Community

The fifth concert in the Oswego Summer Sunset Concert Series will be held Wednesday, July 31 at 7:30 at Breitbeck Park in Oswego. These concerts are provided free to the public by The City of Oswego and The Musicians Union of Oswego County.

AmeriCorps member Missy Parkhurst helped students at Mexico Elementary School make pet beds for OCAWL/SPCA recently. Students from Michelle Bush’s and Gina Sherlock’s first grade classrooms and the YMCA SACC program participated. Other students brought in items from the agency’s “wish list” to donate.

The Oswego Public Library’s AmeriCorps members Andrew Baumgras and Rebecca Smith will be hosting a community food drive. Donations will be accepted from July 29 – August 9. This food drive will benefit Human Concerns in order to help them meet a growing need within the community.

The schedule of events and activities at SUNY Oswego includes the following:

Participants in Catholic Charities of Oswego County’s CYO Summer Drop-in Recreation Program, recently volunteered their time to clean up the area along the shore of Lake Neatahwanta behind the Fulton War Memorial. The cleanup day was one of the many community projects that CYO participants are involved in.

The H. Lee White Museum and Maritime Center celebrates Lighthouse Weekend on August 3 and 4 beginning with a Lighthouse Stamping event from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. on August 3. A recently released series of New England Lighthouse stamps by the US Postal Service will be offered for sale along with specialty envelopes and postcards.

More than 1,500 students have reserved places as freshmen at SUNY Oswego. Fall classes will begin Aug. 26.

Sandy Creek Elementary School is scheduled to hold its open house on Sept. 3 from 6 to 7 p.m. The open house is scheduled the day before the 2013-2014 school year starts.