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Picente
Announces Exciting New Youth Activity
Oneida
County
Youth Bureau Hosts June 16 Informational Meeting
Regarding Potato Hill Farm Outdoor
Education
Center
Oneida
County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr., today announced a new addition to
Oneida
County
’s range of high-quality summer programming for youth as local communities
and agencies gathered for an information session to highlight to exciting
opportunities being offered at the
Potato
Hill
Farm
Outdoor
Educational
Center
.
“The
outdoors is an integral part of the
Oneida
County
lifestyle, and we want to encourage our youth to get a first-hand knowledge
of the outdoors,” Picente said. “Whether we are talking about the great
joys of outdoor recreational opportunities in our region, or the broader
issues of environmental awareness the first step is to help our young people
establish a closer connection with the outdoors. the
Potato
Hill
Farm
Outdoor
Educational
Center
offers young people an
exceptional opportunity, and we appreciate the fact that they are working
with the Oneida County Youth Bureau to reach out to local youth.”
Oneida
County Youth Bureau Director Robert J. Roth
said Potato Hill Farm Outdoor Educational Center, Inc. is
a not-for-profit organization dedicated to bringing environmental
education and outdoor fitness activities to elementary and middle school
children in the
Oneida
County
area. The
Potato
Hill
Farm
Outdoor
Educational
Center
is developing an extensive curriculum, and for the summer will be providing
youth with opportunities for mountain biking and tours of farm animals as a
way of introducing the center to the youth of the region.
Programs are offered at no charge. Potato Hill Farm
Outdoor Educational Center, Inc will pay all costs --- including
transportation.
Located
in northern
Oneida
County
near Boonville, the
Potato
Hill
Farm
Outdoor
Educational
Center
is home to many species of farm animals including alpaca, donkeys, goats,
guinea hens, horses, sheep and cattle. The property has beautiful interior
trails, open fields, and a beautiful Adirondack style gazebo overlooking the
picturesque
Adirondack Mountains
and the Tug Hill Plateau.
“Potato Hill Farm Outdoor Educational
Center has great potential to be a major center for outdoor activities to
help kids who have never really interacted with the outdoors learn what the
rest of us know – outdoor activities are one of the great reasons to live
in Oneida County,” said Roth, who urged any community agency that did not
attend the session to contact the Youth Bureau at 798-5027.
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