News of the Youth Department

Yesterday, City Hall announced what may have seemed predictable when Liz Yorck resigned earlier this year: Calvin Lewis, who was assistant director and was serving as interim director, has been named Director of Youth. The following is the announcement that appeared on the City of Hudson website.

The City of Hudson has a new Director of Youth. We would like to officially congratulate Calvin Lewis Jr. on moving up from the Assistant Director of Youth position to the Director role. Born and raised in Hudson, Calvin was accepted to Siena College in 2008 where he majored in Sociology. It was there that Calvin discovered his passion for working with children and young people. He began mentoring young children from the Arbor Hill community in Albany and became a counselor for Siena College through the Higher Education Opportunity Program, beginning as an assistant counselor and working his way up to lead counselor. Calvin has been Assistant Director of Youth with the City of Hudson's Department of Youth for the last four years, under the direction of Liz Yorck, who recently left her position to go into childhood education. After conducting multiple interviews with highly qualified candidates, Calvin was selected, and we look forward to the energy and passion he brings to this new role.

In what seems to be a rather unfortunate coincidence, the Youth Department announced this morning on Facebook that all swim classes at Oakdale Lake have been canceled. The cancelation is attributed to "unforeseen circumstances," but no explanation of the nature of those circumstances was given.