Executive Director of the United Way of Greater Oswego County, Melanie Trexler, has announced that the Wal-Mart store in Granby will be hosting a book drive in support of the United Way’s Success By 6 program. An initiative that strives to improve the early childhood development of children throughout Oswego County, Success By 6 distributes books to children throughout the year to encourage literacy and introduce children to the joys of reading.
Former NFL and Syracuse University football great, Chris Gedney served as the keynote speaker at the United Way of Greater Oswego County’s Annual Campaign Kick-Off Breakfast held September 9th at the American Foundry in Oswego.
The United Way of Greater Oswego County got its annual campaign off to an inspiring start with a special breakfast held Wednesday, September 9th at the American Foundry in Oswego. Those in attendance learned of the impact that the United Way has on the lives of thousands of families in Oswego County and that how reaching out a hand to one can influence the condition of all.
Former NFL and Syracuse University football star Chris Gedney presents Mary Tetro of the United Way of Greater Oswego County with tickets, courtesy of the Syracuse Orange Club SU Football supporters and the executive board members of the Syracuse Orange Club, to the Syracuse University Orangemen’s football home opener on September 5th against the University of Minnesota. The United Way distributed the tickets to youth in Oswego County. Gedney, who is the assistant director of Athletics-Syracuse University Orange Club, also served as the keynote speaker at the United Way’s Annual Campaign Kick-Off Breakfast, held Wednesday, September 9th at the American Foundry in Oswego.
When United Way Board member, Jonathan Daniels, executive director of the Port of Oswego Authority, was asked to serve as the chairperson for the United Way’s Campaign Cabinet he found it to be a decision that was easy to make.
In an effort to support the United Way Success By 6 “Stuff-A-Bus†campaign, area businesses will be selling paper buses to help raise money to purchase school supplies for students in Oswego County who are in need for the upcoming school year.
In an effort to support the United Way’s Success By 6 ‘Stuff-A-Bus’ campaign, Pathfinder Bank is conducting an in-house collection of school supplies and selling ‘Paper Buses’ to help raise money to purchase school supplies that are less likely to be donated, such as backpacks and calculators, for students in Oswego County who are in need for the upcoming school year.
Members of ‘Home and School’, a parent organization that helps schools in the Hannibal School District recently helped the United Way of Greater Oswego County’s Success By 6 program kick-off its annual ‘Stuff A Bus’ campaign with a donation to help purchase school supplies.
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