Community

In an effort to help empower consumers reach their personal goals of living healthier lives, ARISE recently organized two eight-week classes on nutrition.

Unique habitats along with rare, threatened and endangered species in our region are being threatened and displaced by invasive species.

Raising a child with emotional or mental health challenges can be difficult.  To help families better cope Catholic Charities of Oswego County offers two programs that provide support to both parents and siblings, Family Education and Partnership and Family Support Services.

SUNY Oswego will follow up earlier exhibitions of schoolchildren’s artwork with a show at Oswego State Downtown for two youngsters who have been constantly immersed in art as daughters of two art department employees.

OCO’s “Lucky 13” Raffle features three major prizes this year, as part of Oswego County Opportunities’ annual Bowl-A-Fun fundraising event. Perhaps you would enjoy a wagonload of camping gear. That is the first prize in the raffle: $450 worth of camping gear and goodies donated by OCO Residential Services employee Chris Minor.

“Celtic Nights: A Journey of Hope,” a festive celebration of Irish music, dance and journey to a New World, comes to SUNY Oswego’s Waterman Theatre at 7:30 p.m. March 12. Sixteen of Ireland’s most accomplished singers, dancers and musicians make up the ensemble, which is on a 17-city tour from Texas to Maine.

In the seven years since SUNY Oswego sociologist Tim Delaney wrote “American Street Gangs,” membership in gangs has soared, many have moved into white-collar crime and deadly transnational gangs have expanded their trafficking in drugs and humans.

From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 16, Wal-Mart employees will be donating their time to collect donations of non-perishable food items and invite the community to attend the United Way’s fifth annual ‘Stone Soup Too’ luncheon.