Service Summit 2022

UlsterCorps 2022 Summit Invitation

The 12th Annual UlsterCorps Service Summit will be held Tuesday April 19th, 2022 from 8:30am – noon at SUNY New Paltz and is co-sponsored by the Center for Student Engagement, the Benjamin Center for Public Policy at SUNY New Paltz, and Rondout Savings Bank.

This year’s summit will focus on fostering the emotional health and welfare of volunteers and the non-profit community during disasters (ie: COVID, recent ice storm, etc.). It will feature a diverse range of presenters offering a variety of strategies, skills and action items to help us build wellness and resiliency in the nonprofit community and in ourselves as we seek to navigate and support each other through challenging times.

The Summit will include a series of panels, presentations and roundtable discussion, as well as self-care and wellness demonstrations and activities. Together we will work to identify skills and resources for sustenance and restoration that we can share with our families, our communities and beyond, and begin to realize ideas for a healthier future.

The event is free and is planned as a hybrid in-person and livecast event. Coffee, tea, and infused waters will be provided to in-person guests (no food will be served due to COVID). All in-person attendees are asked to be vaccinated and wear masks. In-person registration is limited to the first 50 individuals to register by emailing register@ulstercorps.org or 845-481-0331.

Presenters include:

Lester Strong, founder & Executive Director, Peaceful Guardians Project
Amy Nitza, Ph.D., LMHC, Executive Director of the Institute for Disaster Mental Health at New Paltz
Christine Hein, Executive Director, People’s Place & Fatima Deen, Wellness Empowerment Center Facilitator
Ev Mann, Center for Creative Education founder, MaMA founder, Sunday Gatherings at MaMA co-founder, Director of Education, Peaceful Guardians Project
Jess Robie, RN, Holistic Health and Wellness
Karla Vermeulen, Ph.D., Deputy Director of the Institute for Disaster Mental Health and Associate Professor of Psychology at SUNY New Paltz
Andy Reynolds, Volunteer Programs Manager, Mohonk Preserve
Bryant “Drew” Andrews, Executive Director, Center for Creative Education
Rev. Evelyn Clarke, Town Councilwoman at Town of Esopus & Pastor, New Progressive Baptist Church; Rev. Dr. Renee House, M.Div., Ph.D. Retired Pastor, Old Dutch Church Kingston; and Rune Jacobson, The Hudson Valley School of Tai Chi Chuan
NYS Senator Michelle Hinchey

Speaker Bios
Wellness Resources shared by presenters

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2021 (Virtual) UlsterCorps Service Summit
Resilience in the Time of COVID

Presented by UlsterCorps and
SUNY New Paltz Alternative Spring Break

Thursday April 15, 2021, 3-4pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI7PoKjEsM8

How have local nonprofits adapted during the pandemic?
Can volunteers continue to play an important role?

Join us for a virtual summit featuring recorded interviews with leaders from six local nonprofits and a panel discussion to share best practices for remaining resilient in the time of COVID.

Featuring leaders from:
American Red Cross, Eastern NY Region | Catholic Charities | Dutchess Outreach
Kingston Emergency Food Collaborative | New Paltz Youth Program | Rondout Valley Food Pantry

Thank you to:

The Alternative Spring Break team (Raqui, Brooklyn, Salam, Anabel, Crystal, Alison, and Jenny) for their work in interviewing and storytelling;
Rachael Quimby (New Paltz alumna) and Alison (ASB) for their editing work;
Niamh Hoban for presenting to our group about best practices for making a documentary;
and representatives from the six local organizations who took the time to tell their stories- Erin Musto, American Red Cross, ENY Region | Dominique Mills, Catholic Charities | Sarah Salem, Dutchess Outreach | Troy Ellen Dixon, Kingston Emergency Food Collaborative | Jim Tinger, New Paltz Youth Program | Charlotte Knapp, Rondout Valley Food Pantry

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2020 SERVICE SUMMIT
Fostering Collaboration and Youth Engagement

Reconfigured for 2020 due to COVID-19, to a series of Service Conversations via zoom

Lester Strong, Executive Director, The Peaceful Guardians Project
https://youtu.be/jDXX_Jnhuq4
Guy Felixbrodt, Director, J-Teen Leadership/ UJA Federation of NY
https://youtu.be/nxADLwP3fZE
Ilene Cutler, Chris Nostrand and program participants
Generation to Generation Living History Project
Watch excerpts on our YouTube channel

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2019 SERVICE SUMMIT Info + Materials:

– 2019 Summit Agenda
– 2019 Summit Speaker Bios
– 2019 Summit Participants List
– Volunteer Engagement Cycle Graphic and Narrative from the American Red Cross

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Thank you so much to everyone who participated in the 9th Annual UlsterCorps Service Summit
Wednesday April 25th, 2018

2018 SERVICE SUMMIT Info + Materials:

FEATURED SPEAKERS:

Grace Bonney, Design*Sponge
Mariel Fiori, La Voz magazine and La Voz at Radio Kingston
Kerst de Jong, Andrew Simmons, Ben Bruschke, Camphill Village USA
John Oles, SUNY New Paltz

– 2018 Summit Agenda
– 2018 Summit Speaker Bios
– 2018 Summit Participants List
– PowerPoint by Grace Bonney, Design*Sponge

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8th Annual UlsterCorps Service Summit
April 26th, 2017

2017 SERVICE SUMMIT Info + Materials:
– 2017 Summit Agenda
– 2017 Summit Speaker Bios
– 2017 Summit Participants List
– Photos from the 2017 Summit
– Discussion Brief on Volunteerism in Ulster County

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2016 Service Summit Panelists Lee Anne Albritton, Poughkeepsie Farm Project; Stiles Najac, Food Security Coordinator, GleanMobile, Farm to School, Cornell Cooperative Extension Orange County; Diane Serratore, Executive Director, People to People, Rockland County

2016 SERVICE SUMMIT Info + Materials:
– 2016 Summit Agenda
– 2016 Summit Speaker Bios
– 2016 Summit Participants List
– Photos from the 2016 Summit by Nicci Cagan and Sheila Blair
– Google Map of Ulster County Food Pantries with hours
developed by UlsterCorps & Family of Woodstock, 2016
– Google Map of Food Pantries & UCAT bus routes
developed by Ulster County BOCES New Visions Health Career Explorations students & UlsterCorps, 2011-2016
– Google Map of Ulster Farms, Farmers Markets & Food Pantries
developed by UlsterCorps, 2009-2016
– PDF Map of Pantries and UCAT bus routes
developed by UlsterCorps, 2011-2016
– en Espanol
Creado en 2016 por UlsterCorps y La Familia de Woodstock
– PDF Text List of Pantries with hours
developed by UlsterCorps, 2010-2016

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2015 UlsterCorps Service Summit - engaging the next generation of volunteers

2015 UlsterCorps Service Summit – youth volunteerism

2015 SERVICE SUMMIT Info + Materials:
>> 2015 Summit Agenda
>> 2015 Summit Participants List
>> 2015 Agency Survey

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Thank you to all our 2014 Summit panelists + participants

2014 SERVICE SUMMIT Info + Materials:
>> 2014 Summit Agenda
>> 2014 Summit Speaker Bios
>> Community Animal Response Team Presentation
– by Dr David Chico
>> Photos from the 2014 Summit

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Ulster BOCES New Visions Health Career Explorations students presenting their research in the Youth Volunteerism Panel, UlsterCorps Service Summit 2012, moderated by Susan Barnett. photo: Stephen Gilman

2013 SERVICE SUMMIT Info + Materials:
Service Summit 2013 Agenda
Service Summit 2013 Speaker Bios
Service Summit 2013 Participants List
Photos from the 2013 Service Summit
Video from the 2013 Service Summit – Part 1 | Part 2
Thanks to photgrapher/videographers Ilene Cutler and Pam Kray!

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2012 SERVICE SUMMIT Info + Materials:
Service Summit 2012 Agenda
Service Summit 2012 Speaker Bios
Service Summit 2012 Participants List
Service Summit 2012 Roundtable Discussion Summary
Service Summit 2012 Evaluation Forms
Hunger Project Mind Map
Hunger Project Map of Food Pantries – Poster for UCAT Buses
Generously funded by Lifebridge Foundation and PDQ Printing