Tower Building Competition
Beauchamp Branch Library 2111 S. Salina St., Syracuse , NY, United StatesWork together in small groups to complete four fun building challenges in a Tower Building Competition. Open to ages 5 and up.
Work together in small groups to complete four fun building challenges in a Tower Building Competition. Open to ages 5 and up.
Enjoy the newly released Disney film “Moana." Moana, a young teenage girl from Oceania, has a sense for navigation and an adventurous mind. She sets out on a journey in search of a mythical island with the hopes and intent of saving her people. Free popcorn provided while you watch. Open to all ages. Runtime 1hr 53m.
A celebration of Gospel music.
40 Below will be joined by Believe in Syracuse to cleanup the Syracuse Inner Harbor from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 22. All are welcome. Volunteers will help beautify the city in partnership with OCRRA and dozens of other cleanup events happening across Central New York in honor of Earth Day. Volunteers will meet at 352 W. Kirkpatrick St. Email 40BelowFeedback@gmail.com with any questions.
The West Onondaga Street Alliance will host. Participants will be divided into two groups and should meet at Onondaga Commons, 484 W. Onondaga St. One will clean up West Onondaga Street, from the Marriott Syracuse Downtown hotel to the Leavenworth Circle Fountain. The other will distribute free LED lightbulb packs to residents on the West Side. Participants will receive a free event T-shirt (first 100 people) and a homemade lunch.
Help the South Side family resource center spread mulch on raised garden beds for its new Peace Garden in partnership with Syracuse Inner City Rotary Club. The garden will grow vegetables and other plants for the community. Volunteers will also plant flowers around the center. For more information, email Charles Rivers at charles.rivers@peace-caa.org.
Join New Covenant Baptist Church and Tomorrow's Neighborhoods Today Southside group for a community cleanup. Volunteers will meet at the New Covenant Baptist Church, located at 107 E. Beard Ave. starting at 10 a.m.
Join in this community cleanup of the Sankofa District South, along South Salina Street. Volunteers should meet at the Rahma Edible Forest Snack Garden, 3100 S. Salina St.; parking available on side streets or in the clinic parking lot. Volunteers will help to clean the garden space and will work along South Salina Street, West Newell Street and West Pleasant Avenue. There also will be mulch and compost work, so volunteer shovelers are appreciated.
100 Black Men of Syracuse, Inc. in collaboration with Black Nurses Rock of Syracuse to host the 2017 Health and Wellness Lecture Series. The April lecture will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, April 24, at the South Side Innovation Center. The speaker will be Dr. Sharon Brangman, SUNY Upstate Medical University, speaking on the topic of "Alzheimer's Disease." No advance registration is required for the lecture series. For more information, call (315) 443-8749.
ACTing For A Just Community, the Alliance of Communities Transforming Syracuse's annual banquet, will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, April 25, at Drumlins Country Club, 800 Nottingham Road. The keynote speaker is Kathryn Howe Ruscitto, who is the president and chief executive officer of St. Joseph’s Health. She also serves as a board member of several local and national health care and philanthropic organizations, including the Healthcare Association of New York and the Regional Economic Development Council for Central New York. She has dedicated herself to civic-minded and mission-driven roles throughout her career, including efforts to make St. Joseph’s a driving force in the revitalization of Syracuse’s North Side neighborhood. In addition, she oversaw St. Joseph’s in the creation of an innovative, integrated health care center on Syracuse’s Near West Side in collaboration with key community partners.