August 31 Donor Recognition Event
We look forward to honoring all United Helpers donors at our annual Donor Recognition Event, on August 31! Join us on Thursday, August 31, 2023, at 4:30 p.m. We will host you at 8101 St. Hwy. 68 in Ogdensburg. If you haven’t seen this landmark UH facility as it is today, be sure to attend. Wine, beer, and hors d’oeuvres (and good company) will be served. Also, come to enjoy stories...
Gift of Print to Celebrate United Helpers’ 125th
Bill Poole and Doris Ferris unveil a print of the original United Helpers Home. Early Residents of the original United Helpers Home Bill Poole and Doris Ferris unveiled a print of the home drawn by late fellow Early Resident Ron Collins during a ceremony held this spring at the Edgar A. Newell II Memorial Golden Dome. The Dome was built on the site where the UH Home once stood. (“Early...
United Helpers Hosting Raffle for Four Tickets to see the World-famous Savannah Bananas in Syracuse
When it comes to the hardest to get tickets in entertainment, there is Taylor Swift and then there is the Savannah Bananas. The Savannah Bananas are a traveling baseball team that plays their own version of the sport called “Bananaball.” The unique set of rules makes their games part circus and part baseball, but 100% entertainment. The team has sold out every game over the past three years. Their game on Sept....
United Helpers Introduces Two New Honors at Summer Awards Ceremony
Each summer since 2021 United Helpers has honored exemplary direct care staff with the presentation of the Margaret R. Spies Award. This year’s summer awards ceremony included the addition of two new awards – one to honor behavioral health staff, and another to honor professional staff. Front row, from left, are winners, MDSP Amanda Bisnett, of Nicholville, Home Health Aide Janice Clough, of Potsdam, CNA Lindsay Weir, of DeKalb Junction, and...
Canton Town Board Honors United Helpers
CANTON – A proclamation by Canton Town Supervisor Mary Ann Ashley declared May 10 as United Helpers Recognition Day in the township. Members of the United Helpers leadership team attended this week’s town board meeting to receive the proclamation. The town also gifted the organization a lilac tree and a replica of the historic Town Hall, which was destroyed by fire in 1962. United Helpers Vice President of Human Resources Michelle Matthews...
United Helpers Turns 125!
Nearly 40 employees from across the United Helpers organization gathered for a team photo on the steps of City Hall in Ogdensburg on Thursday, May 4. While we were unable to capture an image of the flag in our group picture, a commemorative 125th Anniversary Flag was also flying in front of City Hall that day. May 4 was declared United Helpers Day in the city, and a proclamation signed...
Winner of the Community Spirit Youth Giving Challenge!
Peayton Stark, Peayton Stark, 2023 Community Spirit Youth Giving Challenge winner. From the Northern New York Community Foundation - For the second year in a row, an area student wrote a winning essay about United Helpers for the 2023 Community Spirit Youth Giving Challenge, which solicits entries from three counties. It is made possible by the Northern New York Community Foundation in partnership with Community Bank, N.A., and an anonymous donor....
United Helpers at the March North Country Kids Expo
3 year-old Emma creates a square for a kindness quilt with her mother, Jordan Downing-Duke at the March Children's Expo in Canton In March, United Helpers hosted a booth at the annual North Country Kids Expo, in the Roos House at SUNY Canton, organized by the St. Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce. Area children and their family members stopped by to learn about UH’s mental health services and to decorate...
United Helpers partners with American Red Cross to host community blood drive
United Helpers will host a community blood drive with the American Red Cross on Tuesday, April 25 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the former United Helpers Rehabilitation and Senior Care building located at 8101, State Route 68, Ogdensburg. For more information or to make an appointment to donate, call (315) 393-3072 or sign up online at redcrossblood.org with sponsor code “UnitedHelpers.” “United Helpers is committed to strengthening our community and...
Butler Honored with Fannie Frank Distinguished Employee Award
Gail Butler, of Canton, was honored with this year’s Fannie Frank Distinguished Employee Award. Mrs. Butler, who has been employed by United Helpers since 1993, is known for her singing voice, her dancing shoes, and the smile she uses to greet employees and guests as they enter the building. She is pictured here with Dr. Edward and Mrs. Barbara Gordon, who created the award in 2019 as a tribute to...