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OCO’s YES! Program To Expand Host Home Project

August 17, 2009 Contributor
For more than 15 years Oswego County Opportunities’ Youth Emergency Services Program (YES!) has been providing support and encouragement to runaway and homeless youth in Oswego County. As the recipient of a federal grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, OCO’s YES! Program is able to help even more youth in crisis.

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French And Indian War Returns To Fort Ontario

August 17, 2009 Contributor
The annual encampment of the French and Indian War will take place at Fort Ontario State Historic Site on Aug. 29 from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Aug. 30 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The sights, sounds, and smells of camp and garrison life will greet visitors as they visit camps of British, French and Native American troops and warriors who fought each other on these ground in the 1750s.

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Honey Foundation Holds BBQ Sunday To Raise Funds For Kids Fighting Cancer

August 14, 2009 Contributor
Heather OneyThe Honey Foundation will hold a barbecue chicken fundraiser Sunday, August 16 at the Volney Fire Department, Route 3 in Volney. Heather “Honey” Oney of Fulton died March 20, 2009, just a few days after her 16th birthday. She fought brain cancer and won, but lost a second battle against the disease.

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Regional Summer School Supports Make-A-Wish

August 13, 2009 Contributor
For the past six years, students enrolled in the Regional Summer School have raised money in support of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Central New York, Inc. Pictured at the presentation to Make-A-Wish are front row, left to right: Karen Humphrey, Middle School Assistant Principal; Raina Hinman, Middle School Principal; Michael Smolnik, High School Principal; and Christopher Tynan, High School Assistant Principal. Back row, left to right: Amanda Davis, office assistant; students Hailey Rice and Krista Greenleaf; Andrea Marshall, Make-A-Wish Foundation; and students Michael Bartlett, John Siler, and Travis Castiglia.

Students in grades 7-12 took part in the fund-raising efforts in several different ways. Middle school students participated in two hat days to help raise money for the cause and monetary contributions were collected throughout the entire six weeks of school. The final fundraiser for Make-A-Wish was “Guess How Many M & Ms are in the Jar?”

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