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NBT Steps Up

  Making Life Better Our friends at NBT Bank took time at their recent LEAD 2025 Conference to make social-emotional enrichment kits for A Child’s Place at Unity House. Each of our preschoolers received a fun, educational kit. We are so grateful for their continued generosity and commitment to our community. Thank You, NBT!

MVP and Fall Festival for Children and Families

So Much Fun! MVP Health Care hosted the Fall Festival at A Child’s Place.  The festival is for the children and families at A Child’s Place at Unity House, which has multiple locations, serving children ages 6 weeks to 5 years of age. The Fall Festival featured pony rides, bounce houses, crafts & snacks, a… more

Kindness Quilt Collaboration

Q: What is Kindness? A question posed to children at St. Jude the Apostle. A: A Special Collaboration In August a project was initiated by A Child’s Place, which has a classroom located at St. Jude’s, and St. Jude’s Summer Camp children, a program led by teacher Mr. G. The collaboration was an opportunity to… more

Fall Festival at A Child’s Place

Is it really Fall if you haven’t eaten a caramel apple? What more could a kid want? There’s face painting, bubbles, music, games, toys, crafts, ponies, bounce castles, and, of course, caramel apples. It’s all part of our Fall Festival for children and families enrolled in A Child’s Place. Thanks to generous support from MVP… more

A Child’s Place at Unity House supports the Capital Region Buddy Walk

Where Children of All Abilities Grow and Learn Together A Child’s Place at Unity House is proud to form a team for the Capital Region Buddy Walk. The Buddy Walk, set for Sunday, September 29th in Schenectady’s Central Park, is to raise awareness of, and support for, individuals with Down Syndrome. The Unity House team for the Buddy… more

A Child’s Place: Thank you to the Carl E. Touhey Foundation

Expanding opportunities through culturally responsive engagement A Child’s Place at Unity House is where children of all ages learn and grow together. Spaces for children ages 6 weeks to 5 years of age are fun and engaging. Children are integrated and classrooms are inclusive, where children learn by doing what they do best: play. In… more

World Autism Day

Creating Awareness and Working for Greater Inclusivity Unity House has long worked with children and families with children on the spectrum.  A Child’s Place at Unity House has experts on staff who offer an array of services, both educational and occupational and physical, that benefit children of all abilities. April 2nd marks World Autism Awareness… more

Diapers Needed

A Child’s Place at Unity House Serves the Littlest Learners Unity House’s children’s programs and services go back to our founding in 1971. Parents needed childcare and help with children in need of services, like speech therapy and more.  Today, A Child’s Place operates out of multiple sites, offering an array of services to families… more

Board of Director Profile

Advocate in Action Susan Shipherd came to know Unity House through her friendship with the late Mary Jane Smith and John Lyons. Susan believed in the social justice work the pair were engaged in. Susan and her husband Jim supported Unity House and other causes by attending events, volunteering, and asking others to support the… more

Tim Pascucci: Food and Nutritional Services

Making a Place Feel Like Home It was an interaction with a small boy that made Tim Pascucci, Unity House’s Director of Food and Nutritional Services, appreciate the challenges and rewards of feeding children: Tim was serving dinner, one of three meals prepared each day at Sojourner Place, Unity House’s shelter for victims of domestic… more

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