Oswego County AmeriCorps member Eve Simmonds will be hosting a food drive that will benefit the Catholic Charities of Oswego County Food Pantry. The drive will be held from July 19 through 21, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Voorhees Park in Fulton. Accepted donations include non-perishable food, such as canned fruits, canned vegetables, rice, macaroni and cheese, peanut butter, and pasta.
The SUNY Oswego Metro Center in Syracuse will host a free workshop on gender discrimination and gender representation from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. July 22, led by college Scholar in Residence Sanjukta Dasgupta.
The library’s lighthouse exhibit will be in place until August 5. The public is invited to a reception on July 22 from 6 to 7 p.m. to meet the current keeper, Ted Panayotoff, and enjoy some refreshments. Ted has extensively researched the West Pierhead Lighthouse and will be available to answer any questions.
The H. Lee White Museum and Maritime Center, located on the West First Street Pier in Oswego’s Historic Maritime District, has extended hours to 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., Monday – Sunday throughout July and August.
The Retired and Senior Volunteer Program, a division of SUNY Oswego’s Office of Business and Community Relations, will hold four volunteer orientations at 9 a.m. on Wednesdays this summer for people 55 and older. The July 17 and 24 and Aug. 14 and 21 orientations each will take place under the Kingsford Bell in Breitbeck Park.
Directors Sherri Baker and Inez Manor Parker announce auditions for their upcoming plays: “Don’t Drink the Water” and “Death in the OR.” All will be held on the Players’ Frances Marion Brown stage in the Oswego Civic Arts Center at Fort Ontario.
Parker Wells of Paul V. Moore High School in Central Square recently won a bronze medal at SUNY Oswego’s third annual GENIUS Olympiad global environmental science, art, writing and design competition. Wells earned the recognition for a project titled “Solutions to the Pollutions in Onondaga Lake” in the science category.
In the game of Scrabble, the word literacy is worth 13 points. In real life, it’s priceless. On Sept. 20, Literacy Volunteers of Oswego County will hold its seventh annual Diane Falise Memorial Scrabble Fest.
The H. Lee White Museum and Maritime Center are offering a variety of youth and adult sailing classes to help community members learn to enjoy our amazing waterfront. The classes will run through August on a limited basis and cover a variety of skill levels.
Oswego County Opportunities’ Crisis and Development Services has partnered with Ruby Tuesday to host a Dine-to-Donate Fundraiser event on July 18, 19 and 20.
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