Members of the Oswego High School Interact Club have once again delivered handmade baby blankets to Oswego Hospital’s Maternity Center for the hospital’s newborns. The Interact Club is affiliated with the Oswego Sunrise and Oswego Noon Rotary clubs and focuses on community service.
Members of the Child Advocacy Center’s Multi-Disciplinary Team were recently recognized at the agency’s annual meeting for their extraordinary investigative efforts. Over the past year the CAC served 497 children, provided 3,000 therapy sessions, and forensically investigated more than 195 cases.
Exceptional effort in the classroom, academic excellence and character were in focus during a SPARK Award ceremony at John C. Birdlebough High School in mid-April. Nearly three dozen students received recognition through the awards program for the third marking period.
The Phoenix addiction support group, H.O.P.E will host a special guest speaker for the Phoenix and surrounding communities. A free, public support group meeting will feature guest speaker Jared Croy from Advanced Recovery Systems beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 20. The meeting will take place at the Sweet Memorial Building located at 455 Main Street in Phoenix.
St. Luke Health Services in Oswego will host a workshop featuring Dr. Renante Ignacio, who will discuss advance care planning and advanced directives. The workshop will take place on May 10 from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. in the Riverview Room at St. Luke. The workshop is free of charge and the public is invited to attend.
The American Legion Post 418 in Phoenix will host a chicken barbeque on Saturday, April 22. Nine dollar dinners will be sold from noon until gone and will include a half chicken and two sides.
A month-long lesson on the American Revolution recently culminated in a living history museum at Michael A. Maroun Elementary School. Students in Aimee Brooker’s fourth grade class studied key figures, battles, dates and other historical events tied to the Revolutionary War.
Oswego Industries Inc. and Arc of Oswego County, a Fulton-based nonprofit that provides services to adults with developmental disabilities in Oswego County, welcomes new team members.
More useful information to help animals from the internet. Take a look at www.aspca.org/shopwithyourheart. It’s a collection of online information and tools to help consumers make more informed choices at the supermarket about buying “farm animal friendly” food. There are a lot of labels used in supermarkets that may or may not mean what you would like to think.
“It was through poetry that I discovered my interest in local history. Writing poems about growing up in the Fulton area triggered a curiosity in how our city and its surroundings evolved over the years.” That’s how author Jim Farfaglia describes the catalyst for his current interest in the people, places and memorable events of Central New York.
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