HIGH NOTES: Neighborhood cleanups, feeding the hungry, bingo for school groups | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS In Ballston Lake, 30 Scouts and family members of Troop 3056 (Boys and Girls) recently collected 110 pounds of trash at the recent Ballston Lake / Burnt Hills Community Clean Up Day. Seventy-two volunteers registered to join in with the annual effort to promote awareness of the environment through a hands on initiative, including F.L Stevens School Daisy Troop 38, and Cub Pack 83. Clean Up Day began in the early 1970s. Its major sponsors are the Ballston Lake Improvement Association and the BH-BL BPA. In Albany, the Feed Albany hunger relief effort has received a $25,000 challenge grant from Rick and Diana Ostroff of the Albany lobbying firm Ostroff Associates, and will be raising $25,000 to match the grant. Proceeds will be used to purchase equipment for a dedicated commercial kitchen that Feed Albany will open later this spring. Since it was founded shortly after the pandemic started, the organization has distributed more than 500,000 free meals. The group now has three part-time employees, a paid chef and 50 regular volunteers who produce 1,500 meals per week for pickup and delivery. To contribute to the Ostroff challenge campaign and for more information, donating and volunteering opportunities, visit the Feed Albany website at https://www.feedalbany.com/.