COOP • Community Outreach
and Opportunity Project

Amy James, Director
(315) 859-4016
(315) 859-4041 (fax)

Community Partner Profiles


We work with a wide range of non-profit agencies and community service programs.  Our volunteers aide the following types of projects:

  • after school tutoring and mentoring
  • homeless shelters
  • soup kitchens and food banks
  • senior homes
  • disabled assistance
  • outdoor education
  • job training
  • college preparation
  • low-income housing
  • refugee resettlement
  • animal shelters and therapy
  • addiction recovery
  • correctional facilities
 
Scroll down for more information about our Community Partners. 


Big Brothers/Big Sisters
260-262 W. Dominick Street
Rome, New York 13440
(315) 334-9769
Site Coordinators: Jackie Marra
Big Brothers Big Sisters Website

Brookdale Senior Living
99 Brookside Road
Clinton, New York 13323
(315) 853-1224
Site Coordinator:  Greg Kreitzer & Peter Erwin
www.brookdaleliving.com

Habitat for Humanity
P.O. Box 312
Utica, New York 13503
(315) 733-9375
Site Coordinators: Alyssa Kanagaki & Nick Richards
www.habitat.org/

Your Neighbors, Inc.
1640 Genesee Street
Utica, New York 13502
(315) 732-6804
Site Coordinators:  Liesel Herzl-Betz
www.yourneighborsinc.com/

Underground Cafe
1603 Saint Agnes Ave
Utica, New York 13501
Site Coordinators:  Hannah Weisman, Daniel Greenberg, Sofia Guerron
www.jockandbuttons.com/underground/index.php

Hope House
130 Eagle Street
Utica, New York 13501
(315) 793-3723
Site Coordinators:  Loren Ormeo & Natalie Saldana
www.hopehouseutica.com/

Loretto Utica Center
1445 Kemble Street
Utica, New York 13501
(315)  732-0100
Site Coordinators:  Danielle Lashley, Fiona Hoffman-Harland
www.lorettoutica.org/

Root Farm
6000 Rocks Road
Vernona, New York 13478
(315) 363-6124
Site Coordinator:  Caroline Davis & Evin Adolph
www.rootfarm.org/

Johnson Park Center
PO Box 160
Utica, New York 13503
(315) 734-9608
Site Coordinator:  Emily Moulton
johnsonparkcenter.org/

Spring Farm Cares
3364 State Route 12
Clinton, New York 13323
(315) 737-9339
Site Coordinators:  Kerry Coughlin & Alex Dao
www.springfarmcares.org/

Salvation Army
400 Columbia Street
Utica, New York 13501
(315) 724-8736
Site Coordinator:  Sara Kayeum
www.salvationarmy.org/ihq/www_sa.nsf

Rescue Mission
212 Rutger Street
Utica, New York 13501
(315) 735-1645
Site Coordinators:  Nate Schneck & Sam Cho
www.uticamission.org/

Utica Community Food Bank
112 Bleeker Street
Utica, New York 13501
(315) 507-4900
Site Coordinator:  Corbin Brown
www.foodbankcny.org/Default.aspx

United Cerebral Palsy 
1020 Mary Street
Utica, New York 13501
(315) 724-6907
Site Coordinator: 
www.upstatecerebralpalsy.org/

Neighborhood Center
293 Genesee Street
Utica, New York 13501
(315) 733-4509
Site Coordinator:  AD fraternity, Greg Kreitzer, & EBOARD
Neighborhood Center Website

Taberg Residential Center
10011 Taberg Florence Road
Taberg, New York 13471
(315) 245-0084
Site Coordinator:  Elijah Lachance

"Study Buddies" For The Good
1113 Linden Avenue
Utica, New York 13501
(315) 797-2417
Site Coordinator:   Meredith Kivett, Liz Kessler, Amma Owusu

Jefferson Elementary School
190 Booth
Utica, New York 13501
(315)732-5902
Site Coordinators:  Emily Wollaeger
jefferson.uticacsd.org/home.aspx

Lincoln Academy 
1214 Lincoln Ave
Utica, New York 13502
(315) 733-8628
Site Coordinators:  Eliza Timpson

"DEAR" Sauquoit Elementary School
2601 Oneida Street
Sauquoit, New York 13456
(315) 859-6311
Site Coordinators:  Foxfire Buck
www.svcsd.org/education/components/board/default.php 

"HW Club"  Clinton Middle School
75 Chenango Ave
Clinton, New York 13323
(315) 853-5574
Site Coordinator:  Brett Shannon
http://www.ccs.edu/MiddleSchool.cfm?subpage=12310

MLK School - Mohawk Valley Community Action Agency
628 Mary Street
Utica, New York 13501
(315) 734-9152
Site Coordinators:  Kristin Stenerson & Jaclyn Specht
www.mvcaa.com/pages/page.php

Presbyterian Homes & Services, Inc.
4290 Middle Settlement Road
New Hartford, New York 13413
(315) 797-7500
www.presbyterianhome.com/

Masonic Care Community of New York
2150 Bleecker Street
Utica, New York 13501
(315) 798-4800
Site Coordinators: 
www.masonichomeny.org/

The Capitol Theatre
220 W. Dominick Street
Rome, New York 13440
(315)337-6453
www.romecapitol.com