Welcome to For the People and KIDS, Inc.
Building Community Through Shared Discovery
Learning is better when we experience it together. By partnering with local educators, farms, gardens, schools, museums, libraries, organizations, and community spaces, FTPK creates meaningful, nature-based experiences that bring children, families, and communities together to explore, learn, create, and grow.
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Save the Date: Rooted & Rising: FTPK’s Second Annual Gala
We’re excited to announce Rooted & Rising, our Second Annual Gala, happening Saturday, October 17th from 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM at Hotel MTK!
Join us for an unforgettable evening celebrating four years of community, connection, and impact featuring inspiring stories, a silent auction, Live music, dancing, and more! Visit our Gala page for additional details!
Growing Minds at MKES
🌱 A New Chapter with MKES & FTPK!
We’re so excited to expand our partnership with Mount Kisco Elementary School!
For the past few years, For the People and Kids! has been proud to bring hands-on afterschool programming to the MKES community. This fall, we’re taking our partnership one step further with the launch of our new dual-language School Garden and Science Lab Residency!
🍂 Fall at For the People & Kids 🌱
Fall is a season of discovery! Join us for hands-on learning, outdoor adventures, and community connection at The Farm at Cabbage Hill, DIG Farm, local libraries, our Saturday programs, and commUNITY events.
From gardening, harvesting, and birding to farm ecology, mindful movement, nature exploration, and creative learning, our programs invite children and families to learn, play, and connect with the natural world.
Whether you’re getting your hands in the soil, spotting birds, exploring a farm, or discovering something new at the library, there’s a place for everyone this fall.
🍁 Come explore. Come learn. Come grow with us!
Indigenous Peoples Day at Cabbage Hill 🌽🫘🎃
Join us Mon, 10/12, for a morning of stories, garden exploration, mindful movement, and connection with the land! We’ll discover the wisdom of Mother Corn and our Three Sisters Garden (corn, beans, and squash) and explore how they thrive together in harmony.
Bringing siblings? Save with code SIBS at registration!
Family Tie Dye at the Farm at Cabbage Hill
Saturday, October 31 • 10 AM–12 PM
Join us for a special Family Saturday filled with creativity, fall fun, and Halloween magic! 🍂🎃
Create your own one-of-a-kind tie-dye shirt with Hippie Feet Tie Dye, then explore the farm with a fall scavenger hunt and special treats for the kiddos.
👻 Costumes encouraged!
👨👩👧👦 All ages welcome
🎨 Individual registration required
Come create, explore, and celebrate the season with us! 🌻
Workshop led by Hippie Feet Tie Dyes
Create Your Own Comic Book Hero
Celebrate National Comic Book Day with us at the Ossining Public Library
Ready to tell your own story? Join us for an action-packed session where you design, sketch, and assemble your own comic book. From power-up origins to epic battles, we’ll help you bring your hero to life from start to finish. All supplies provided.
Workshop led by our very own teaching artist, Ava Berman https://avaleanneberman.myportfolio.com/
What’s Happening Now!
🌈 Wear the Mission. Grow the Movement.
MERCH SHOP
Shop our one-of-a-kind For the People and Kids! (FTPK) merch, uniquely designed and hand-created by Hippie Feet Tie Dyes. Each piece is a wearable celebration of community, creativity, and our mission to connect kids and families with nature and learning.
Best of all, 100% of the revenue from our merch sales supports our Scholarship Fund, helping make our programs more accessible to children and families in our community.
Wear something unique. Support a child. Grow the mission. 🌱
Meet us at the Farm: Field Trips
Join us on Fridays for an unforgettable day of hands-on learning at this beautiful local working farm. Explore the gardens and greenhouse, meet the farm animals, visit the magical For the People and Kids Learning Garden, and wander along the peaceful paths throughout the property.
Students and community groups will dig in the soil, discover where food comes from, explore nature, and harvest fresh produce to taste. Each visit inspires curiosity, creativity, environmental stewardship, and a deeper connection to the land and one another.
Bring your students, community group, or organization and experience learning beyond the classroom, where the flowers are everywhere and every path holds a discovery!
🌻 FAMILY SATURDAYS ARE BACK! 🌻
Bring the family to The Farm at Cabbage Hill for a morning of outdoor fun, discovery, and connection! 🌿🐦
Ages 5+ can join our Junior Birders Club for hands-on birding, games, and guided nature walks.
Younger children & families can enjoy Family Gardening, planting, watering, harvesting, exploring the garden, and enjoying the farm’s bounty!
Come learn, play, and grow together in nature!
Stay for Our Family Workshop! 🌿
Saturday, 10/10 | Be Here Now: Mindful Movement in the Rhythm of Nature
