Excelsior Cares means helping others throughout the year
Excelsior Life traditionally marks the week of Thanksgiving by reflecting on the past year and campus-wide participation on projects and initiatives focused on helping those less fortunate.
Volunteerism is a part of the College’s culture and Excelsior Cares is our community relations program serving New York’s Capital Region and helping to meet critical needs around the world. Our core initiatives focus on:
- Health & Wellness
- Lifelong Education
- Diversity & Inclusion
- Veterans/Military
- Social & Economic Justice
In 2016, our employees volunteered 563 hours to more than 40 causes. Photos are included in the gallery:
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- 7th Annual Project Cameron’s Story Bookraiser Drive
- 6th Annual The Brothers Golf Classic to benefit American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
- Adopt A Family – Albany County Holiday 2016
- Annual Equinox Thanksgiving Day Community Dinner
- American Diabetes Association
- American Red Cross Blood Drive
- Alzheimer’s Association of Northeastern New York
- Autism Society
- Albany County Executive “Healing Moments” Forum – Intersectionality: Race, Power, and Politics
- Center for Disability Services Telethon
- Concerned for Hungry
- Community & Connections with The Stakeholders: Getting in Touch with Veterans in the Workplace
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Diversity Virtual Career Fair with Insight into Diversity
- Equinox Domestic Violence Collection Drive
- Excelsior College Volunteer Week 2016
- 28th Annual Confections in Chocolate for Epilepsy
- Girl Scouts of Northeastern New York
- Go Blue, Go Red, & Go Pink 2016 campaigns
- Interfaith Partnership for the Homeless
- Making Strides Against Breast Cancer
- Mohawk Hudson Humane Society
- Mount Pleasant Baptist Church
- NICU Children’s Hospital
- NYS Association of Black and Puerto Rican Legislators Caucus
- Regional Food Bank
- Safrye’s Angels
- Sigma Youth Symposium
- SNUG/Cease Fire
- Stars for Our Troops
- Thanksgiving Baskets to St. John’s/ St. Ann’s
- To Life Breast Cancer
- Together WE CAN Make a Difference Drive for Regional Food Bank
- Tri-City Veteran Stand Down- Totes for Hope
- The Marillac Family Shelter
- Veterans Miracle Center
- US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI)
- US Marines Capital Region Toys for Tots Drive
- Veterans in Economic Transition Conference
- 2016 Workforce Challenge
We welcome requests to help on 2017 volunteer projects. For more information, visit cares.excelsior.edu or email ajacobs@excelsior.edu.
