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Community

Breakfast to Benefit Stuff-A-Bus

On July 29 from 8 a.m. – noon The Club House Tavern / Spencer’s Ali, 126 W. Second St., will host a breakfast in support of United Way’s annual Stuff-A-Bus campaign. Sponsored by Pathfinder Bank, Eagle Beverage, and Robert and Liz McGrath, owners of The Club House Tavern / Spencer’s Ali, the breakfast is open to the public.

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Madison Shaw, a member of the SUNY Oswego School of Education's Teacher Opportunity Corps, works this spring with English language learners at Grant Middle School in Syracuse. Oswego's TOC program, which seeks to attract and retain students of color to teaching careers, recently was awarded a five-year, $1.63 million grant through the New York State Education Department's My Brother's Keeper program.
Oswego Daily News

School of Education Grant Boosts Teacher Candidates From Underrepresented Groups

The NYS Education Department recently awarded a five-year, $1.63 million grant to SUNY Oswego’s School of Education to scale up and enhance its Teacher Opportunity Corps program, which seeks to attract and retain teacher candidates from underrepresented groups — particularly young men — in high-need schools. The $325,000 a year in funding through the state’s My Brother’s Keeper program will more than double the capacity of Oswego’s nine-year-old Teacher Opportunity Corps to serve 50 students, from freshmen through graduate school, and to support graduates in their early years of teaching.

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Meave Gillen (right), director of the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program in Oswego County, speaks with volunteer Linda Hall about a longstanding RSVP initiative, Osteo Bone Builders. Gillen announced that RSVP, the county and Pathfinder Bank will launch a new program to provide crucial financial information to seniors, starting with an Aug. 8 workshop in Room 118 of Rich Hall.
Community

RSVP, County, Pathfinder Bank To Launch Financial Program For Seniors

SUNY Oswego will host the first workshop in a new partnership of three prominent Oswego County organizations offering seniors critical assistance to boost financial awareness and the opportunity to meet with professionals and learn about the free resources available to help assure a more secure financial future.

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Ritchie

Eating Fresh From The Farm This Summer

As chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee, I am always working to find new ways to support our state’s and especially our region’s hardworking farmers. One of the easiest ways you can join me in the effort to boost our local agriculture industry is by visiting the many farmers’ markets across Jefferson, St. Lawrence and Oswego counties.

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