JANUARY
13 2023
4-H BRINGS BACK ANNUAL GREEN TIE AFFAIR JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK (January 6th, 2023) -- Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chautauqua County’s 4-H Youth Development Program is excited to announce the comeback of our Annual 4-H Green Tie Affair Dinner on Sunday, February 26th, 2023 at the Chautauqua Suites in Mayville. The fun begins at 3:00pm with a basket raffle, bake sale, and appetizers. Dinner is served at 5:00pm and the pie auction will follow dinner. This year’s meal includes U.S oven-roasted prime rib or chicken parmesan, garlic mashed potatoes, caramelized carrots, a mixed salad, and mini cheesecakes for dessert. This year’s event has 1950’s theme and guests are encouraged to wear their favorite 50’s attire as there is a prize for the best dressed! This year 4-H hopes to raise $25,000 that will directly fund 4-H programming in 2023. 4-H serves 300 youth with life-skills programming year-round. An additional 1,000 youth participate in one-time programming each year. 4-H connects youth to hands-on learning opportunities that help them grow into competent, caring, contributing members of society.
NY Sea Grant and DEC Announces $460,000 in Grants Available to Support Projects that Implement Great Lakes Action Agenda Priorities Funding to Support Local Priorities to Restore and Protect Great Lakes Lands and Waters 2023 Applications for Funding Due March 1, 2023
for $25.00 from the 4-H Office located at the Carnahan Center on the JCC campus (241 James Ave Jamestown, NY). Ticket price increases to $30.00 after February 16th, 2023. Table sponsorships are available for $275.00. Table sponsors receive 10 dinner tickets, basket raffle tickets, a custom centerpiece sign, recognition on a thank you banner, on the placemat, and in local press. Call the Lindsey at the 4-H Office 716/664-9502x212 or email lc832@cornell. edu. Please visit https:// chautauqua.cce.cornell. edu/events/2023/02/26/4h-2023-green-tie-affair for more information. Contact the 4-H Office if you would like to contribute to the bake sale, basket raffle, or make a monetary donation.
The event draws beChautauqua County tween six and seven hun- 4-H would like to thank dred guests annually. Chautauqua Suites Hotel Tickets are now available for being a major sponsor
of the event, as well as the community for their continued support of positive youth development in Chautauqua County. The 4-H Youth Development Program is one of many programs offered by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chautauqua County (CCE-Chautauqua). CCE-Chautauqua is a community based educational organization, affiliated with Cornell University, Chautauqua County Government, the NYS SUNY system, and the federal government through the United States Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture. For more information, call 716-664-9502 or visit our website at www.cce. cornell.edu/chautauqua. Cornell University Cooperative Extension provides equal program and employment opportunities.
New York Sea Grant, in partnership with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), today announced funding is now available for projects that apply an ecosystem-based management approach to address local watershed challenges. Projects will implement the goals of New York's Great Lakes Action Agenda and address actions specifically identified in locally supported plans pertaining to water quality, natural resources, or sustainable land uses. A total of $460,000, with up to $50,000 per project, in New York Great Lakes Basin Small Grants will be awarded.
implement locally identified and prioritized projects that increase resilience, improve the environment, and provide economic benefits," said New York Sea Grant Associate Director and Cornell University Cooperative Extension Assistant Director Katherine Bunting-Howarth, PhD, JD, Ithaca, N.Y.
million, the highest-ever level of funding in the program's history. The EPF supports climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts, improves agricultural resources to promote sustainable agriculture, protects our water sources, advances conservation efforts, and provides recreational opportunities for New Yorkers.
County and local government or public agencies, municipalities, and regional planning and environmental commissions, not-for-profit organizations, and educational institutions including, but not limited to, public and private K-12 schools, colleges, and universities, are eligible "Enhancing the lakes' eco- to apply. system through ecosystem restoration bolsters the resiliency Applications are due by 4:30 of this important natural re- p.m. EST on March 1, 2023; source and at the same time instructions are online at the provide enhanced recreational New York Sea Grant website. and economic opportunities," For more information, consaid DEC Commissioner Basil tact New York Sea Grant at Seggos. "Partnering with New 716-645-3611. York Sea Grant through this essential grant program helps New York Sea Grant adboth sustain and build upon ministers the New York Great the substantial environmen- Lakes Basin Small Grants tal progress we've made across Program in partnership with New York's Great Lakes region DEC's Great Lakes Program. and protects these vital waters This small grants program is for future generations." funded by the New York State Environmental Protection "New York Sea Grant is ex- Fund. Among the many encited to partner with the New vironmental victories in the York State Department of En- 2022-23 State Budget, Govervironmental Conservation nor Hochul succeeded in en(DEC) to provide communi- acting an increase in the EPF ties with resources needed to from $300 million to $400
For more information on New York's Great Lakes Action Agenda, go to DEC's website. More information on New York Great Lakes Basin Small Grants projects and other New York Great Lakes-related information is available at New York Sea Grant's website. New York Sea Grant is a cooperative program of Cornell University and the State University of New York, and one of 34 university-based programs under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Sea Grant College Program. Since 1971, New York Sea Grant has promoted coastal vitality, environmental sustainability, and citizen awareness about the state's marine and Great Lakes resources. New York Sea Grant maintains Great Lakes offices in Buffalo, Newark, and Oswego. The public can connect with New York Sea Grant at their website and on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.