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“The purpose of life is not to be happy, but to matter – to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you have lived at all.” – Leo Rosten A group from our Day Community Opportunities Program relishes being productive and making a difference at the Main Street Community Center in Windham NY. For three months they have spent 2-3 hours a day, a few days a week helping to do housekeeping activities and helping to organize activities for the community center. The unique talents of our individuals shine when they host Family BINGO games. On [...]

A fun trip to the Aquarium became an opportunity for encouragement and empowerment from the sisterhood. A few years ago, Daryllyn Ward, a staff member of Living Resources’ Albany Supportive Living Program started a women’s group with her ladies, giving them an opportunity to talk about their struggles and support each other. Since then, Daryllyn, who is now the Residential Habilitation Manager of the program has noticed a growing bond between the participants and increased confidence within each of them. Alice recently mentioned to the group that she would like to visit the VIA Aquarium in Rotterdam NY to see the [...]

Our Day Community Opportunity Program (DCOP) participants of Saratoga and Warren County love volunteering at the Open Door City Mission in Glens Falls, NY. Our teams have been volunteering there every week for many years, enthusiastically spending time in the kitchen performing sous-chef activities, serving food to guests of the mission, wrapping food for storage, and cleaning dishes. They have also become experts at COVID cleaning and disinfecting protocols, tackling common areas such as the dining room and restrooms. Our individuals quickly became a welcome part of the Open Door Community. Lynn Figura, Open Door’s Volunteer and Community Relations Manager has [...]

We are excited to highlight some of the graduating seniors of our College Experience Program. Meet Catherine, Anna, Bobby, and Luke! Catherine says her favorite part of the College Experience has been the Community Involvement class where she hosts and attends events, and gets to socialize with her friends. She is interning at Community Care Physicians where she cleans patients’ rooms, gets doctors' notes and edits them, faxes and photocopies, cleans the waiting room, and does whatever else the doctors need help with. Catherine says she always tries to stay on the positive side and likes being independent here. She will [...]

After a two-year hiatus, Living Resources’ Day Program is planning its Award Ceremony, which is slated to be held this spring, pending COVID policies. For those in Living Resources Day Programs, one of the most heartbreaking effects of the COVID shutdown in 2020 was the loss of the Day Program Award Ceremony. Twice a year, we celebrated the many varied achievements of our program participants and recognized staff for their compassionate work. These celebrations were greatly anticipated by all involved as an opportunity to catch up with friends and raucously cheer for all who won an award. Featured musical entertainment had [...]