The Food Pantry will provide these families with supplies of food as well as occasional assistance with clothing, rent money, used furniture, and utility payments. They may provide counseling and referrals to help these persons turn their lives in a new direction. Follow up care is also available to the bereaved for up to one year after the patient's death. By our support of Hospice, we help to provide some of the resources to meet special needs of patients. Habitat for Humanity Habitat for Humanity is an organization dedicated to providing housing for individuals who could not otherwise afford it.
Volunteers provide time and materials to build a home.
The individuals receiving the home are required to work during the construction of their home. Young Life Young Life is a non-profit interdenominational Christian youth ministry which has been in existence for more than 55 years. It functions in nearly all 50 states, some 1,000 communities, and 35 foreign countries. Locally, there are Young Life staff working with students at Saratoga Springs, Shenendehowa and Troy High Schools. Schenectady City Mission Schenectady City Mission is a non-profit Christian organization serving the homeless, needy and poor in the Schenectady area, and offering Bible study, work therapy, life skills applications, food, clothing, and shelter.