Upstate Caring Partners

05/01/2026

Our Career Specific Vocational Training (CSVT) groups have been volunteering at Katherine Lutheran Care nursing home since August 2023. Every three months, new participants join us to gain hands‑on experience and build skills that help them become more employable.

Through CSVT, participants learn real workplace skills, from hands‑on training and classroom lessons to soft skills, hard skills, interview practice, and resume building.

We’re proud of the hard work and growth we see every day.

05/01/2026

Our Prevocational LIFE group partnered with ACR Health in honor of Earth Month. The group enjoyed some pizza together before heading out to pick up litter and help make our city cleaner.

04/27/2026

Our friends at The Root Farm hosted a search for sasquatch hike on Saturday. Check their page to see more upcoming events.

04/27/2026

04/24/2026

Our Utica New Discoveries Preschool celebrated Earth Day with a week filled with fun activities including their annual recycling project. Over the past couple of months, families and staff collected plastic caps to create a bottle cap tree. Students also made recycled crayons and ended the week with Earth cookies.

04/24/2026

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oneida County visited our New Discoveries Rome Preschool and engaged the students in a scribble wall activity.

04/22/2026

The children from the Westmoreland New Discoveries Preschool site engaged all the staff and students in a fun game of "Help Us Clean Up The Earth" for Earth Day today! Participants were rewarded with a Hershey kiss! 🌎