Month: March 2013

OCO’s “Lucky 13” Raffle features three major prizes this year, as part of Oswego County Opportunities’ annual Bowl-A-Fun fundraising event. Perhaps you would enjoy a wagonload of camping gear. That is the first prize in the raffle: $450 worth of camping gear and goodies donated by OCO Residential Services employee Chris Minor.

“Celtic Nights: A Journey of Hope,” a festive celebration of Irish music, dance and journey to a New World, comes to SUNY Oswego’s Waterman Theatre at 7:30 p.m. March 12. Sixteen of Ireland’s most accomplished singers, dancers and musicians make up the ensemble, which is on a 17-city tour from Texas to Maine.

In the seven years since SUNY Oswego sociologist Tim Delaney wrote “American Street Gangs,” membership in gangs has soared, many have moved into white-collar crime and deadly transnational gangs have expanded their trafficking in drugs and humans.

From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 16, Wal-Mart employees will be donating their time to collect donations of non-perishable food items and invite the community to attend the United Way’s fifth annual ‘Stone Soup Too’ luncheon.

In an effort known as “Thrive,” the college’s Office of Business and Community Relations has created momentum for transforming the county — potentially beyond — into a “community incubator.”