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OCO Welcomes New Board Members

May 1, 2011 Contributor
Oswego County Opportunities welcomed two community members to the agency’s board of directors at its annual meeting. From left are: incoming OCO board president Joe Caruana; new board members, Cynthia and Daniel Thrower of Lacona, elected for three-year terms; Alan DeLine, appointed representative by the mayor of the city of Fulton; and Executive Director of OCO, Diane Cooper-Currier.

Executive Director of Oswego County Opportunities, Diane Cooper-Courier introduced the new members of OCO’s Board of Directors during the agency’s annual meeting held April 27 at Springside at Seneca Hill. Cynthia Thrower, a mother of a 36-year old challenged son, is a community volunteer who is also involved in ministering to others. Daniel Thrower brings with him 45 years of experience as a pastor, corrections counselor, teacher and business owner.

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OCO’s Cancer Services Program To Make Human Blue Ribbon

March 22, 2011 Contributor
Daniel Laveck, owner of Edible Construction Co. & Bakery in Pulaski, and Carolyn Handville, coordinator of OCO’s Cancer Services Program, display one of the items OCO has provided merchants along Jefferson Street to distribute to their customers as part of OCO’s “Main Streets Go Blue” campaign to raise awareness of colorectal cancer.

In recognition of Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, Oswego County Opportunities’ Cancer Services Program joined merchants along Jefferson Street in Pulaski to make Pulaski’s main street “Go Blue” to raise awareness of colorectal cancer in Oswego County and encourage people to receive their necessary cancer screenings.

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