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As a part of New York State’s Volunteer Generation initiative, the Regional Volunteer Center of the Southern Tier awarded over $3,800 in grants to local organizations participating in National Volunteer unitedwayWeek volunteer activities. This diverse group of projects will allow organizations throughout the region to celebrate National Volunteer Week through community service, volunteer recognition, and education.

After reviewing all of the proposals, the Steering Committee of the Regional Volunteer Center of the Southern Tier chose to fund the following programs:

Tompkins County:
  • Catholic Charities Tompkins/Tioga: To organize and renovate the clothing storage area that serves the main Clothing Closet Program. Volunteers will receive t-shirts
  • Foodnet: To support building a vegetable garden to grow fresh vegetables in support of the Meals on Wheels Program
  • Habitat for Humanity Tompkins Cortland: To support their week-long event “Truss Days” providing hands-on activities building onsite roof trusses for Habitat homes with students and employees on Ho Plaza at Cornell University
  • Ithaca Children’s Garden: To post educational signs, paint their nursery fence and tool shed, and plant vegetables and flowers
  • Broome County:
  • ACCORD, A Center for Dispute Resolution: To paint the walls of their office and to provide refreshments for volunteers
  • Chemung County:
  • Chemung ARC: To have a community cookout to draw people to adopt garden beds and to become more engaged with Quatrano Park
  • Friends of Chemung River Watershed: Will lead a trash cleanup on the Lackawanna Rail Trail in Elmira

Schuyler County:
  • Catholic Charities Schuyler (Schuyler Outreach): Will have a volunteer recognition and appreciation lunch for their volunteers
  • Schuyler County Office for the Aging:  To conduct outreach events to recruit volunteers to assist in highly needed service areas
Steuben County:
  • American Red Cross – Hornell: Will have a banquet with a speaker to recognize volunteers
  • Avoca Hose Company #1: To have a volunteer recognition reception with gifts for the volunteers
  • Catholic Charities Steuben, Corning at Turning Point: Will provide volunteers with lunch and a gift
  • Hornell Area Concern for Youth: To provide t-shirts to mentors for their Caring Attitudes Mentoring Program
  • Steuben Coordinated Transportation: To purchase oil changes for volunteer drivers that take clients all over the county and the region for non-emergency medical appointments in their own vehicles

The Regional Volunteer Center of the Southern Tier is a collaboration which promotes and enhances local volunteer efforts. Working with local nonprofits, the Center’s goal is to build the volunteer infrastructure in the region so that more people are able to make a difference. It is led by the Institute for Human Services, the United Way of Broome County, and United Way of Tompkins County.

  • Working with others United Way of Tompkins County…
  • Supports individuals in their efforts to live self-sufficient, productive lives,
  • Connects families with their communities,
  • Encourages diverse agencies and communities to engage each other to achieve mutual goals,
  • Models and expects fairness, dignity, and respect.

Funding for the National Volunteer Week mini-grants has been made possible by a grant through the New York State Office of National and Community Service.

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