Posts by Nicole Hube

Calling all golfers! REGISTER NOW HERE Summer is upon us, and Unity House is looking forward to Beardsley Architects’ 20th annual charity golf tournament. The outing will take place at Highland Golf Club in Auburn on Monday, August 19. For the second year in a row, Beardsley has selected Unity House as the beneficiary of… Read the full article: Registration now open for golf tournament to benefit Unity House

The hard work is paying off for Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) seeking their credentials.

Since local colleges launched free online DSP credentialing programs last fall, nine Unity House employees have earned the DSP-I credential. Three of them – Lea Church, Brittany Randolph and William Vaughn-Russell – continued their studies and have now earned their DSP-II credential. Read the full article: Learning and Earning

Our PROSperity program for mental health (PROS) is hosting a mental health awareness walk on Friday, May 31 in Auburn in front of the NYS Equal Rights Heritage Center. The event will begin at 11 a.m. with an hour of art therapy and participants sharing their stories. The walk will begin promptly at noon. Questions?… Read the full article: Unity House’s PROSperity Program for mental health to host awareness walk

No matter how healthy we are today, we won’t live forever. Which means that we won’t always be here to make decisions about how to use the money and other possessions we’ve accumulated over our lives – our estates. We could just let a probate courts decide what to do with our estates, but we’re… Read the full article: Register Now: For the Next Generation

This week, after more than 37 years of direct support to people with disabilities, Tim Laird is retiring as Unity House’s longest-serving employee. “I remember so much of Unity House’s past,” Tim told CEO Liz Smith on Monday, his last day. “It’s like it was yesterday.” Liz said that Tim has been part of “a… Read the full article: Unity House’s longest-serving employee retires

Tomorrow is built by those who plan for it. One of those planners is Bob Neigh. His brother Phil has been a resident at Unity House’s Green Street IRA in Ithaca since 1988. Bob said he began making regular donations to Unity House because he believes in the mission. Recently, Bob made his generosity permanent.… Read the full article: Securing Futures, Today

Saturday’s freezing temperatures didn’t stop the Unity House Plungers team from participating in the Ithaca Polar Plunge at Taughannock Falls State Park. The team took to the 36 degree frigid water of Cayuga Lake in Trumansburg on March 23. 19 Unity House staff members raised more than $2,900 for Special Olympics New York, the third… Read the full article: Freezin’ for a reason: Unity House Plungers raise more than $2,900 for Special Olympics

This year’s Fred Atkins Community Service Award winner is Joe Goodsell of Auburn. Joe was selected by a committee of community volunteers and will be recognized at this year’s Annual Dinner on April 29. A native central New Yorker, Joe was nominated by Matthew House for his outstanding volunteer service there since 2013. Joe earned… Read the full article: UH to recognize Matthew House volunteer Joe Goodsell