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Camp Invention coming to Webster

Looking for something fun for the kids this summer? Camp Invention is a summer activity camp presented by the Webster Central School District. It is for children entering grades 1-6 and will be held to Plank South School this summer.

The camp allows kids to be creative and have fun adventures. The summer's adventure, entitled GEO-QUEST, features Ecoverse where children explore the earthly realms of sky, sea, land and underground. Students will invent tools to reveal hidden messages and master the elements.

The camp will take place July 29 to August 2 from 8:30a.m. to 3:00p.m.  Registration is $220. 

For more information, call 1-800-968-4332 or contact Mark_Schichtel@websterschools.org

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Jim Keady to speak at Penfield High School

Jim Keady will speak at Penfield High School this month as part of the school’s Day of Caring.

School officials say Keady will speak to students are unfair labor practices and the sweatshop conditions that still exist.

The lecture, which is on May 23 at 7:30 p.m., is free and open to the public.

Golf Balls on Parade Big Oaks Scavenger Hunt kicks off

The PGA tour is coming to Rochester this summer and Wednesday, the Golf Balls on Parade Big Oaks Scavenger Hunt kicks off.

The scavenger hunt allows participants to answer questions from the Big Oak Scavenger Hunt Score Card to locate the 29 fiberglass golf balls and take part in the photo of the week contest. The grand prize is a $1,000 gift card to Mann’s Jewelers.

The scavenger hunt runs from Wednesday, May 1 through Sunday, August 11. To get a map and guide, click here.

Cinderella -– a courtroom drama for students in Penfield

Members of Harter Secret & Emery LLP will perform a mock trial courtroom drama based on the Cinderella fairy tale for sixth grade students in Penfield in honor of Law Day. At the end of the play, the student jury will deliberate and decide the case.

The mock trial starts at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Bay Trail Middle School.
 

Walk-n-Wheel for Better Bones in Webster

Walk-n-Wheel for Better Bones in Webster

Hundreds are expected to walk or wheel on Saturday May 4 at North Ponds Park in Webster

The 5th annual Walk-n-Wheel for Better Bones is being held in memory of Alle Shea Collazo. Alle was born on April 14, 2009 with a severe form of the brittle bone disorder known as Osteogenesis Imperfecta(OI).  Children with Osteogenesis Imperfecta bones are like chalk. Diapering, dressing, or even hugging can cause a fracture. At birth, Alle was born with many fractures of limbs and skulls. She passed away on May 21, 2009 due to repertory compilation from OI.

Alle Shea's Walk-n-Wheel for Better Bones is Saturday May 4 at North Ponds Park. Check-in begins at 11:00am and the walk starts at 12:00p.m.

Proceeds from the event will benefit the OI Foundation.

For more information or to register, go to www.oif.org/AlleShea2013.

 

 

Fairport Savings Bank celebrates 125 years in May

This month marks the 125 anniversary of Fairport Savings Bank and in recognition of this milestone, the bank is launching several initiatives to benefits local non-profits, high school seniors and its customers.

"Tasty" Odyssey of the Mind fundraiser started today in Webster

Today is the day! Stop at Webster’s Yolickity Frozen Yogurt Bar, in Webster from now until May 5 and give the cashier the password “Odyssey.”

If you use the "Odyssey" password, the Webster Thomas High School Odyssey of the Mind team that qualified for the World Finals next month will earn 20 percent of the net revenue.

All you have to do is eat tasty, frozen yogurt!

The Thomas team won the state championship in their problem, "It's How You Look at It," and division. They qualified to compete in Lansing, Mich. on May 22 and 23. Proceeds from this fundraiser will help defray their cost of getting to Michigan.

Team members are Brystol Cook, Sarah Kennedy, Abby Wezelis, Andrea Saitta, Rachel Crumley, Allesandra Suchodolski, and Lizzie Hart.

Courtesy www.MPNNow.com