Write a commentHarborfest fireworks visitors on Saturday, July 29, can enjoy a chicken barbeque dinner at the Oswego County Salvation Army Worship and Service Center, 73 West Second Street in Oswego.
Serving will be from noon until sold out. Complete dinners include ½ chicken, salt potatoes, baked beans, and a roll and may be eaten inside or taken away. To inquire about availability or to reserve dinners, call 315-343-6491.
The Oswego County Salvation Army Corps, responding to ever increasing needs, provides fresh-cooked meals five days each week in both Fulton and Oswego, groceries from its food pantries, winter garments, and many other services to individuals and families in need throughout Oswego County. In June, the Corps provided 1,119 soup kitchen meals in Oswego and 718 in Fulton. It provided 101 Oswego households with groceries for 1,908 meals and 138 Fulton households with groceries for 3,591 meals. It also distributed about 2,000 loaves of bread. Seventeen households purchased low-cost foods through the Food Sense program of the Food Bank of Central New York. The Corps operates a Bridging the Gap program that teaches life skills and gives a second chance to young people that have made poor decisions.
Persons wishing to know more about The Salvation Army or offer voluntary service are invited to call 343-6491, or stop at the office at 73 West Second Street, in Oswego, between 1:00 and 4:00 P.M., Monday through Friday.
