OCM BOCES Career Academy Holding 4th Annual Festival for the Cure - Saturday, June 4

On Saturday, June 4th, the OCM BOCES Career Academy will be holding their 4th Annual “Family Festival for the Cure” from 1:00 – 4:00 PM on the campus of the Lee G. Peters Career Training Center (4500 Crown Road) in Liverpool. The festival will include food, beverages, games, raffles, a bounce house, crafts and displays. Students, families, friends and the community are encouraged to come to this fun, family event, which benefits the Carol Baldwin Breast Cancer Research fund. Admission and parking for the event are free, with tickets being sold for food, games and raffles. Prize raffles will include gift certificates to several local restaurants and shops.

The OCM BOCES Career Academy students and staff became actively involved in the fight against breast cancer in 2008 when an attendee of the school was diagnosed with cancer. Since that time, the school has raised hundreds of dollars to fight breast cancer and has made several donations to the Carol Baldwin Breast Cancer Research Fund.

About the Career Academy:
The Career Academy, located at the Lee G. Peters Career Training Center in Liverpool, began in September of 2006, with input from OCM BOCES’ component districts. The Academy currently serves approximately 150 students from several of our component school districts including North Syracuse, Liverpool, Fayetteville-Manlius, Marcellus, West Genesee, Westhill, Tully, LaFayette and Baldwinsville. The mission of the Career Academy is to provide students an opportunity to explore different career paths while completing their academic course work to graduate from high school. Career themes are woven into the academic courses to make them more meaningful and engaging for students. The program inspires leadership and confidence in students as they become motivated to take ownership of their learning.

About Carol M. Baldwin:
Breast cancer survivor Carol M. Baldwin has dedicated her life to finding a cure for breast cancer. A Syracuse native and graduate of Syracuse University, she and her husband Alexander raised their family in Massapequa, Long Island. In 1983, after 29 years of marriage, her husband died of lung cancer and, in 1990, Carol was diagnosed with breast cancer. These experiences led to her taking a leadership role in the formation of the Central NY Chapter of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation in Syracuse. Carol is joined in her efforts against breast cancer by her children: daughters Jane and Elizabeth, and sons, actors Alec, Stephen, Billy and Daniel. Asking others to join her crusade for a cure, Carol Baldwin is, she says, positive that, "together, we can and will find a cure."

For more information, or to get involved, contact OCM BOCES Career Academy Instructor, Leah LaChausse at 453-4473 or by email at llachausse@ocmboces.org.