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Legos at Lansing RYS program

Legos at Lansing Rural Youth Services Program

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RYS Program Sites

Rural Youth Services offers a variety of fun, interesting programs for youth who live in Caroline, Cayuga Heights Danby, Dryden, Enfield, Freeville, Groton, the Town of Ithaca, the Town of Lansing, the Village of Lansing, Newfield.

YOURS and OURS program participants, Dryden Rural Youth Services, O.U.R.S.

Y.O.U.R.S. & O.U.R.S.

Cornell University student volunteers provide youth in Freeville mobile home parks with mentoring, games, crafts, outdoor activities, and field trips.

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Dave Hall (right) at hike, 2014, Dryden & Enfield programs; Rural Youth Services

Dryden RYS

Middle school aged youth in the Dryden area can enroll in school-year and summer programs with 4-H Educator Dave Hall.

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Joint Youth Commission - Boynton; Rural Youth Services

Boynton & DeWitt

Youth from Caroline, Cayuga Heights, Town of Ithaca & Village of Lansing can enroll in fun, year-round programs through RYS's Joint Youth Commission.

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Legos at Lansing RYS program

Lansing RYS

Lansing Rural Youth Services offers year-round programs for middle school youth, after school, during school breaks and during the summer.

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Contact

Shelley Lester
Rural Youth Services Coordinator
sjl44@cornell.edu
(607) 272-2292 ext. 141

Last updated September 6, 2023

RYS Program Sites

  • Rural Youth Services
  • Caroline
  • Cayuga Heights
  • Danby
  • Joint Youth Commission
  • Dryden O.U.R.S.
  • Dryden (Town/Village)
  • Enfield
  • Freeville
  • Groton (Town/Village)
  • Town of Ithaca
  • Lansing (Town)

Events

    Exterior of CCE Tompkins building at 615 Willow Avenue in Ithaca NY showing new greenhouse assembled summer 2021.
  • Board of Directors Meeting
    Thursday, June 5
    5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
  • Professional Development Training - PS: It Works! Strengths Based Communication Skills
    Monday, June 16
    9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
  • Professional Development Training - PS: It Works! Strengths Based Communication Skills
    Tuesday, June 17
    9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
  • CLOSED for Juneteenth
    Thursday, June 19
    8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Board of Directors Meeting
    Thursday, July 3
    5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

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Cornell Cooperative Extension
Tompkins County

CCE-Tompkins Education Center
615 Willow Avenue
Ithaca, NY 14850-3555
TEL: 607.272.2292
FAX: 607.272.7088
tompkins@cornell.edu
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 am-4:00 pm

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