Welcome New Hires

 

United Helpers Rehabilitation and Senior Care

Christa Charland - Food Service Supervisor

United Helpers Management Co.

Brandy MaCaulay - Housing Assistant

United Helpers Behavioral Health and Life Skills

Behavioral Health Clinics

Lisa Wood - Licensed Mental Health Counselor

United Helpers Behavioral Health and Life Skills

Riverwood Acres IRA

 Rachel Ramie - DSP

United Helpers Behavioral Health and Life Skills

Kendrew IRA

Katelyn Link - DSP

United Helpers Behavioral Health and Life Skills

Pleasant Valley IRA

Megan Poste - DSP

Marsha Prashaw

United Helpers Behavioral Health and Life Skills

Spruce Street IRA

Zayden Grenier - DSP

Ariel Perea-McDonald - DSP

United Helpers Behavioral Health and Life Skills

Flackville IRA

Kilee McCluskey - DSP

FREE Defensive Driving Class Offered for United Helpers Employees, Public May Also Attend

OGDENSBURG – United Helpers will be hosting a New York DMV approved National Safety Council Defensive Driving Courses in the large staff development classroom at the former United Helpers Rehabilitation and Senior Care (RiverLedge), 8101 State Highway 68, Ogdensburg.

The class will be held on Saturday, March 25 from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. This class is open to employees of United Helpers, who can attend for free, as well as members of the general public. The cost for non-employees is $35. 

The class serves as a refresher course for drivers of all ages and includes safe driving tips and an overview of today’s vehicle and traffic laws.

Successful completion of the class makes attendees eligible for a mandatory insurance premium reduction of up to 10% for three years on the base rate for their automobile or motorcycle insurance premiums, provided you are listed as the principal operator. Participants may also be eligible to have up to a four points reduction with the NYS DMV. The class may be taken once every 18 months for point reduction.

Registration fees may be paid with cash, check or money order made out to United Helpers Care, Inc. Classes may be paid for on the day of the class.

Please bring your driver’s license with you to class.  It is a requirement that you have it with you for documentation purposes.

Advanced registration is required. To register please contact Mark Darou at (315) 393-3072 ext. 5303 or madarou@unitedhelpers.org.

Welcome New Hires

 

United Helpers Rehabilitation and Senior Care

Nicole Bishop - RN

Cameron Boprey - Food Service Attendant

Michelle Morehouse - Housekeeper

United Helpers Management Co.

Maureen Farina - Grant Writer

Gary Matteson - Maintenance II

Sparx

Kinderly Dafoe - Office Manager

Brigette Lucas - Business Office Assistant

United Helpers Behavioral Health and Life Skills

Riverwood Acres IRA

 Jaedyn Awan - DSP

United Helpers Behavioral Health and Life Skills

Rensselaer Falls IRA

Abigail Arquitt - DSP

United Helpers Behavioral Health and Life Skills

Lisbon IRA

Donald Gardner - Cook

Gary Matteson - Maintenance II

Sharpe Honored with Ladouceur Award

OGDENSBURG – One of United Helpers’ longest tenured employees was also recognized recently as one of its best, with the presentation of the annual Wayne N. Ladouceur Award to Sheri L. Sharpe.

Mrs. Sharpe, of Richville, has been an LPN with the organization for 43 years, earning a reputation, not only as one of United Helpers’ best nurses, but as one of the best nurses in the area.

United Helpers Management Company Board of Directors member Nancy Rehse submitted the nomination, which also contained a letter of support from Program Leader Paul A. Linden, written on behalf of the staff at the Rensselaer Falls IRA.

Ms. Rehse knows firsthand the impact Mrs. Sharpe has on the lives of program members and their families. Her son, Jason resides at the Pleasant Valley IRA.

“Sheri stays at the hospital with us long past her work hours. She has given me her phone number and assures she is always available to talk, and she always has been. She has never failed to answer a call or text, even in the evening or on weekends when she is not on duty.” Ms. Rehse said. “She certainly does all of this on her own. She seems to be everywhere, helping everyone. She is a Godsend.”

The Ladouceur family chose the criteria for the award, picking traits exhibited by Mr. Ladouceur and things he was known for, not just in the United Helpers family, but also across the entire city of Ogdensburg. That criteria includes giving generously of oneself, the ability to see beyond one’s own needs, a strong personal drive to provide the utmost in care, the ability to feel and express empathy, and exuding a love for life.

Those are all areas where Mrs. Sharpe excels.

Citing a specific example, Mr. Linden recalled an evening from two years ago when Mrs. Sharpe was on vacation.

“I received a phone call at 2 a.m. while covering a midnight shift. The call was from another IRA letting me know they were sending a program member to the hospital. Already short staffed, I placed a dreaded middle of the night phone call to Sheri,” he said. “I wasn’t dreading it, because I was afraid of waking her up, nor was I worried about bothering her while she was on vacation. I was worried because I knew if I called her, she would get up and proceed directly to the hospital, which is exactly what she did. She went to help that night because that’s who she is and that’s what she does.”

The Wayne N. Ladouceur Award was created in memory of and in honor of Mr. Ladouceur, a longtime United Helpers volunteer, board member and former board president. The award is funded through an endowment with the Northern New York Community Foundation created by Mrs. Ladouceur and more than 80 of the Ladouceurs’ friends and family.

Sheri L. Sharpe, a 43-year United Helpers employee was honored with this year’s Wayne N. Ladouceur Award. The award is presented annually to an employee who exemplifies traits exhibited by Mr. Ladouceur, including, giving generously of one’s self, the ability to see beyond one’s own needs, a strong personal drive to provide the utmost in care, the ability to feel and express empathy, and exuding a love for life. From left, Vice President of Human Resources Michelle Matthews, Program Leader Paul Linden, Mrs. Sharpe, Director of Residential Services Kim George, Chief Operations Officer Stacey Cannizzo, and Management Company Board of Directors member Nancy Rehse.