Author: Yvonne Chu

Celebrate Earth Day with your Syracuse Mets and Support the OEC! [April 22, 2023]

Celebrate Earth Day (Saturday April 22) with the Syracuse Mets and support the Onondaga Earth Corps! Cheer for Syracuse’s favorite baseball team while helping out the planet by supporting OEC. $4 from every ticket purchased through this link for Saturday April 22nd’s game day will be donated back to OEC. https://www.fevogm.com/event/Onondagaearthcorps TO PURCHASE TICKETS:1.) Click GET TICKETS2.) Choose your section, …

2023 Winter Newsletter

What’s the Point of Pruning? Be Part of the Story 20 Years – Empowering Youth | Building Community , The Trying Life of a Street Tree Named Charlotte, Greetings from New OEC Staff, Full Throttle Bottle Bonanza, Advanced Crew Members Reflect on a Winter of Pruning, and upcoming events.

Bridge St.- OEC empowering youth in CNY

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Ex.Dir Greg Michel, Crew Leader Jay Holmes-Porch, and Crewmember Owerrie Bacon are invited onto Bridge St.- WSYR-TV to talk about their experiences at OEC. To see their interview visit:  https://www.localsyr.com/bridge-street/onondaga-earth-corps-empowering-youth-in-cny/?fbclid=IwAR2yG4EqhgjJbJIOvB01mqO3sCYzBIkq1unCNBQepuCO3ZBuKJJfTiOz9ZA

2022 Spring Newsletter

This spring, OEC continued to push the Urban Forestry Master plan goal of increasing canopy cover in Syracuse. We planted 220 trees this season, making adjustments for utility improvements taking place across the city.