Affordable/Transitional Housing

HomeShare Ulster County
HomeShare Woodstock is now HomeShareUlster County!  Home sharing matches a Home Provider (person with extra room in their home or a separate living space) with a Home Seeker looking for an affordable rental (that usually includes a task exchange). Our newly opened Kingston program is now accepting applications in our new Match Area- City of Kingston!

Applications for Kingston can be requested from:
Charlotte Smiseth, Assistant Program Director, HSUC
845.331.7080 ext. 162
homesharekingston@familyofwoodstockinc.org

For home sharing in the towns of Woodstock, Saugerties, Olive, Hurley, Ulster and Shandaken home seekers and home providers should contact:

Janice La Motta, Program Director, HSUC
845.679.2485
homesharewoodstock@familyofwoodstockinc.org

Both programs welcome volunteers wishing to help promote the program in all of our service areas. If you have social media savvy, computer, networking, public speaking skills, or interview experience and would like to help us make great matches, contact one of our offices.

The expansion to the City of Kingston is supported, in whole or in part, by American Rescue Plan Act funding awarded to the City of Kingston by the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Ulster County Community Grants Fund of the Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley. The Woodstock area program is supported in part by the Town of Woodstock using American Rescue Plan Act funds awarded to the Town. HomeShare Ulster County is a program of Family of Woodstock Inc.

Family House Adolescent Shelter
Confidential location
Family House needs volunteers to assist in creating a new garden: clearing overgrowth on a slope that leads to a flat clearing; the clearing effort needs more equipment and brawn, and the gardening area needs prepping and fencing. The effort would also benefit from a volunteer or two committing a couple of hours once a week to help keep the garden up. This time would be done with the clients as a Recreation group. Contact Kie at 338-5953.

FAMILY’s Midway of Kingston & Ellenville
187-89 O’Neill Street, Kingston, NY (845) 339-5508
3 Warren Street, Ellenville, NY (845) 647-1346
FAMILY’s MidWay Program is designed to help young adults ages 16-21 learn to live successfully and build the skills to live independently.

Volunteers needed for projects including painting all kids’ rooms and offices, gardening/landscaping in the spring, driving kids to laundry services, grocery shopping, job opportunities, medical appointments, etc. tutoring, both college level and high school, any extra curricular activities in the community, like movies, meals, theater, parks, swimming, etc. Kitchen repairs are desperately needed in Midway I (Kingston), including creating more shelf space and repairing the cabinets. Contact Jen at (845) 339-5508.

UC Habitat for Humanity
Help Us Build Futures!
Are you interested in helping local families gain strength, stability, and self-reliance through homeownership?
VOLUNTEER WITH ULSTER HABITAT AND HELP BUILD HOMES
Volunteers are needed on our construction sites.  Building opportunities are available Wednesday through Saturday. No construction experience necessary.  You must be 18 years of age or older to help on our construction sites.  To find out more call 845-340-0907 x 105 to speak with our Volunteer Coordinator.
For more information about Ulster County Habitat for Humanity, please visit our website at https://ulsterhabitat.org/volunteer/ or email volunteers@ulsterhabitat.org.
Ulster Habitat ReStore
You don’t have to swing a hammer to give back to your community! Volunteering with Ulster Habitat ReStore is a great way to make a difference in our local community. We have a variety of opportunities available for volunteers, and we believe that your unique skills and talents can help transform the lives of families in need of affordable housing.
Volunteers are needed Tuesday through Saturday between 9:30 and 4:30. You can choose to volunteer for a specific time or multiple days, depending on your availability.
To volunteer with Ulster Habitat ReStore, please visit https://ulsterhabitat.org/volunteer-registration/ to register. For any further questions or inquiries, please call Carolyn at 845-340-0907 x 105 or email volunteers@ulsterhabitat.org.

RUPCO
Volunteers needed:
NeighborWorks Week volunteers for community clean-up day TBA (most likely in Newburgh in July)
Administrative assistance needed periodically, including filing, data entry, envelope sealing
Graphic design help needed creating social media campaigns
Videographer needed to record resident stories, especially the seniors, on why Home Matters, the benefits of supportive housing
Videographer needed to create a series of how-to videos for new residents (how to set your thermostat, how to use the garbage shoot, etc. – Video series will have a standardized intro/outro with music bed)
Advocacy volunteer needed to update webpages with information for our Give Hosing a Voice campaign
Report reviewer to read, summarize into one page, and pull relevant statistics from lengthy reports associated with affordable housing
Fundraising volunteer needed to launch a #GivingTuesday social media campaign
Data entry volunteer needed to truth and input data into a Communications/Resource Development donor management system
289 Fair Street Kingston, NY 12401 or at The Kirkland, 2 Main Street, Kingston, NY 12401

Contact: Tara Collins
(845) 331-2140 Ext 276
tcollins@rupco.org
http://www.rupco.org/

Volunteer Opportunities