United Helpers to be Featured on “The American Dream” Airing April 20 on the Bloomberg Network
OGDENSBURG - Since it first aired in 2018 “The American Dream” has told a national audience the tales of businesses ranging from Fortune 500 companies like Pizza Hut, VistaPrint, and Royal Caribbean, to smaller companies you’ve never heard of, proving that every business has a story to tell. On Saturday, April 20 United Helpers will be featured on the Emmy-nominated show. The United Helpers segment, which was filmed in the midst...
Local Leaders, Mental Health Professionals Celebrate Grand Opening of New United Helpers Behavioral Health Complex
OGDENSBURG - In 2023 United Helpers Behavioral Health programs provided service to more than 1,300 unique people through a variety of offerings that treat people in their homes, at our clinics, in an apartment owned by United Helpers, or even at school. That number has steadily increased since 1991 when Gateway Apartments opened becoming the organization’s first behavioral health program. Today United Helpers also offers care coordination, supportive housing, Assertive Community...
Tonya Bassett Honored With Wayne N. Ladouceur Award
OGDENSBURG – A LPN known for her “Always Caring” nature both in and out of the facility has been recognized as the winner of this year’s Wayne N. Ladoucuer Award. Tonya Bassett, of Canton, has been an LPN with the organization for more than 15 years. A colleague of Mrs. Bassett’s, Amber Curtis, an RN who works with Mrs. Bassett at Rehabilitation and Senior Care in Canton nominated her for the award....
Gordon Honored with Emeritus Status
One of the longest-tenured volunteers in the history of United Helpers was recently honored with emeritus status following 37 years of service to the organization. Dr. Edward I. Gordon, a retired veterinarian began volunteering with United Helpers in 1986, spending several stints on both the Management Company (United Helpers, Inc.) Board of Directors and the Society Board of Directors. Committees he served on include Pension Review, Personnel, Investment, Planning, Quality Assurance, Nominating,...
One of City’s Most Historic Structures Now for Sale
Ogdensburg - In 1983 when, according to a headline in The Advance News, “United Helpers ‘Rescues’ Unused Convent,” the United Helpers Management Company was overseeing five properties. Today the United Helpers Management Company oversees more than 30 properties with management operations spread out over several different properties. United Helpers Management Company “The United Helpers Management Company Complex has served as a great home for our administrative operations for the past 40 years,” said...
United Helpers Appearing on WPBS Weekly: Inside the Stories on Sept. 12
WATERTOWN – A feature news piece chronicling 125 years of United Helpers history will be airing on WPBS on Tuesday, Sept. 12 as part of the station’s weekly news show, “WPBS Weekly: Inside the Stories.” The piece will feature historical images and facts, as well as interviews with United Helpers CEO Todd Amo and United Helpers Marketing Manager Jordan Downing-Duke. Here’s a peak behind the scenes as CEO Todd R. Amo was...
United Helpers Hosting Raffle for Four Tickets to see the World-famous Savannah Bananas in Syracuse
When it comes to the hardest to get tickets in entertainment, there is Taylor Swift and then there is the Savannah Bananas. The Savannah Bananas are a traveling baseball team that plays their own version of the sport called “Bananaball.” The unique set of rules makes their games part circus and part baseball, but 100% entertainment. The team has sold out every game over the past three years. Their game on Sept....
United Helpers Introduces Two New Honors at Summer Awards Ceremony
Each summer since 2021 United Helpers has honored exemplary direct care staff with the presentation of the Margaret R. Spies Award. This year’s summer awards ceremony included the addition of two new awards – one to honor behavioral health staff, and another to honor professional staff. Front row, from left, are winners, MDSP Amanda Bisnett, of Nicholville, Home Health Aide Janice Clough, of Potsdam, CNA Lindsay Weir, of DeKalb Junction, and...
Butler Honored with Fannie Frank Distinguished Employee Award
Gail Butler, of Canton, was honored with this year’s Fannie Frank Distinguished Employee Award. Mrs. Butler, who has been employed by United Helpers since 1993, is known for her singing voice, her dancing shoes, and the smile she uses to greet employees and guests as they enter the building. She is pictured here with Dr. Edward and Mrs. Barbara Gordon, who created the award in 2019 as a tribute to...
From “Always Caring” to Building Futures, Sparx Announces New Venture in Support of United Helpers
With a network of caring that reaches nearly 1,000 people each day, United Helpers announces its latest venture, Sparx Construction and General Contracting, a for-profit commercial and residential construction company created with the goal of generating revenue to continue supporting the United Helpers mission of “Always Caring.” United Helpers Chief Operating Officer Stacey Cannizzo explained that Sparx was created in 2012 to meet a need within the community. Smaller organizations in...