Check out these great events to get involved in your community

 

Oneida County Lifeworks & Youth Empowerment Project will be holding a community sharing garage sale and collecting garage sale item donations. Donation collection is scheduled to be held at 417 Court St. Utica, NY on September 11, drop off time starts at 9AM. The garage sale will be held September 15th at Chancellor Park on Bleecker Street Utica, NY across from the Farmers Market.

CNY Regional Farmers Market is open Thursday 10am – 5pm, Saturday 7am – 2pm & with a Flea Market on Sunday 7am – 2pm; Market Common shops open daily.  Call 422-8647 for information.  Enjoy this unique shopping experience!

Syracuse Chiefs Baseball is back!  Enjoy great professional baseball with the whole family.  For details call 474-7833 or go to www.SyracuseChiefs.com for details!

Onondaga Lake Park Skatepark is open!  Enjoy skateboarding, BMX, & more at Central New York’s premier park conveniently located on Rt. 370 in Liverpool!  Call 453-6712 for or go to www.OnondagaCountyParks.com for details.

IMAX Movies:   Super Speedway, Wild Ocean, Mystery of the Nile & Magic of Flight are currently showing at the Museum of Science & Technology (MOST). Call 425-9068 or www.most.org for specific times and dates.

Onondaga Historical Association Museum is currently exhibiting Capturing the Conflict: How Artists Revealed the American Civil War & Salt City Comes of Age: Syracuse During the Impressionist Era in America 1880-1915.  For details, call 428-1864 or go to www.CNYHistory.org.

Rosamond Giffford Zoo  It’s always fun to go to the zoo! For details, go to website (www.RosamondGiffordZoo.org) or call them at 435-8511.

The Everson Museum of Art wills three exciting exhibits – Alphabet in Your Own Backyard, Fantasies and Fairy-Tales: Maxfield Parrish and the Art of the Print & The Edge of Art: New York State Artists Series Fit to Be Bound.  Call 474-6064 or go to www.Everson.org for details.

 Beaver Lake Nature Center Enjoy many fantastic seasonal programs – call 638-2519 or visit www.OnondagaCountyParks.com for details.

Acme Mystery Dinner Theater and Magic Circle Children’s Theater -Spaghetti Warehouse features these on Saturdays about noon.  Call 475-1807 for details.

Treasures of the People: The Folk Art of Mexico is currently exhibiting at the Community Folk Art Center.  Call 442-2230 or www.CommunityFolkArtCenter.org.

 

 

Used Clothing Drop Off Box…At the Camillus Elks Lodge at 6117 Newport Rd in Camillus. All clothing, shoes, sneakers, belts, purses, blankets, sheets, pillowcases, drapes and stuffed toys are being accepted. Please put in plastic bags. Tax deductable slips are available.

 

Exceptional Family Resources…be a companion to someone with a developmental disability to participate in recreational activities in the community. Volunteer once a week or once a month. Applicants must be 18 or older and have transportation. For more information call Carolyn at 478-1462 ext 329.

 
 
 

Kidney Cars

You can donate used cares, trucks, and boats to the National Kidney Foundation’s Kidney Cars program. There is also towing available and you can make your car a kidney car, cars that save lives. For more information you can visit, http://www.kidney.org/support/kidneycars/index.cfm