Troy Damien Center
The Troy Damien Center, located at the TAUM Building, 392 Second St., Troy, is a hospitality center for persons with HIV/AIDS and other serious illness. The center provides meals, which are also available to those experiencing food insecurity, and social and recreational opportunities, peer support, education, and referral. For more Information, please call Barbara Healey, Damien Center Coordinator, at 518-274-5920 x206.
The Furniture Program
The Furniture Program provides good condition, used furniture, free of charge, to families in need, including women and their dependent children fleeing domestic violence, families leaving homeless shelters at the point of obtaining their own homes, low-income persons and those suffering a catastrophic event, like fire. We always need beds and also dressers, tables and chairs and living room furniture, and we will gladly arrange to pick it up from you. We cannot accept sleeper sofas or furniture in need of repair. We also respectfully request a monetary contribution to keep the program running. To donate, good condition furniture, please contact Tyara Burnett, Program Director, at 518-274-5920 x204.
CROP Hunger Walk in Rensselaer County
CROP Hunger Walk is an international effort for hunger and disaster relief. Monies support local food programs and agricultural development, disaster relief and land mine removal around the world. The CROP Walk is held annually the first Sunday in May at TAUM.
Campus Ministry at Russell Sage College
Campus ministry serves students and staff of all backgrounds. The program provides pastoral care, de-stress meditation and care packages, and spiritual formation. The program works in partnership with the Wellness Center and Spirituality Center, Student Life, and faculty as an essential aspect of a well-rounded and holistic education. Darren Gundrum serves as our Protestant Chaplain at Russell Sage College. He may be reached at 518-244-4522 or at gundrd@sage.edu.
Tech for Teens
Tech for Teens is both an intensive summer program (A site for Renss. Co. Summer Youth Employment - https://www.rensco.com/406/Youth) and an afterschool program for low income and at-risk youth. Students learn the Microsoft office suite. They write resumes, prepare excel spreadsheets and research and complete PowerPoint presentations. The also learn web design and coding. The after-school program integrates technology into what they are already learning in school. Summer Program students receive a refurbished PC laptop. For more information, please call our office at 518-274-5920 x202.
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarships and Events
We honor the vision and legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. through the celebration of his life and prophetic witness. The committee coordinates the holiday activities in January, special efforts in race relations and community issues, and provides scholarships for Troy area high school graduates who are going on to college. For a scholarship application, please call 518-274-5920 x201.