OUR MISSIONS

Folts Homes

 Folts Homes is a senior retirement community, in Herkimer, NY. Folts Homes offers multiple levels of care for those individuals who require assistance while still maintaining an independent and leisurely lifestyle. This care includes private apartment living in Folts Apartments and residential community living in Folts' Claxton Manor, with 73 units available. The Folts Health Center is home to 163 residents who receive first class nursing services, occupational and physical therapy, and therapeutic recreation.

Folts Home - UMW financial support and volunteers.

We have 2 UMW members on their volunteer board. They help set up special events for the residents. We have adopted a floor and do gifts for them at holidays. We couldn't do it without the quilters who make "gifts" for the residents.

Neighborhood Center Childcare and Family Services

The Neighborhood Center's Mission is to: Respond to the human needs of the CNY community; Enrich and strengthen the value and worth of individuals and families; Support and encourage responsible citizenship; Provide a foundation for growth; Objectify empowerment and self-help; Nurture cross-cultural relationships; and Develop understanding among all persons.

Neighborhood Center is a United Methodist enity.

UMW involvement is mainly financial. Coky volunteers there every other month with her garden club to work with the kids. It is a great organization that helps kids and families throughout the Mohawk Valley. There are many sides to it, with child care being a small part of it. Volunteers are always needed to work with the kids.

Abraham House

Abraham House is rooted in the philosophy that they provide their guests with a secure, loving environment while providing physical care as well as emotional and spiritual support for the terminally ill in our community at absolutely no cost to the guest or their family.

Abraham House - Financial support from UMW.

Hospice - The Sigenthaler Center

The Siegenthaler Center is a residence for terminally ill Hospice patients and their families whose medical conditions or caregiving needs do not allow them to remain in their homes.

Hospice - Financial support from UMW.

Mohawk Valley Resource Center for Refugees

They promote the well-being of culturally diverse individuals and families within our community by welcoming our new neighbors, refugees and immigrants, and by providing individual and community-centered activities designed to create opportunity and facilitate understanding.

Refugee Center - Financial support from UMW.

Thea Bowman House

The Thea Bowman House has been serving the Utica Community for nearly 20 years. They provide quality care to some of the community's most vulnerable children and youth in the hope of breaking the cycle of poverty through a structured program of educational and social enrichment.

Thea Bowman House - Financial support from UMW

Prison Ministry

The NYS Department of Correctional Services Parenting Project at Mohawk Correctional Facility.

Volunteers are needed for: 1) Instructors for inmate parenting classes. 2) Children's Corner - Flexible 3 hour shifts on Saturday and/or Sunday between 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Children's corner is located in the visiting room where inmates meet with their families at a table during the hours of 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. The Children's Corner is equipped with toys, videos, crafts, coloring items, games and books. The volunteer's responsibility is to interact and provide direction for the children. The ages range from 18 months - 10 years old. The children can move in and out of the area at any time. Mothers are responsible for care and discipline. The object is to make the visit more enjoyable for the families. 3) Staffing the hospitality center. This is the first stop before families visit with the inmates.

Prison Ministry - Financial support from UMW -Rev. Madalyn McDonald is in charge of this ministry.

Hope House

Hope House Established in 1992, Hope House serves the hungry and homeless of the inner-city Utica area three meals a day, seven days a week. They also have provided countless hours of safe haven from the streets for the people who are their guests, many of whom feel that they come to Hope House to be with "Family". Our church has adopted the second Thursday of each month at Hope House. We provide the meal and the people to serve it on that day. It has grown to about 140 for the meal now. We always need volunteers to help serve. It is from 3:00-5:30 p.m. You get to feed the hungry of the area and learn alot in the process. Our youth groups prepare the meal the first Sunday of each month.

Hope House - Financial support from UMW and volunteer at the house.

Evelyn's House

Evelyn's House for Young Mothers and Babies (opened in 2007), a program of Family Nurturing Center of Central New York. Evelyn's House is a transitional residential program that provides a safe, nurturing home and supportive services for young women up to age 21 who have become homeless during pregnancy or after having a baby. Each mother and child living at Evelyn's House experiences compassion and kindness through the caring acts of volunteers who help with child care, group activities, transportation, holidays and fundraisers. The moms and kids of Evelyn's House benefit greatly from the generous contributions of cash and gifts offered by local groups and individuals.

Evelyn's House - Financial support from UMW and volunteer at the home.