3 West Main Street, Suite 112, Elmsford, NY 10523 CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED Training green industry professionals is part of our mission. Winning 4-H Robotics Club went to national competition. 2017 Annual Report 3 West Main Street, Suite 112, Elmsford, NY 10523 Youngsters enjoy learning to prepare healthy food. Master Gardener teaches college students how to grow vegetables. 2017 Roster Partners and Collaborators Board of Directors Staff New York State Department of Environmental Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Soil Vive Program, Yonkers Barbara Sacks, Executive Director Conservation – Bureau of Pesticides Testing Laboratory, New Brunswick, NJ Wampus Elementary, Armonk Ken Almstead, New Rochelle New York State Department of Environmental Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Plant Ward Acres Community Garden, New Rochelle Lee Von Elm, Somers Conservation – Invasive Species Coordination Diagnostic Laboratory/Ralph Geiger Turfgrass Watershed Agricultural Council, Yorktown Bill Biles, Hartsdale Administration—914-285-4620 Section Education Center, New Brunswick, NJ Wave Hill, Bronx Stan Kapica, Katonah New York State Department of Environmental Rye Free Reading Room, Rye Westchester County Agriculture and Farmland Judy Guglielmo, Finance Administrator Conservation – Urban Forestry Program, Rye Nature Center Protection Board Ellen Lewis, Larchmont Martha Mocbeichel, Administrative Assistant/ Albany Sanford Terrace, Mt. Vernon Westchester Community College Troy Lipp, White Plains New York State Department of Labor, Scarsdale Public Library Westchester County Department of Nutrition Data Manager Don Mahaney, Mt. Kisco White Plains Scarsdale School District Environmental Facilities – Recycling Office, Patricia Pesacreta, Administrative Assistant/ New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Scholastic Academy, Yonkers White Plains John Merrell, Rye Distance Learning Coordinator Historic Preservation Science Barge, Groundwork Hudson Valley, Westchester County Department of Health, Mills Ripley, Mt. Kisco New York State Energy Research and Yonkers White Plains Vicky Sturner, New Rochelle Horticulture, Natural Resources, and the Environment Development Authority Seabury Home, Yorktown Westchester County Department of Parks, Greg Twehues, Tarrytown Program—914-285-4640 New York State Pest Management Association Sheldrake Environmental Center, Larchmont Recreation, and Conservation, Mt. Kisco New York State Turf and Landscape Association, Sherwood House, Yonkers Westchester County Department of Planning, Charlie Fausold, State Extension Specialist White Plains Shiloh Baptist Church, New Rochelle Yorktown & White Plains Amy Albam, Horticulture Educator/Master Gardener New York State Turfgrass Association, Albany Silver Lake Community Garden, Westchester County Department of Social Horticulture and the Environment Program Coordinator Ninth District Federated Garden Clubs of Croton-On-Hudson Services, White Plains Program Resource Committee Gerald Giordano, Senior Horticulture Educator New York Somers Central School District Westchester County Department of Senior NYC Department of Environmental Protection, Somers High School Services, White Plains Nutrition and Consumer Sciences Program Valhalla Sony Corporation of America Westchester County Global Warming Ken Almstead, New Rochelle NYS IPM Program at Cornell University, Geneva Soundview Apartments, New Rochelle Task Force 914 285-4630 Erna Capetanopoulos, Dobbs Ferry NYS Office of the Comptroller, Albany Southern Westchester BOCES, Valhalla Westchester County Office of Soil and Water Tim Kilgallon, ScarSdale OPUS: Organization of People Undaunted by Springhurst Elementary School, Dobbs Ferry Conservation Lucy Diaz, Nutrition Educator Stroke, Hartsdale St. Christopher’s School, Dobbs Ferry Westchester County Pest Management David Kvinge, White Plains Dawn Reda, Nutrition Educator/Supervisor The Osborn, Rye St. Denis HeadStart, Yonkers Committee, White Plains Andrew Messinger, Bedford Hills Ossining Children’s Center, Ossining St. Francis AME Church, Port Chester Westchester County Youth Bureau, White Nancy Ross, Mt. Kisco Ossining Community Garden St. Matthews Episcopal Church Parish House, Plains 4-H Youth and Family Development Program Paideia School 24, Yonkers Bedford Westchester Greenhouse, Hartsdale Chris Rubeo, Thornwood 914 285-4620 Park Avenue School, Port Chester Star of Bethlehem Baptist Church, Ossining Westchester Independent Living Center, Bob Yedowitz, Yonkers Park School, Ossining State University of New York White Plains Patris Beamon, IT Deskside Support/Community Parsons Memorial, Harrison SW BOCES at Carver Center, Port Chester Westchester Jewish Community Services, Youth and Family Development/4-H Educator/Volunteer Involvement Coordinator Pearls Hawthorne School, Yonkers TD Bank, Thornwood White Plains, Yonkers and Mt. Vernon Nancy Caswell, Community Educator Peekskill City School District Teatown Lake Reservation, Ossining Westchester-Fairfield Horticultural Society, Program Resource Committee Peekskill High School Taconic Gardeners Club Cos Cob, Connecticut Peekskill Youth Bureau Tarrytown/Sleepy Hollow Farmers Market Westchester Turf Supply, Inc., Lincolndale Robyn Brown, New Rochelle Pepsico, Purchase Theodore Young Community Center, White Plains Westhab, Mt. Vernon, White Plains, Yonkers Steve Mulligan, North Salem Pepsi Bottling, Somers Todd Elementary School, Briarcliff Manor Westlake Middle School, Thornwood Pequenakonck Elementary School, North Salem TOP (Transitional Occupation Program), Yonkers WestPAC, White Plains Emory Nager, North Salem Pfizer, Inc. Town of Bedford White Plains Beautification Foundation Jack Robbins, Danbury, CT Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site, Town of Cortlandt White Plains Department of Public Works Gregoriann Rollins, Purchase Sleepy Hollow Town of Dobbs Ferry White Plains Farmers Market Jim Wood, Sleepy Hollow Pleasant View Farm, Brewster Town of Greenburgh White Plains Historical Society Pleasantville Public Pool Town of Lewisboro White Plains Library Pocantico Conference Center, Sleepy Hollow Town of Mt. Pleasant White Plains School District Nutrition and Consumer Science Pocantico Hills School, Sleepy Hollow Town of North Salem White Plains Youth Bureau Program Resource Committee Port Chester Carver Center Town of Somers WILC (Westchester Independent Living Port Chester Middle School Town of Somers Conservation Board Center), White Plains Pound Ridge Elementary School Town of Yorktown Wilkens Farm, Yorktown (program venue) Margery Arsham, Scarsdale Preservation Company, Peekskill Union Free School District of the Tarrytowns, WL Morse School, Sleepy Hollow Linda Bohan, Yonkers Preston School, West Harrison Tarrytown Woodside School, Peekskill Ann Darcy, Mt. Vernon Primrose Elementary School, Lincolndale United Hebrew Geriatric Center, New Rochelle YMCA, White Plains, Yonkers Project Hope, Peekskill University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT Yonkers Children’s Place Freda Macon, Yonkers Pruyn Sanctuary, Saw Mill River Audubon Untermeyer Gardens, Yonkers Yonkers City School District Toby Pidgeon, White Plains Society, Chappaqua Urban League of Westchester, White Plains Yonkers Community Health Coalition (YCHC) Pulaski Elementary, Yonkers VanCortlandville Elementary School, Yonkers Early Childhood Initiative (ECI) Rippowam Cisqua School, Mt. Kisco Mohegan Lake Yonkers Historical Society Riverside Health, Yonkers Village of Bronxville Yonkers Municipal Housing Authority Cornell Cooperative Extension is an employer and educator recognized for RJ Bailey Elementary School, Greenburgh Village of Chappaqua Yonkers Public Schools valuing AA/EEO, Protected Veterans, and Individuals with Disabilities and Rochambeau Alternative High School, Village of Croton Yonkers Riverfront Library 3 West Main Street, Suite 112 provides equal program and employment opportunities. Please contact CCE White Plains Village of Elmsford Yonkers Will Library Elmsford, NY 10523 of Westchester if you have any special needs. Rosedale Nursery, Hawthorne Village of Larchmont Yorktown Community & Cultural Center Rotary Club, East Yonkers Village of Scarsdale 914-285-4620 Vine School, Yonkers Westchester. cce.cornell.edu ANNUAL REPORT 2017 P a g e 2 ANNUAL REPORT 2017 P a g e 15 3 West Main Street, Suite 112, Elmsford, NY Partners and Collaborators A Message from the Executive Director Anthony Veteran Park, Greenburgh Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County, Jacob Purdy House, NY State Historic Site, Amodio’s Garden Center, White Plains Kingston White Plains (program venue) Cornell University, Ithaca Job Star, Westchester Community College, If we had to describe in an “elevator speech” what we do, it would be economic Archway, Mt Vernon Cornell Urban Horticulture Institute, Ithaca Valhalla Ardsley Public Library Cornell Waste Management Institute, Ithaca John C. Hart Memorial Library, Shrub Oak development, helping industries and employers in Westchester, helping youngsters Bedford Hills Correctional Facility Croton Public Library, Croton-on-Hudson John F. Kennedy Elementary, Port Chester become better future employees and entrepreneurs, helping residents make and keep Bedford Road Elementary School, Pleasantville Cross Hill Academy, Yonkers John Paulding School, Tarrytown Bell Middle School, Chappaqua Cuddy & Feder, White Plains, NY JFK Early Learning Center, Port Chester their properties more valuable with the best horticulture and pest management advice, Bethel Baptist Church, White Plains Daniel Warren Elementary, Rye John Jay