Livingston CARES
News & Updates
Livingston CARES’ mission is to help communities and individuals locally, regionally, statewide, nationwide and globally in humanitarian projects including disaster relief and recovery efforts. CARES also provides a resource and information repository for individuals and organizations wishing to contribute to disaster recovery efforts. 

Events
We held our annual meeting on April13th, via Zoom. At the meeting we previewed the 2020 Annual Community Report, discussed our year of service work, did some preliminary planning for 2021 service trips, and elected new members to the Board of Directors.

Check out our 2020 Annual Report for more details about our activities in the 2019-20 service year!

2020 ServiceTrips



Unfortunately, our March and May trips were cancelled due to COVID-19.
However, CARES was able to go on two trips in January: Ocean County, New Jersey engaging in the long term recovery from super storm Sandy, and Tampa Bay, Florida working on homes impacted by Hurricane Michael. Though we were only able to go on two trips, they were very successful providing service opportunities for 18 volunteers; 10 students and 8 faculty / staff / community members, including three young students from Lagom Landing. With these two trips we have been on 90 trips with 1,508 participants including 1,200 students since 2006.
INFORMATION ON ALL OF OUR CARES SERVICE TRIPS: https://www.geneseo.edu/livingston-cares/service-trips
Our January 2020 New Jersey Trip Volnteers
Happy crew from our January 2020 Trip to Tampa Bay
Board Member Elections
On Monday, April 13 Livingston CARES elected new members to the Board of Directors. New members to the board are:

Community members:
Angela Ellis, Deputy County Administrator - Planning and Special Projects, Livingston County
Glenn Geiser-Getz, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, SUNY Geneseo
Student Board Members:
Parker Slawetsky, '22 History major
Jules Orcutt, Political Science and Pre-Law
Karissa Garbarini, '22 Biology
SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR 2019-2020 BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THEIR SERVICE
Interested in getting involved with Livingston CARES? Email cares@geneseo.edu to learn more!
COVID-19 Front Line Workers Appreciation Fund
This special initiative has been established to recognize the local front line workers and essential employees that are continuing to keep our community connected during this time.
Funds collected will be used to show our support and appreciation for workers that are continuing to work through the current pandemic in order to keep us all safe, secure, healthy, and fed.
We will be showing our support by providing pizzas dinners, sending thank you packages, and delivering treats like candy, cookies, and fresh fruit.

For more Information please contact cares@geneseo.edu

This initiative is being led by a subcommittee of board members chaired by Brenda Donohue and supported by Karen Bailey, Craig Bolesky, Adam Clarke, Betsy Colon, Holly Harvey, and Phil Natoli, and Tom Matthews.

Actions taken as part of our Covid-19 Front Line Workers initiative
  • Cupcakes delivered to the Livingston County Office of Social Services and the Office for the Aging
  • 10 sheet pizza delivered to Noyes Hospital and Noyes Mental Health and Wellness (Dansville), the Noyes Kidney Disease and Dialysis Center (Geneseo), and Noyes Health Services (Geneseo)
  • Tabling and handing out thank you bags with fruit and candy for truck drivers at the 390 Quicklees Truck Stop in Avon
  • Sweet Arts Bakery cookies delivered to the Livingston County 911 call center
  • Cupcakes to the Livingston Co. Dept. of Health, including mental health services
  • Candy gift bags delivered to Noyes Health Service Medical Center in Geneseo
  • Delivery of Life Savers and Hershey Kisses to local Fire Departments: Conesus, Hemlock, Lakeville, Livonia, and Springwater
Board member Karen Bailey delivering pizzas to Noyes Hospital
Board members handing out gift bags at the Quicklee's truck stop in Avon
2020 AND BEYOND!
Livingston CARES
15th Anniversary
Volunteers reflecting on a job well done in Biloxi
Volunteers on our March 2019 trip to Tampa
Celebrate with us this September!
We will be organizing events to take place on campus and in the community on September 16, 2020 to commemorate the founding of Livingston CARES!

Livingston County CARES, Inc. was incorporated and registered as a New York State non-profit organization in 2006. Originally established as a collaborative effort among groups and organizations at SUNY Geneseo and in the Geneseo and Livingston County community that started in September 2005 to focus on relief and recovery efforts by helping people in Harrison County, Mississippi after Hurricane Katrina. This relationship continued through 2017 and paved the way for our recovery efforts the New York Metro area in response to Super Storm Sandy, and trips to Texas, Florida, and Puerto Rico in response to the hurricanes in 2017. We also established a partnership with Give Kids the World, a service trip that supports youth from the Make a Wish program in Florida.