Community Service Agencies & Organizations

 The Franciscan Center for Service & Advocacy in the Community 

Animal Care:

• Mohawk & Hudson River Humane Society

Community Outreach:

• Albany Community Action Partnership
• Alzheimer’s Association of Northeastern New York
• American Red Cross
• Capital District Habitat for Humanity
• Catholic Charities AIDS Services
• Concerns-U
• FOCUS Churches
• Habitat for Humanity of Schenectady County
• Hispanic Outreach Services
• Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
• Make-A-Wish
• Roarke Center
• Schenectady Inner-City Ministry
• Shaker Road Loudonville Fire Department
• St. Charles Lwanga Shelter for Men (Catholic Charities Housing)
• St. John’s/St. Ann’s Outreach Center
• St. Maximilian Kolbe Interfaith Soup Kitchen
• United Tenants of Albany

Criminal Justice:

• Albany County Crime Victim & Sexual Violence Center
• Domestic Violence & Rape Crisis Center of Saratoga County
• Equinox: Domestic Violence Services
• Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York
• Mount McGregor Correctional Facility
• Samaritans Suicide Prevention Center

Developmentally Disabled Services:

• Best Buddies: New York
• Capital District Compeer Program
• Capital District DDSO
• Center for Disability Services
• Clearview Center Inc.
• Living Resources
• New Visions
• St. Margaret’s Center
• Wildwood Programs
• Wildwood Recreation Program

Education/Literacy:

• Adult Learning Center
• Literacy Volunteers of America-Greater Rensselaer County Inc.
• North Albany Academy
• St. Pius X School
• Two Together Program

Environmental Care:

• Healthy Schools Network, Inc.

Faith-Based/Religious Education:

• Bethesda House
• Interfaith Alliance of New York State
• Jewish Family Services
• Our Lady of Fatima
• St. Ambrose Church
• St. Pius X Youth Ministry

Food Pantries:

• Center City Parish Food Pantry
• Food Pantries for the Capital District
• Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York

Homelessness/Shelters:

• Albany Catholic Worker Community at Emmaus House
• Capital City Rescue Mission
• Catholic Charities Housing Office
• Homeless Action Committee
• Homeless & Travelers Aid Society of the Capital District
• Hunger Action Network of New York State
• Interfaith Partnership for the Homeless
• Joseph’s House and Shelter

Hospitals/Psychiatric Centers:

• Albany Medical Center
• Albany Memorial Hospital
• Capital District Psychiatric Center (CDCP)
• Cindy’s Comfort Camp (Glens Falls Hospital)
• Healthy Kids Program (Samaritan Hospital)
• St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
• St. Peter’s Hospital
• Stratton VA Medical Center
• Sunnyview Hospital and Rehabilitation Center

Nursing Homes/Senior Citizens Services:

• Albany County Nursing Home/Ann Lee Home
• Beacon Pointe Memory Care Community
• Child's Nursing Home
• Colonie Senior Services Center
• DePaul Housing Management
• Eddy-Ford Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center
• Good Samaritan Lutheran Adult Home
• Our Lady of Hope Residence-Little Sisters of the Poor
• Our Lady of Mercy Life Center
• Senior Services of Albany
• Seton Health-Schuyler Ridge
• Shenendehowa Senior Center
• St. Peter’s Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

Women, Pregnancy & Families:

• Birthright
• Center for Family & Youth
• Center for Women in Government and Civil Society
• Circles of Mercy
• Community Human Services
• Community Maternity Services
• Farano Center for Children
• Gilda's Club Capital Region New York
• Ronald McDonald House Charities
• Schenectady County Child Guidance Center
• St. Catherine’s Center for Children
• START Children’s Center
• The Center for Hope
• Unity House of Troy
• U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants

Youth Development:

• Boys and Girls Club of Albany
• Camp Scully
• Catholic Charities Juvenile Mentoring Program
• Families Together of Albany County
• Grand Street Community Arts
• Girls, Inc.
• Girls Scouts, Northeastern NY, Inc
• LaSalle School for Boys
• New Day Art Institute
• Northeast Parent and Child Society
• Northeast Parent and Child Society-Mentor Program
• Siena College Center for Urban Education
• Siena College Mentoring Program
• St. Anne Institute
• Sunnyside Center
• Troy Boys and Girls Club
• Unity House Sunshine Program
• Vanderheyden Hall

The following opportunities for service are available through the Franciscan Center. For further information on any of these agencies or organizations, click on the link or contact Judy Dougherty at 518-783-2333:

• Mercy House (Catholic Charities Housing)
• Northeastern Association of the Blind at Albany
• REACH