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Email us at: oursandyours@gmail.com

Opportunity, Understanding, Respect, Success (OURS) is a 4-H program for youth residing in and nearby under-served mobile home parks in Freeville, New York. Every week volunteers from Cornell University's Youth Outreach Undergraduates Reshaping Success (YOURS) program work with the youth through mentoring, games, crafts, outdoor activities, and field trips.

OURS youth and YOURS volunteers

 





Programs

Mondays (5:00-6:30): Mentoring

Tuesdays (5:00-6:30): Teen and 'Tween Leadership Council

Fridays (5:00-6:30): Fun Fridays


OURS is a community-based program of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County.
YOURS is a Cornell University Public Service Center program.

The Dryden Youth Commission and Tompkins County Youth Services fund the OURS Program Manager's half-time position and van to transport youth and YOURS volunteers to and from programs. Transportation, funded by the Town of Dryden, is provided for youth to attend programs at no cost to the families.However, all programs, projects, and other operational expenses including mileage and food must be paid for through ongoing fundraising and grants.

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Mission Statement


Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County strengthens youth, adults, families and communities through learning partnerships that put knowledge to work.

Within this framework, OURS strives to provide opportunities for youth living in or near mobile home parks in Freeville, NY (who generally lack or have limited access to resources and extracurricular activities other families enjoy due to financial and transportation barriers) to learn healthy life-long skills and habits, to feel successful, to develop a positive self-image and future goals, to form relationships with other youth and adults in a supported and comfortable environment, and to contribute to the well-being of their local community and natural world  through participating in multigenerational on-site service-learning programs.

Contact Us!

OURS & YOURS

Email: oursandyours@gmail.com

Julie Newman: Ours Program Manager
Rural Youth Services
Cornell Cooperative Extension
615 Willow Ave
Ithaca, NY 14850
jad52@cornell.edu
(607) 272-2292 ext. 224

YOURS

200 Barnes Hall
Cornell University
Fax: 607-255-9550

Staff

Alice Connors-Kellgren: YOURS President

Kayla Altland: YOURS Vice-President

Ruben Rahman: Mentoring Program Coordinator &
Fun Fridays Program Co-Coordinator

Claire Lyons: Fun Fridays Program Co-Coordinator

Audrey Bampoe: Teen Leadership Council Program Co-coordinator

Helena Herman: Teen Leadership Council Program Co-coordinator

Elina Kagan: Fundraising Committee Chair, Secretary

Christine Kim: Public Service Center Liaison

Sharmila Sarkar: Treasurer

Linda Schoffel: Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County
Rural Youth Services Coordinator

Benjamin Ortiz: YOURS Advisor, Cornell University Public Service Center
Coordinator of K-12 Outreach

 

 

 

 

 

 


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