Sisters Erielle Brandon, 5, and Eriona Brandon, 9, celebrated Earth Day by helping clean up near the Dunbar Center in Syracuse’s South Side.
The Brandon sisters participated in We Can Do This: Spring Into Wellness, a partnership between the American Heart Association, the Health Care Education Project, Syracuse C.A.R.E.S. and the Dunbar Association.
The event emphasized community health.
It also featured:
- Earth Day cleanup
- mental health awareness month
- COVID-19 supplies and vaccinations
- healthy foods
- Zumba classes
- pickleball
- a kids’ table
- face painting
- hula hoops
- Vendors, like the Aging Life Care Association and Purple Banana
The next Spring Into Wellness event will be on May 6 from 11 a.m. through 2 p.m. at Central Village Boys and Girls Club. That is located at 212 Van Buren St. and will celebrate Mother’s Day.
See more photos of the week
Indigenous lacrosse community rallies for stick-maker Alf Jacques (photo of the week)
Jacques has made traditional wooden lacrosse sticks from the Onondaga Nation since the 1970s.
Kids return to the diamond as Syracuse’s Little League season begins (photo of the week)
Sebastian Moore and Al Gunn teach kids how to swing a baseball bat as the Black Barons’ Little League season begins.
Daffodils bloom in Central New York’s April rain showers (photo of the week)
Central Current contributor Michelle Gabel caught daffodils in bloom April 4 during a Central New York rain shower.
Family meets Freddy the goose at Webster Pond (photo of the week)
Freddy the goose accompanies a family feeding geese at Webster Pond.
Deer cross a snowy access road near Onondaga Lake (Photo of the week)
Central Current contributor Mike Greenlar captured the picture while taking photos of wildlife near Onondaga Lake.
St. Patrick’s Day Parade parade draws Syracuse families downtown (Photo of the Week)
A family joins hundreds of spectators who watched the St. Patrick’s Parade in downtown Syracuse this weekend.
St. Patrick’s party brings families to Fayetteville library (Photo of the Week)
The Syracuse Irish Session and Johnston School of Irish Dance were featured alongside themed crafts and a scavenger hunt.