Volunteer Recognition Event—Pre-celebration decorating, food
preparation, serving, hosting during actual event.
All Women’s Help Center
Prepping and Painting—Tape and sand doors and molding, remove
border wallpaper. Paint six rooms.
American Civic Association
Landscaping—Weed, reapply mulch cover, plant assorted bulbs
and ground cover plants, trim existing shrubs, etc.
Animal Care Council
Painting and Cleaning—Painting, cleaning, and if possible,
some skilled carpenter and plumber work.
Baden-Powell Council, Boy Scouts of America
Camp Tuscarora Maintenance—Wood cutting, roof replacement,
brush removal, and painting of building.
Boy Scout Office—Painting exterior of Boy Scout office.
Binghamton Housing Authority
Carlisle Fall Celebrations—Celebrations to enrich lives of
more than 60 elderly and disabled residents. Volunteers will cook and
serve picnic lunch and provide musical entertainment at Carlisle Hills
Community Center.
Saratoga Fall Celebrations—Volunteers will cook and serve
picnic lunch and provide musical entertainment to over 60 elderly and
disabled residents at Saratoga Heights.
Binghamton Zoo at Ross Park
Pavilion Painting—Sand and paint metal columns and paint wood
picnic tables in pavilion located on upper parking lot of Morgan Road.
Zoo Clean-Up—Various clean up projects zoo wide, such
as: raking, hauling/removing tree branches that have fallen, touch up
painting, etc.
Boys & Girls Club of Western Broome
Install Storage Shelving and Hooks—Install 75 hooks to
store lacrosse equipment as well as more appropriate shelving units for
variety of supplies and other equipment.
Paint Ballet Room—Put two coats of paint on walls that are
approximately 9 feet high.
Paint Computer Room Closet—Paint walls of large closet off of
computer room.
Paint or stain storage bench—Either paint or stain storage
bench in small conference room.
Storage Shelving—Erect four 8-foot by 24-inch shelving units,
three shelves high.
Broome County Department of Social Services
Cleaning Visiting Rooms—Clean toys and organize them in five
visiting rooms that families utilize in supervised visits.
Broome County Habitat for Humanity
Home Sweet Habitat Home—Painting, carpentry, landscaping, and
maintenance on a donated garage. Specific work depends upon the weather.
Broome Developmental Services
Cemetery Beautification and Clean Up—Clean up Glenwood and
Floral Park Cemeteries.
Broome-Tioga ARC
Cutler Pond Road, Project 1—Trim bushes, plant various flowers,
rake, mulch and repair fence.
Cutler Pond Road, Project 2—Build storage shed, stain picnic
tables, touch up painting and cleaning in program areas.
Riverside Drive: Painting—Paint porch and wheelchair ramp.
Carlton Street.: Painting and Landscaping—Paint hallways and
living rooms in four apartments. Plant shrubbery, perennials, and put in
mulch for property that was flooded in 2006 and is to be reoccupied.
Hamilton Drive: Landscaping—Plant various perennials, raking,
trimming, general yard work.
Wildwood Drive: Landscaping—Weeding, raking and planting
flowers.
Clarkson Drive: Landscaping—Landscaping in front and back,
weeding, mulch and trim the grounds.
Helen Street: Painting—Wash exterior windows, paint dining
room and hallways.
Sunset Drive: Landscaping—Planting ground cover (rug juniper
plants) on front bank to prevent erosion. Dig hole, add top soil and
fertilizer. Mulch and fabric already in place.
Camp Sertoma
Boat Storage Cover and Locking Device—Design and build cover
and boat locking device for boat rack.
Door Repairs—Repairs to doors in pool-area changing rooms.
Fencing—Install fence area around dumpsters and archery area.
Pool Pumphouse Extension Room—Install door, put in floor, and
screen in eves.
Flag Pole Flower Box—Build hexagon-shaped box around flag
pole. Each side is 4-feet long by 2-timbers high.
Flower Box—Build a 8-foot by 34-foot flower box made of 4-by-8
landscape timber in front of museum.
Painting and staining various places—Painting and staining
various items/places around camp.
Road repairs—Filling holes in dirt road.
Children’s Home
Exterior Painting/Renovation Project—Scraping and painting
garage, office, sheds, and various trim on exterior house. If weather is
poor, volunteers will do interior painting.
Jungle Gym Update—Sanding and painting jungle gym.
Painting: Close to Home—Painting downstairs hall and bathroom.
TASP Painting—St. Catherine Rec.: Paint roof above back door
and first floor exterior windows
Community Options, Inc.
Create Wall Mural or Stenciling—Create passive wall mural on
8-foot by 12-foot wall or do stenciling around room.
Paint—Paint entryway, hallway and outside trim (doors and
windows) on first floor only.
Danielle House, Inc.
Fall House Cleaning—Thoroughly clean all seven bedrooms (move
furniture, clean and wax floors, windows, etc.)
Discovery Center of the Southern Tier
Exhibit Rehabilitation—Cleaning, refurbishing, cataloguing,
and installing of artwork chairs in café exhibit area. Refurbishing and
upgrades to hospital area (artwork painting required).
Landscaping Upgrade—Weeding, trimming, dead heading, and
mulching of flower beds surrounding the Discovery Center, including new
story garden.
Paint, Polish, and Spruce Up—Paint, clean and straightening up
of the exhibits in the Discovery Center.
`Theater Painting—
Elizabeth Church Manor
Landscaping—Volunteers weed, prune, separate plants, etc.
Endicott Visitor Center
Visitor Center Preservation—Scrape and paint small areas
of exterior wall of circa 1904 Visitor Center mansion. Volunteers will
paint and scrape first story, going no higher than 6-foot ladder.
Fairview Recovery Services
Painting—Paint six bedrooms at Addiction Crisis Center.
Family & Children’s Society
Paint trim-work and room—Paint visitation room and another
larger room.
Family Violence Prevention Council
Putting Information Packets Together—Put conference
information packets together.
Girl Scouts-Indian Hills Council, Inc.
Amahami Trail Work—Clear trails and site areas of brush and
branches. Cut branches by using handsaws, pruners, or chainsaw. Assist
with loading dump truck for disposal.
Painting interior—Paint four offices.
Good Shepherd-Fairview Home
Winterization and landscaping—General clean up and mulching of
grounds.
Goodwill Theatre
Painting Municipal Building/Firehouse Stage—Paint white trim
on fire house at corner of Corliss and Willow Streets in Johnson City and
exterior red brick at 67 Broadway.
Greater Binghamton Health Center
Cemetery Restoration and Clean Up—Raking, mowing, digging,
landscaping, identifying and/or locating markers, painting/cleaning of
grave markers, utilizing metal detectors.
Landscaping—Weeding flower beds around grounds.
Painting and Staining Ramps—Paint handicap ramps at cottages
49 and 82. Stain ramps at building 41 and cottage 87.
Humane Society
Painting—Clean and paint front office, upstairs intake area,
cat isolation area, and veterinarian room.
Jewish Community Center
Playground clean-up—Remove weeds from playground, mulch, rake,
and fluff up; redo tribute areas where needed.
Meals on Wheels
Meals on Wheels Delivery—Accompany scheduled volunteers in
delivering meals for the day.
Mental Health Association
Vehicle Beautication Project—Help clean and detail four agency
vehicles.
Mom’s House
Cooking—Make pizzas with children which will be served for
lunch.
Lawn Care and Clean-up—Wash windows, mow lawn, weed whack, and
wash playground equipment.
TLC to Infants—Feed, rock, play with and read to the infants
in the 8-week to 2-year-old room.
Renaissance Plaza, Ltd.
Landscaping—Help with landscaping, pruning, trimming, and
maybe assist with painting in front of building.
RSVP
Bus Wash and Detail—Wash and detail two 12-passenger buses
inside and out.
Samaritan House
Mop It Up! Clean It Up! Paint It Up!—Mop, clean, paint
specific areas of Samaritan House.
Sheltered Workshop for the Disabled, Inc.
Spruce Up Outside—Remove rubbish, trim branches, etc., as
needed around building.
Window Display—Create display using products manufactured by
Sheltered Workshop.
SOS Shelter
Painting Maintenance—Paint front porch, steps, and window
sills at non-residency service site.
Southern Tier AIDS Program
Positive Happenings (Paint)—Paint hallway, entry area,
conference room, and one handicapped bathroom.
Southern Tier Celebrates
Garden of Ideas—Create assortment of garden foliage and
creatures to be exhibited at First Night Binghamton. Use bamboo, tissue
paper, etc., and lots of imagination! Volunteers will work under direction
of teaching artist.
St. James Middle School
Update Grounds and Building—Variety of clean-up and repair
projects.
Tri-Cities Opera Co., Inc.
Upgrade of Costume Shop—Sort and match shoes and jewelry.
United Way of Broome County
Clean Up and Trim Border—Trim brush, rake, cut down branches,
weed, etc., as needed along edge of property facing Vestal Parkway and
South Jensen Road. Weed the flower garden and plant more flowers.
Paint Director of Finance Office—Paint walls of office, which
will be cleaned out prior to painting.
Waterman Conservation Education Center
Trail Maintenance—Brush removal, debris clean-up, cut back
branches, raking and weed whacking on trails (four separate projects).
West Family YMCA
Redecorate the Men’s and Ladies’ Rooms—Prepare and repaint
men’s and women’s restrooms.
Wilson Children’s Center
Center Clean Up—Clean up playground area (pick up branches,
rocks, etc. )
YMCA-Binghamton
Covered Dish for Teen Moms—Volunteers purchase ingredients and
make total of 50 covered dish casseroles for teen moms and other parents
with special needs. Drop off on Sept. 11.
Landscaping—Fall clean up on all landscaped areas.
Painting—Volunteers paint lobby, dorm lounge, board room,
fitness center, and hallways.
YWCA
Young Wonders Literacy Project—Organize library of books, read
some stories to children and develop literacy bags for family sharing.