Community

Oswego County Opportunities is holding a “Bling, Fling and Swing” Raffle with three exciting prizes, and the name “Bling, Fling & Swing” helps describe them.

A free gospel concert will be held at North Volney Methodist Church on May 10 from 1 – 3 p.m. featuring the Misfits and Lake Effect Bluegrass. There will also be a plant sale and book sale from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

The third annual SUNY Oswego “On My Own Time” exhibition of faculty and staff artistic talent will feature a free public reception at 5 p.m. May 9, in Penfield Library’s Lake Effect Cafe. The exhibition, which features up to three original visual-media works per non-professional artist, will run through May 30 at the library.

The Rotary clubs of Fulton have joined the United Way of Greater Oswego County and the Literacy Coalition of Oswego County in their annual Children’s Book Drive. The books will be distributed to children during the Fulton Memorial Day Parade and the Oswego Independence Day Parade.

The Oswego Environmental Club was extremely successful in conducting a massive clean up during the Oswego City School  District Earth Week Clean Up project. More than a ton of garbage was collected.

The Mock DWI program, done in cooperation with many agencies and offices in Oswego County, is held every other year at the school and timed to be just prior to the prom. The accident scenario’s timing was intentional and served as a dramatic reminder of what can happen when a person chooses to either get behind the wheel of a car after drinking, or chooses to ride in a car when the driver has been drinking.

On May 17 from 2 – 4 p.m., State Street UMC, 357 State St., will hold a reception of celebration at the church site. We have been designated as an historical site by both New York State and federal. State Street had its beginnings in 1809 and have shared a rich and interesting history.

The theme for the month was “Mental Health Awareness and Support.” ROC chose this topic because it is  often an “overlooked but extremely crucial component to personal health and well being (and) we wanted to showcase the groups and organizations that were at the forefront in this area,” said Brandon Morey, ROC co-chair.

The USAT Sanctioned Splash & Dash is a youth aquathlon consisting of a timed 200-yard indoor swim followed by a 1.6-mile run where youth athletes will run side-by-side with adult triathletes to the event’s finish line in Breitbeck Park.