Community

The Oswego County Health Department offers a variety of services to all residents of Oswego County, including preventive health services, certified hospice, and a maternal and child health program.

Timothy Conners of Fulton, was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. Conners is pursuing a degree in Communications at Ithaca College.

The Retired and Senior Volunteer Program, a division of SUNY Oswego’s Office of Business and Community Relations, is now accepting registrations for “6 Steps to Better Balance,” a six-step approach to Better Balance developed by Betty Perkins-Carpenter, Ph.D., of Senior Fitness Productions.

The annual event is the culmination of a yearlong effort of the freshmen, sophomore, junior and senior classes to become more involved in school activities and to give back to the community.

This is the sixth consecutive year Phoenix received the distinction, which acknowledges schools and districts throughout the nation for their commitment to and support for music education.

Residents and staff at Bishop’s Commons gathered recently for a celebration marking the sixteenth anniversary of what continues to be a unique residential setting combining care and supportive services for seniors.

Oswego County Opportunities Head Start program invites parents and children, birth to second grade, throughout Oswego County to attend a Community Family Literacy Night. Head Start’s Community Family Literacy Nights are filled with fun activities based on well-known children’s books.

Reality Check is looking for teens 13-18 years old, living in Cayuga, Onondaga and Oswego counties who are interested in becoming part of a statewide movement to expose Big Tobacco’s deceptive marking practices targeting youth as replacement smokers.

At a recent Fulton Sunrise Rotary meeting, Rotarian Linda Rossiter introduced Blessed Sikhosana from the Syracuse Sunrise Rotary Club. Now a U.S. citizen, Blessed was born in Zimbabwe, Africa.