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The 14th Annual UlsterCorps Service Summit will be held Wednesday April 17th, 2024 from 8:30am – 12:30pm at SUNY New Paltz and is co-sponsored by the Center for Student Engagement, the Benjamin Center for Public Policy at SUNY New Paltz and Ulster Savings Bank.

Each year since our founding in 2009, UlsterCorps has hosted a Service Summit at SUNY New Paltz bringing together students, volunteers and community leaders from the nonprofit, business, higher education and governmental sectors to address the work and value of volunteerism and collaborative projects in Ulster County. The focus for the 2024 Summit will be environmental issues and sustainability, specifically ways that young people can and are making a difference. It will feature panel discussions of successful case studies, new models, and best practices. As always it will include roundtable discussions giving all attendees an opportunity to participate and network. Members of the community interested in volunteering with these initiatives are welcome to attend.

Speakers/Roundtable Discussion Moderators include:
Lizabeth Cain, Ed.D., SUNY New Paltz, Repair Cafes
Manna Jo Greene, Ulster County Legislator, District 19
Melissa Iachetta, New Yorkers for Clean Power, Climate Smart Kingston Commissioner, Kingston Repair Cafe Co-facilitator
Wren Kingsley, EVP of Student Association, SUNY New Paltz, Sustainability Ambassador
Jen Metzger, Ulster County Executive
Stiles Najac, Cornell Cooperative Extension Orange County Food Security Program Manager; GleanMobile; Nourish New York
Cal Trumann, New Yorkers for Clean Power, Climate Smart Kingston Commissioner, AmeriCorps VISTA 2008-09; AmeriCorps State & National 2010-11
Chaya Huber, Climate Smart Kingston Commissioner, Bard College Center for Civic Engagement

The Summit, which is free to participants, is part of the on-going work of UlsterCorps to deepen the knowledge about volunteerism and to find ways to strengthen a culture of service and collaboration in Ulster County. A locally-sourced, healthy breakfast is included. Registration is limited to the first 55 individuals to register by emailing register@ulstercorps.org or calling/texting 845-481-0331.