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Volunteer Opportunities throughout Ulster County:
MLK Day Celebration of Service and more!
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Serving the Ulster County Community since 2009
January 2023
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UlsterCorps' 14th Annual
MLK Day Celebration of Service
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Saturday, January 14th, 2023 from 12-2pm
Rosendale Recreation Center
A thank you event honoring all volunteers in Ulster County
Celebrating your service to the community and honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Volunteers from ALL Ulster County non-profits are welcome at UlsterCorps’ 14th Annual MLK Day Celebration of Service, Saturday, January 14th, 2023, 12-2pm at the Rosendale Recreation Center, 1055 NY-32, Rosendale (Monday, January 16th snow date). The event honors volunteers from service organizations throughout Ulster County for their hard work and dedication.
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The event will celebrate the broad circle of kindness and generosity that knits us together as a community and demonstrates the value of the volunteer spirit across all generations. The event is free and will include live music, refreshments and raffles. Attendees can choose to join us for a sit-down meal together, or simply stop by for a to-go box. There will also be an event program listing the names of all volunteers who pre-register by January 10th, and all businesses and agency partners contributing raffle items and supporting the event.
To register for this free event please email register@ulstercorps.org or call/text (845) 481-0331. Please register by January 10th if you would like your name and the agency where you volunteer included in the event program. If you’d like to sponsor the event or donate items for the raffle or goodie bags, please click here for sponsorship details or call/text Beth at (845) 481-0331.
Thank you so much to these local businesses and community partners who are contributing to the event: speakers Rev. Evelyn Clarke, Manna Jo Greene, Loriman Rhodell; food, music and raffle prizes: Adams Fairacre Farms; Angel Food East; Bardavon; Blackboard Bistro; Green Cottage; Holistic Health Community; Hudson Valley Current; Hudson Valley Farm Hub; Hurds Family Farm; Love Is Love; Marysa Sacerdote Jewelry; Mental Health Association in Ulster County; Michael DeWan Appraisal & Assoc.; MyKingstonKids; New Progressive Baptist Church Choir; People's Place; Raising HOPE; RCAL; Rondout Valley Lions Club; Royalty Enterprises; The Big Cheese; The Rosendale International Pickle Festival; Seasoned Delicious; Split Rock Recording Studio; Ulster Literacy Association; Ulster Savings Bank; Vitality Yoga and more.
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Kingston Repair Cafe
Saturday, January 14th, 11am - 3pm
Redeemer Lutheran Church
104 Wurts Street, Kingston
New Paltz Repair Cafe
Saturday, January 21st, 10am - 2pm
New Paltz United Methodist Church
1 Grove Street, New Paltz
Esopus Repair Cafe
Saturday, January 28th, 10am - 2pm
Ascension Church
1585 Route 9W, West Park
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A Repair Cafe is a free community event. You bring your broken but beloved items and together with volunteer repair coaches, WE FIX THEM! People bring all kinds of things to a repair cafe: clocks and other mechanical items; chairs, frames, and other wooden items; electrical items and small appliances; digital devices; clothing and textiles; dolls, stuffed animals, and toys, tools in need of sharpening; jewelry and watches; and so much more! Most items get fixed, and even when they don’t – we have a good time trying!
Questions? Contact hshader@gmail.com or visit www.repaircafehv.org.
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Volunteer Orientation for
Ulster County Animal Response Team (UCART)
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Tuesday, January 24th, 2023, 7pm
On Zoom
Have you ever wondered what you’d do if you had to leave your home during a disaster?
What about your animals?
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Jim & Lisa’s Circle Home
a comfort care home for the dying
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100 Wurts Street, Kingston
Volunteers are needed!
Jim & Lisa’s Circle Home will be opening the doors soon, offering the safety and warmth of home and family to individuals in our community who lack the means to remain in their own homes during their final days.
VOLUNTEERS are the heart of Circle Home, a comfort care home for the dying, to help provide care for our residents and their friends and families, and to tend to the daily upkeep of our home and garden, as well.
Upcoming trainings are scheduled for:
Fri/Sat January 27th-28th & February 3rd-4th
Times: Friday Orientation – 5 to 7:15 pm,
Saturday Training – 9 am to 3 pm.
(See link for full schedule)
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AARP Foundation Tax-Aide
seeks volunteers
| Are you looking for a rewarding volunteer opportunity that can put your experience and skills to good use, while helping others in your community? AARP Foundation Tax-Aide are looking for volunteers to become certified tax preparers. Help low and moderate-income individuals, families, and seniors get refunds and credits they may not have known about and efile at no cost. | |
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If you have prepared personal income taxes in the past and are looking for a way to use these skills, consider volunteering. In addition to tax preparers, whom the program will train, Tax-Aide needs people who can provide technical and communications assistance, interpreters, and program leaders. Volunteers come from a variety of industries and range from retirees to university students. All levels and types of experience are welcome. Volunteers get a great deal of satisfaction from helping people prepare their taxes and get the refunds and credits they may not have known about.
Tax sites are open from February 2023 through April 2023 and are located throughout Ulster County. Volunteers must commit to at least four hours once a week at their assigned site during tax season, flexible hours are available.
For more information or to volunteer, contact Steve Weir, at 845-255-4442 or sweir12525@gmail.com
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Volunteers Needed for the
REST Program
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EVEN CAREGIVERS NEED A BREAK
Volunteers Needed for the REST Program
Jewish Family Services and The Ulster County Office for the Aging are extending an invitation to you to become involved with your community in a very meaningful way – as volunteer companions for the REST Program (Respite Education & Support Tools).
Respite is defined as a short period of rest or relief from something difficult or unpleasant. Caregivers are often the sole support for a loved one providing both physical and emotional assistance. Caregivers often neglect themselves to ensure that their loved one is OK, and they need a few hours for themselves to catch up on things that they cannot normally do when providing care – including going to a doctor’s appointment or shopping or going for a walk … or just to de-stress and decompress. Becoming a REST Volunteer allows you to provide some much needed respite time for caregivers in your community.
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Simple Requirements: The program requires all volunteers to provide proof of vaccination and a background check for in-home volunteers. Volunteers fill out an application and are then interviewed by the REST Program Coordinator. Then they are trained in the role.
The Coordinator will match a family with a volunteer that seems best suited to that family. It is this careful matching of a volunteer with a family that needs them that really makes the program work. Volunteers are accompanied on their first visit and mentored throughout their work. Monthly meetings of the volunteers allow people to exchange ideas and present their challenges in a supportive environment.
Volunteers need to be prepared to give up only four hours a month. However, we are flexible and have lots of ideas about how you can help. The Office of Aging reimburses mileage at 0.39 cents a mile. Companions are just that: Companions! They are there to reminisce, share stories or play cards or take a walk if allowable. They are not responsible for the physical care of the care recipient.
Contact: Judith Bromley MS, Dn at 845-559-5656
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Ulster Literacy Association | |
Are you looking for a REMOTE
Meaningful Volunteer Opportunity?
BECOME A LITERACY VOLUNTEER
AND TEACH AN ADULT TO READ
Volunteers especially needed for tutoring evening hours. To find out more, call our office at (845) 331-6837
For more information about Ulster Literacy Association, please visit www.ulsterliteracy.org or email
info@ulsterliteracy.org.
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People's Place
seeks Volunteers
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People’s Place’s Food Pantry, Community Cafe & Thrift Store have fun, safe and rewarding volunteer opportunities available for interested individuals, Monday-Friday, 9:30am-1:30pm and Wednesday evenings from 4:30pm-7:30pm. Please fill out an application and we will follow up and schedule a tour of People's Place with you. We'll find the right fit for your interests and strengths.
For additional information call 845-338-4030x107 or just apply at https://www.peoplesplace.org/volunteer
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Angel Food East is looking for dedicated chefs, prep cooks and dishwashers, Mondays at noon, and meal delivery drivers on Thursdays from 11:15am-12:30pm, as well as substitute cooks and drivers who can fill in when available.
If you can help out, or to learn more, please email contact@angelfoodeast.org or call (845) 331-6538.
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HomeShare Woodstock
seeks volunteers
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HomeShare Woodstock is a home sharing program that matches a homeowner (with extra room in their home or a studio or cottage on their property) with a home seeker looking for an affordable rental and that may include a task exchange as part of the arrangement (providing transportation, pet care, light house or yard work). We take applications from homeowners and home seekers and follow with a thorough interview conducted by trained HomeShare Woodstock staff. Applicants are carefully vetted and this includes background and credit checks. Matches are based on preferences, common needs and interests. The process also includes a two-week trial period to ensure that the match is agreeable to both parties, and if not, the applicants remain in our files for future matches.
There is no fee for this service and HomeShare Woodstock staff remain in contact with the homeowner and home seeker matches throughout the process. Our program is seeking homes within a 10 mile radius of Woodstock including the towns of Saugerties, Phoenicia, Hurley, West Hurley, Shokan and Boiceville. Home seekers can come from anywhere but priority is given to those who work, volunteer or have lived in Woodstock.
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Volunteer Opportunities with HomeShare Woodstock
We would love to have your energy, skills and ideas!
Join our Advisory Board – Help us assess the program, create policies and procedures and help publicize HomeShare Woodstock. 4-8 hours a month
Help with social media and in-person outreach activities – Home sharing is a new idea and we need many “ambassadors” to help spread the word. Sign up for events as you are able so hours are variable.
Be Part of our Interview Team – Essential to home sharing is identifying compatible matches between hosts and guests. If you have experience as a counselor or social worker, we would love to have you join our team. We interview applicants and create matches. This job requires some training (Family of Woodstock volunteer training — which is a gift to you!). The time commitment will vary but could be 4-6 hours a week, depending on the number of applicants to be considered at the time.
Program Monitoring – The program can use help with office tasks like mailing out satisfaction surveys, following up with references and distributing brochures at public places in the area. 4-6 hours a month
For more information contact homesharewoodstock@fowinc.org
or call FAMILY of Woodstock at (845) 679-2485
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