All volunteers complete a mandatory 20-hour training program. Patient care volunteers help patients and families with household chores, shopping, transportation, and companionship. This is done in the patient's home setting, whatever that may be. Patient care volunteers are also utilized in our 6-bed residence to help prepare and serve meals and to provide companionship.Specially trained and/or professional volunteers also support bereaved families, play music, give massages, and provide pet visits. Additional volunteer support includes tending our gardens, lending a hand in the office, grocery shopping for the residence, and helping with fundraising events.If you become a volunteer, you will be asked to: Attend the 20-hour mandatory training session Make a commitment of 2-4 hours a week for a minimum of one year Attend continuing education and support meetings to enhance your skills and knowledge of hospice Be reliable and prompt when performing assignments Participate in an annual review Successfully pass a background check Comply with the policies and procedures of the organizationFor more information, please visit www.hospicare.org/volunteers

Offers volunteer and donation opportunities to anyone who wants to help. Volunteers are needed for Thanksgiving and Christmas day meals to decorate, set-up and serve. Also accepts any donations of non-perishable food, decorations, and new toys.

Offers variety of events highlighting community diversity: The Multi-Ethnic Garlic Festival The All Nations Celebration/Parade - April 3rd First Friday events Immigration and Refugee Workshops Multi-cultural girl scouts program

Volunteers needed for toy shop, soup kitchen, and bell ringers at Christmas time.

Volunteers offered variety of opportunities. Call for details. Serves Broome, Chenango, Chemung, Cortland, Delaware, Otsego, Tioga and Tompkins Counties.

All-volunteer effort to meet basic needs of families at holiday time.Children aged 18 or younger or currently registered in the Trumansburg School District receive new clothes, hats, gloves, food and new, age-appropriate toys and books.Families of Sponsored Children receive canned goods and fresh groceries for the school's Christmas break.Homebound individuals living in Trumansburg area receive a fruit basket and goodie bag.

Women Swimmin' is a community swim, not a race, that gives women in the community (and some who travel from afar) the opportunity to swim across Cayuga Lake, while raising money for Hospicare & Palliative Care Services.Held at the Ithaca Yacht Club and generally takes place on the second Saturday in August. Registration for swimmers begins in early May at www.womenswimmin.org.Limit of swimmers is reached usually within a few hours. Registration for boaters and volunteers begins later in May.Women Swimmin' Laps for Hospicare is an opportunity that began in 2015. Women, age 18 and older, can swim any distance they choose, in any pool with a certified lifeguard, to fundraise for Hospicare. It's a Women Swimmin' event, so fundraising totals will be included in the Women Swimmin' fundraising amount.For more information about Women Swimmin' for Hospicare, please visit www.womenswimmin.org

Thanksgiving Dinner on November 17, 2024 from 2pm to 3:30pm

Parenting Skills: eight hands-on, interactive sessions to foster family communication skills, such as encouragement, can do, choices, self-control and respecting feelings. FREE classes, snacks and childcare. Parenting Styles: 7 weeks, sessions on parenting styles and discipline, child development, cultural influences and environmental issues. Parenting Skills Facilitated Visits: pairs parenting educator with parent(s) and children working with the Tompkins County Department of Social Services' Children's Services Unit. Parenting Educator Facilitator Trainings: annual session for those using the curricula to increase quality parenting education in our community. Tompkins County Coalition for Families: ad hoc group of organizations and citizens creating a supportive community for children and families. Tompkins Families! Community specific programming in Dryden, Enfield, Groton, and Newfield. TF can also serve other communities in addition to the ones listed here. Thriving with Your Spirited Child: a seven week program with information about temperaments. Develop effective strategies for dealing with temper tantrums and power struggles.

Volunteers help with event planning. No age restriction. Call for information.

The Bundy Museum campus consists of 5 buildings; the Bundy house, Visitor Center, Bundy Annex Theater (located behind the museum), Gallery 131 at 131 Main St, and Binghamton Photo at 32 Cedar St

Support groups, aquatics classes, exercise classes and self-help classes to community members living with arthritis. Public education, physician and clinic referral, patient education days and free literature.

Volunteers are the backbone of the YMCA. At all levels, volunteers contribute valuable resources of knowledge and talents to help our association carry out its mission. Whether your talents and interests are in sports, special events, or fundraising.Opportunities starting at 13 years of age through our teen swim assistant program and camp counselor in training program at 15 years of age.All Volunteers over the age of 18 years old are required to pass a background check.

CARES agency needs volunteers to assist with their website and with social networking. This can be done on their own home computer. Volunteers are also needed to assist on the day of the AIDSWalk with volunteer coordination, check-in and passing out water and T-shirts. The walk is scheduled annually for the last week of September.

Offers volunteer opportunities at senior centers throughout Broome County. Broome West 607-785-3427 Deposit 607-467-3953 Eastern Broome 607-693-2069 First Ward 607-797-2307 Johnson City 607-797-1149 Northern Broome 607-692-3405 Vestal 607-754-9596

Music, arts and dance performances by groups of all ages, parade, sustainability fair, live art creation, craft show and food court.Schedule, locations and other information available in print, online, etc. in May and June.

Community meal served at church facility across from Enjoie Golf Course.

Offers Thanksgiving baskets and Christmas baskets for Deposit area residents. To register for baskets: Visit the Deposit Food Pantry on a Thursday 3pm - 6pm; Call the pantry and leave a message with name, address and number of people in household; Or speak to your pastor.Individuals who recieved a Thanksgiving basket do not need to re-register.

Offers the opportunity for people to match up with a family with a child with a life threatening illness and help in different ways to create a complete and festive holiday for Easter, Passover, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Hannukah.

Offers different types of volunteer opportunities, such as working with children as a tutor and/or mentor, and special event or program volunteers for book/toy drives, Holiday adoptions, etc.

Provides a number of volunteer opportunities for older adults who want to help nonprofit agencies in their community.

Community meal available for those in need.

Volunteers for fundraising, client holiday programs, administrative assistance and book sales, depending on location.

Provides volunteer opportunities for people to help fund raising or solicitation of auction items, data entry, or the various special events, or to simply donate to the agency.

Provides new toys to more than 600 children in Schenectady County ages infant to 12. Anyone wishing to donate a new toy may bring it directly to The Salvation Army.