Callicoon Post Office
PO Box 9998
13 River Road
Callicoon, NY 12723
Phone: (845) 887-6810
Town Government
Town of Delaware
Town Hall
104 Main St
Hortonville, NY 12745
Phone: (845) 887-5250
www.townofdelaware-ny.us
Meetings:
Town Board: Second Wednesday of the month at 7:00 pm
Planning Board: Third Wednesday of the month at 7:30 pm
Zoning Board: Fourth Thursday of each month as needed at 7:30 pm
Villages, Hamlets, & Neighborhoods within the Township Include:
• Beechwoods
• Callicoon
• Hortonville
• Kenoza Lake
• Kohlertown
Utilities
Meadow Energy
33 Lower Main Street
Callicoon, NY 12723
(845) 414-3491
hello@meadow.energy
www.meadow.energy
Community Solar Farms – the name fits. These projects are sited on local land, developed and built in local towns, use local labor, provide distributed generation to the local grid, and provide monetary savings to local residents and businesses. We value that, and we aim to keep the spirit of ‘community’ in community solar by providing the best possible customer service to our customers and by giving back to and participating in the local communities that make this program possible.
​Community Solar is a win-win-win for:
• Customers via guaranteed monetary savings through the easiest and most accessible way to go solar.
• The local environment via clean renewable electricity generation that also brings resiliency to the power grid.
• Local municipalities via tax revenue through sustainable infrastructure growth.
Meadow Energy and its development partner, Delaware River Solar, have been developing and managing community solar farms since 2015, and we think community solar has a bright future ahead as the best option for customers that cannot or choose not to install or maintain solar equipment on their own roof or property.
Learn More or Get Started Today!
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Volunteer Fire Department & Volunteer Ambulance
Worship (listed by distance)
Callicoon United Methodist Church
9290 State Route 97
Callicoon, NY 12723
(845) 887-5112
website
Welcome, we are glad you are interested in visiting our United Methodist congregation. You are warmly invited to come and worship with us and experience God’s grace through our time together.
We recognize that people look for God in many ways. Whether you visit in person or online, we hope you discover something here to encourage you in your spiritual journey. Here is more info about United Methodist beliefs.Â
Grace Church of Callicoon
9284 State Route 97
Callicoon, NY 12723
(845) 887-4684
website
Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church
9719 State Route 97
Callicoon, NY 12723
Phone: (845) 887-5450
www.holycrosscallicoon.org | Mass Times
We are always happy to welcome you into our parish community. You are invited to join us by registering in our parish. All Catholics living in the parish should be registered. Parents with children in our Religious Education Program must be
registered and using their parishioner envelopes. We welcome with joy Catholics who wish to return to the Church and persons who would like to learn more about our faith. Please call the rectory.
St. James Episcopal Church
7 Mountain View Drive
Callicoon, NY 12723
Phone: (845) 887-3145
St. James Church & Rectory is a historic Episcopal Church on NY 17B on the north side, east of the junction with NY 97, within the Town of Delaware in Callicoon, NY.
The church was built in 1928 and the rectory in about 1912. The church is a gabled building with a stuccoed exterior in the Mission Style. It features a bell tower centered at the peak of the front-facing gable. The rectory is a simplified Queen Ann style residence.
Fosterdale United Methodist Church
Agudas Achim Synagogue
587 Old Route 17
Livingston Manor, NY 12758
(845) 439-3600
website
We are a Reform congregation with a traditional soul located in the beautiful Catskill Mountains of New York. Agudas Achim means “gathering of brothers and sisters”. It was named over 100 years ago and still applies. Our members are diverse in their approaches to Judaism and geographic location
Our hope is to facilitate the spiritual and intellectual growth of our members. Rabbi Pomerantz challenges us to gain new insights into ourselves and our faith. Our Cantorial team of Ira and Julia Levin inspires us with both their spiritual and musical talents.
Agudas Achim provides all the essentials of a Jewish community. You will discover this by exploring the contents of the website. We are especially proud of the high quality learning experience we are able to provide our children because of our excellent and loving teachers. We conduct monthly Shabbat services on the first or second Friday. Special programming to enrich our community are conducted periodically. Please view our calendar for the dates of our specific events.
Our door is open wide to interfaith families and those who are searching regardless of background or belief. You are invited to visit our historic synagogue and experience our growing, friendly community.
Temple Sholom Synagogue
5 East Dillon Road
Monticello, NY 12701
(845) 794-8731
website
Our Temple Sholom family is a warm community comprised of individuals, families, singles and couples from differing backgrounds and interests drawn together by the mutual desire for a meaningful Jewish experience.
Our congregation is a broad mix of educational and religious backgrounds. This diversity makes Temple Sholom an exciting, interesting and inspiring place to be.