On December 9, 2010, Family and Children’s Service hosted its 16th annual FesTOYval holiday benefit. The event raised over $19,000, a new record for FesTOYval. All monies raised, goes to F&CS’s Children’s Mental Health and Youth Services programs that serves over 500 local children annually.
Ithaca, NY December 16, 2010 – Family and Children’s Service of Ithaca (F&CS) presented its 16th annual FesTOYval, a benefit for its Children’s Mental Health and Youth programs on December 9, 2010 at the Country Club of Ithaca. The event raised over $19,000, a new record for FesTOYval.
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Wells College recently hired Michael Woody to fill the position of associate director of admissions. Previously situated in admissions offices at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, SUNY Geneseo and Daemon College, Michael comes most recently from Xerox, where he was a service and solutions sales executive responsible for providing products, services and solutions to the public service sector, including high schools and colleges in the Central New York region. He earned his A.A. degree from Community College of the Finger Lakes, his B.A. in Psychology from Keuka College, and his M.S. in Business Management from Roberts Wesleyan College. He also holds an Executive Leadership Certificate from Cornell University.
Owning a car is more expensive than most people realize. Local not-for-profit Ithaca Carshare helps address the high costs of driving through sharing. Members can make reservations as short as 15 minutes, allowing them to pay for car use only during the times they actually need it.
Dr. Henrik “Hank” Dullea, Cornell University’s vice president for university relations emeritus, will take over as chairman of the TCAT Board of Directors at the board’s 2011 reorganizational meeting 4 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 27.
As temperatures plummet, it is time to take special precautions to keep your pets safe and warm.
Space heaters maintain warmth in millions of U.S. homes, while reducing utility costs. But misuse of these alternative heat sources could prove hazardous for your family.
Hey there, my name is Zip. I'm a one-year-old domestic medium hair/mix. I'm a gorgeous girl who is looking for a loving home, so come and visit me at the SPCA to see if I'm the right cat for you!
Hey there, my name is Misty. I am a ten-year-old domestic shorthair/mix. I'm a beautiful girl who is looking for a loving home, so please come and visit me at the SPCA to see if I'm the right cat for you!
Last August the North Log Cabin was officially dedicated in its new home in Myers Park. The cabin was built not long after the Revolutionary war on a military lot near the intersection of Conlon and Searles Roads. Less than two miles from that spot another cabin was built at around the same time on property now owned by Bill and Kathy Miller. A settler's cabin, it may have been built in the 1790s by a member of the Bowker family.
In collaboration with 300 "Into-The-Streets" Cornell student volunteers, (organized by the Cornell Public Service Center and with funding from Cargill and NYSERDA), Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County (CCETC) successfully distributed almost 5000 energy efficiency packets to households across Tompkins County on the afternoon of Sat. Oct. 30, 2010, and initiative known as "Lighten Up Tompkins" (see LightenUpTompkins.org for the full scope of materials and information distributed.)
When you drive into Myers Park in season you are stopped while attendants can ask whether you are a Lansing resident. If you say yes they let you through. If no, you pay to get in. This summer that will change. Lansing residents will receive stickers for their cars that will automatically provide free entrance to the park. Non-residents will pay three dollars admission.
Cayuga Nature Center (CNC), brought home two new foxes just in time for the holiday season. The two females, originally ranch-raised, come from a rehabilitation shelter in Buffalo NY run by Elyse Able and have been cage mates since being relinquished from a petting zoo. Ms. Able planned to use them to care for orphaned baby kits, but these two independent females had no interest in being foster moms. Both foxes, a red head and a stunning silver haired -- a color only found in foxes bred for their coats -- are around six years old (considered middle aged for a fox). It seems that these two would prefer to spend the prime of their life enjoying their independence and have therefore moved to their new home at CNC.