In the midst of its third season, Port City Roller Derby is recruiting skaters, refs and other volunteers looking for fun, fitness and friendships in this growing sport. An open house and recruitment will take place at 8 p.m. Aug. 20, in the league’s new practice space in the Oswego YMCA Armory, corner of West First and Utica streets.
There’s more than word play going on at the seventh annual Diane Falise Memorial Scrabble Fest. This annual benefit for Literacy Volunteers of Oswego County takes place on Sept. 20 from 6 – 9 pm at the Oswego Elks Lodge.
As part of his community project, AmeriCorps member Evan Oustrich, who is currently working with Human Concerns, has organized a drive to collect backpacks for distribution to children in need throughout Oswego County through the annual Stuff-A-Bus campaign.
SUNY Buffalo State, a State University of New York campus located in Buffalo’s Elmwood Village, offers degrees in the arts, education, the sciences, and professional studies.
While their students enjoy summer vacation, 12 science teachers, two special education teachers and one high school librarian from across New York State spent a week learning about the ecology of Lake Ontario.
The United Way of Greater Oswego County’s Stuff-A-Bus Campaign went into high gear recently when Burritt Motors of Oswego presented the agency with a check to help purchase additional school supplies for the campaign.
The Altmar-Parish-Williamstown Dollars For Scholars organization will hold a fundraiser at the Cicero Five Below store on September 6, 7 and 8. Stock up on back to school supplies, including books, sporting goods and T-shirts; everything is priced at $5 or less. Ten percent of the total dollars spent will be donated back to APW Dollars for Scholars.
The website, http://apwelementary.com, will be updated regularly with PTSA-sponsored events, and flyers sent home will be posted under the Internet Backpack tab. Parents interested in helping out at an event, or joining the PTSA, can print out a membership form online.
An Oswego County Growers sprayer calibration meeting will be held August 15 from 11 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. at Sorbello & Sons Packing House, 630 County Route 8, Fulton.
The Oswego Players’ 75th season continues its fall showcase productions with “Don’t Drink the Water,” with long-time member and actress Sherri Baker in the director’s chair.
This Woody Allen farce is set in a foreign embassy, where all sorts of mayhem take place.
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