OSWEGO COUNTY – The Advisory Board of the Oswego County Salvation Army Corps recently elected its officers for 2024. They included Douglas Buske as chairperson, Thomas Brown as vice chairperson, Carol Dexter as secretary, Wynnette Dohse as assistant secretary, and Chris Burritt as treasurer. The Salvation Army officers who will continue to lead the Corps are Major Heather Odom and Lieutenant Alyxandra Allen.
Other members of the Advisory Board include Carrie Bixby, Brenda Burritt, Nancy Close, Sarah Conley, Deborah Daby, David Granoff, Jacqueline Gregg, Richard Hughes, Cecelia Ladd, Jean Niver, Chip Pelton, Charles and Margaret Spector, Theresa Sugar-Scanlon, and Vernon Tryon.
According to a spokesperson, “The Advisory Board serves as liaison to advise the Corps officers about the community’s needs and resources and to represent the plans and needs of the Army to the community. Board members participate in fundraising and assisting with delivery of some services.”
The first meeting of The Salvation Army in the City of Oswego took place on October 23, 1886, 137 years ago. Its longevity in the community is testimony to the fact that the need for its work is forever a challenge to every generation.
The Oswego County Salvation Army Corps currently provides fresh-cooked meals Monday through Friday, 11:15 a.m. — 12:15 p.m., in both Fulton and Oswego, groceries from its food pantries open Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, winter garments, and many other services to individuals and families in need throughout Oswego County. In October, the Corps provided 788 soup kitchen meals in Oswego and 825 in Fulton. It provided 134 Oswego households with groceries for 3,177 meals and 118 Fulton households with groceries for 2,889 meals. It also distributed over 1,700 loaves of bread and pastries. Thirty-nine families bought low-cost food from the Central New York Food Bank via the Oswego Corps.
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