Volunteer Opportunities at Equinox, Inc. Equinox is a human services agency providing shelter, counseling, advocacy and prevention services for individuals and families with
problems of substance abuse, homelessness, domestic violence, and HIV/AIDS. Youth Services
Share your special gifts/talents or simply spend time with youth – be a positive role model Youth Outreach Center
- Assist teenage youth with their homework and/or specific academic subject areas after school on a regular basis.
- Help with one or more of a wide range of activities including: arts & crafts, cooking, computer usage, resume preparation, basic job seeking skill building.
Youth Shelter
- Supervise the use of the computer in the Tutor Office.
- Accompany youth to and from recreational events.
- Assist with household maintenance needs at the Youth Shelter, which may include assisting with laundry, restocking bathrooms, cleaning discharged residents rooms and other
small cleaning or maintenance tasks.
- Assist with clerical duties including: answering the telephones and door, signing residents in and out, typing and filing.
- Pick up food orders from the Regional Food Bank and organize shelter food pantry.
- Interact with residents not attending school:
 transport to the Outreach Center, supervise them
while at the Outreach Center.
- Assist with gardening/lawn maintenance.
Independent Living Program
- Assist with buying food at the Regional Food Bank and organizing pantry ~ Tuesdays, twice monthly.
Domestic Violence Services
If you have a special skill, share it with our adult or child clients. It could be yoga,
gardening, dancing, art, singing, home repair…the possibilities are endless!
Domestic Violence Shelter
- Assist and interact with adult and child residents of the shelter, working with residential counselors ~ weekday and weekend hours available, morning, afternoon and evening.
- Assist with office tasks including: phone reception, copying and filing.
- Assist facilities manager with donation pick ups and organizing.
- Help resident children with schoolwork. Assist children in the development of good learning habits.
- Spend recreational time with resident children. This may include reading, playing games or sports and taking children to recreational events.
- Assist with childcare during adult groups ~ M, T, W 7:00pm-8:30pm
- Assist with household maintenance needs at the Youth Shelter, which may include assisting with
laundry, restocking bathrooms, cleaning discharged residents rooms and other small cleaning or maintenance tasks.
- Pick up food orders from the Regional Food Bank and organize shelter food pantry.
- Transport residents from the Domestic Violence Shelter to 95 Central to the Equinox medical exam night on Thursday evenings. An Equinox vehicle will be used.
- Help shelter residents move into their own apartments.
Domestic Violence Outreach Services
- Provide advocacy, support, information and accompaniment to victims seeking orders of protection from Family and criminal court ~ day and evening hours available.
- Be a support for clients living in the community ~ give them a ride, share fun things to do, be a pal.
Special Events
- Help is needed from September through November with both the organization and production of our annual Thanksgiving Day Community Dinner.
- Volunteers are also needed to participate in the annual Freihofer Community Walk in May,
2009 benefiting many area non-profit agencies including Equinox, and the AIDS Walk which takes place in September.
Volunteer and Internship Opportunities…
- Substance Abuse Counseling Center
For information on internships, call Carolyn Schimanski at 434-6135 ext. 324.
Domestic Violence Services, Emergency Shelter and Outreach Services
For information on volunteering and internships, call Jaclyn DeChiro at 432-8950.
Youth Services, Equinox House for Youth, Transitional Living Program and Youth Outreach and Prevention Services
For information on volunteering and internships, call Mary Campagna at 434-6135 ext. 332.
Annual Equinox Thanksgiving Day Community Dinner
For information on volunteering, call the TDay hotline at 434-0131.
Instructions for Equinox Thanksgiving Dinner Volunteers
Empire State Plaza IMPORTANT NOTE: If you are not feeling well, please do not volunteer!!General Information:
Parking is available in "V" Visitor Parking Lot.
All adults in the vehicle should have identification for State Police
Wear comfortable shoes and clothes that can get soiled.
If possible, bring a baseball cap to avoid wearing a hair net.
If possible, bring a clean, over head apron, to avoid the use of plastic aprons.
Leave personal belongings at home or in the car.
Go to Concourse level and locate Equinox registration table.
You may bring your own vegetable peeler, but you may not need to use it.
Be prepared to assist Equinox team as requested.
Additional Information for Thursday:
Parking will be more challenging due to volume of volunteers.
Volunteers not "Delivering Meals" need to move through this line to the Equinox registration table.
Meal Delivery:
- Please bring containers such as plastic laundry baskets to transport meals.
- Some drivers arrive as early as 5:30am. Please arrive NO LATER than 8:00am.
- Meals will begin to move out at 8:00am.
- Meal packets are arranged by zip code.
- Assistance with directions and printing of maps will be available.
- Expect to deliver to 2-4 locations; each driver will deliver up to a total of 10 dinners.
- All meals should be delivered within 2 hours of departure from Empire State Plaza.
- Do not leave meals unattended. Recipients have been told they must be home between 9:00am and 1:00pm.
- If recipient is not home, please find another person in need of the meal. Do not return the meal to the Plaza.
Instructions for Equinox Thanksgiving Dinner Volunteers
First Presbyterian Church, Corner of State and Willett Streets, Albany IMPORTANT NOTE: If you are not feeling well, please do not volunteer!! NOTE: Food is prepared at the Empire State Plaza and served at the Church
- Parking is available in Washington Park.
- After registering in the church, volunteers may be given parking signs for vehicles.
- Wear comfortable shoes and clothes that can get soiled.
- Leave personal belongings at home or in the car.
- Be prepared to assist Equinox team as requested.
Additional Information for Thursday:
THANK YOU!
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