The college's State Employees Federated Appeal (SEFA) program is supporting the college's annual Yards for Yeardley event, the local Services to Aid Families (SAF) and It’s On Oz via a collection effort and online donations.
Yards for Yeardley is an annual event on campus to prevent dating and domestic violence while honoring its victims, and the SEFA committee wanted to find ways to provide additional support.
With April recognized as Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and with the Title IX Office and It's On Oz interns coordinating Yards for Yeardley, a month-long donation event will supplement Yards for Yeardley’s return to an in-person event for 2022 on April 27. You might see collection boxes and bins in campus buildings seeking supplies for SAF's effort to provide housing and essentials to local victims of domestic violence. SAF, an Oswego County Opportunities program, is a longtime campus partner.
In addition to collection boxes around campus, SEFA and ItsOnOz will have collection boxes available on the day of the Yards For Yeardley event on campus. The campus community is invited to join the effort by registering to participate and then walking, running or rolling in the quad at your convenience between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Wednesday, April 27.
The drive seeks items like shampoo, conditioner, body wash, razors, face wash, lotion, toothbrushes, toothpaste, deodorant, mouthwash, towels, washcloths, twin bedding, menstrual products and gift cards. (If interested in donating gift cards, prepaid phone cards or prepaid phones, please contact Title IX Coordinator Lisa Evaneski at lisa.evaneski@oswego.edu.)
In addition, SEFA is hosting an online donation drive, with all proceeds going to ItsOnOz and OCO SAF, to help victims of relationship and sexual violence here in our community. To donate, visit SEFA’s online store until April 30.
For more information on SEFA activities and programs, visit the SEFA website.