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Volunteer Opportunities throughout Ulster County:
FAMILY of Woodstock Volunteer Training and more!
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Serving the Ulster County Community since 2009
February 2023
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Family of Woodstock
Volunteer Training
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Beginning Thursday, February 16th, 2023
If you are looking for a great volunteer opportunity, “Family” is looking for you! Are you interested in helping your local community? Perhaps you are that listening ear that friends and loved ones always seem to turn to. Family’s hotline training is just what you’re looking for!
A new series of trainings begins Thursday, February 16th and will be conducted virtually, and in-person. Participants must have a camera, headphones and internet access. For more information, stop by our Woodstock office at 16 Rock City Road, or give us a call at (845) 679-2485.
We’ll be by the phones waiting to hear from you!
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Mohonk Preserve Volunteer Orientations and Trainings | |
Our volunteer orientations are designed to give you all the information you need about a particular volunteer activity. It is a great opportunity to meet with the coordinator, learn about the activity, and meet other volunteers. Please feel free to attend any or all orientations. To register, visit https://www.mohonkpreserve.org/volunteer/training/
All orientations take place at the Mohonk Preserve Visitor Center or online on Zoom. Check the website at mohonkpreserve.org/volunteer for descriptions of all volunteer activities.
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For more information or to register for an orientation by email, contact Andy Reynolds, Volunteer Programs Manager, at volunteers@mohonkpreserve.org or 845-255-0919, ext. 1269. | |
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Volunteer with
Black History Month Kingston 2023
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We often are looking for volunteers and also get asked by people how they can volunteer with us.
Our Community Family Dance is on February 25th from 6-9pm at the YMCA. We need possibly 2-3 people that can either help set up, take down and serve food. Setup is around 4pm.
This form will collect your information and email you event-specific volunteer opportunities; at the same time keeping you in the loop of the very events you'd like to attend or participate in. We love our community and having the chance to work with you is our pleasure.
These events are for Black History Month Kingston programming throughout the month of February 2023.
THANK YOU for making BHMK 2023 a year to remember.
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Gardiner Repair Cafe
Sunday, February 26th, 1-4pm
Gardiner Library
133 Farmer's Turnpike, Gardiner
New Paltz Repair Cafe
Saturday, March 18th, 10am - 2pm
New Paltz United Methodist Church
1 Grove Street, New Paltz
Esopus Repair Cafe
Saturday, March 25th, 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 suziefromer@gmail.com or visit www.repaircafehv.org.
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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.
and don't miss the
8th (almost Annual!)
Mac N Cheese Bake Off!
Professionals, Amateurs and Agencies compete for the judged categories of the Best Traditional and the Best Exotic Mac N Cheese. Seeking volunteers to scoop, set up and break down.
To COMPETE or VOLUNTEER: email LisaHantes@gmail.com
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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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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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UlsterCorps would like to thank everyone who participated in our 14th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration of Service on January 14th, 2023 at the Rosendale Recreation Center. We are so grateful to our event sponsors and supporters: Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley, Family of Woodstock, March Gallagher, Mental Health Association in Ulster County, Michael DeWan Appraisal & Assoc., People’s Place, Raising HOPE, Rondout Valley Growers Association, RCAL, SUNY Ulster, Town of Rosendale, Ulster Literacy Association, and Ulster Savings Bank. Many thanks to Angel Food East, Blackboard Bistro, Deborah & Michael DeWan, Gia Bella’s, Hudson Valley Farm Hub, Hurds Family Farm, Keegan Ales, Seasoned Delicious, The Alternative Baker, The Bakery, The Big Cheese, and The Rosendale International Pickle Festival for the delicious food; to Green Cottage for the centerpieces; to the wonderful musicians - Love Is Love; Sound Engineer Jason Sarubbi, Split Rock Studio; to Speakers Loriman Rhodell, Manna Jo Greene & Rev. Evelyn Clarke for their inspiring recollections and remarks; to Dr. Willie Yee for bringing his magic; to the volunteers from Kingston High School Honors Society, SUNY Ulster and SUNY Ulster SGO, Bard’s Class of 2026 and Center for Civic Engagement for helping out on the day of the event; and last but not least, to each of our community’s volunteers, for their service. | |
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