SUNY COBLESKILL BASEBALL TEAM MEMBERS NAMED TO 2022 AMERICAN BASEBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION RAWLINGS ALL-REGION TEAM

Greensboro, N.C.: The American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) announced this week that three members of the SUNY Cobleskill baseball team have been named to the ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division III Region 1 All-Region Team. Senior shortstop Eddy Garcia, Bronx, N.Y., World View High School, was named to the Division III Region 1 All-Region First Team while senior outfielder/designated hitter Samuel Gutierrez, Bayside, N.Y., Martin Van Buren High School/Queensborough Community College, and junior pitcher Wyatt Palmer, Camden, N.Y., Camden High School/Cayuga Community College, were both named to the Division III Region 1 All-Region Third Team. 

The talented trio led the Fighting Tigers to their third consecutive winning season on the way to their second straight North Atlantic Conference (NAC) Western Division Championship after setting a new program record for most wins in a single season as Cobleskill posted a 21-20 overall record including an 11-4 mark versus NAC Western Division opponents.  

When informed of his players selection Cobleskill Head Coach Lance Ratchford had high praise for their accomplishments. 

“Eddy, Samuel and Wyatt played major roles in our success this season in terms of how they competed on game day, how hard they worked in practice and how they conducted themselves off the field. I am extremely proud of these young men’s accomplishments on and off the field and of the example they have set for all of our players on what we want Fighting Tiger Baseball to be about.”   

Eddy Garcia, who was recently named to the 2022 D3baseball.com All-Region 1 First Team, was honored as the 2022 NAC Player-of-the-Year while earning a spot on the league’s 2022 Western Division All-Conference Team, after earning All-NAC Team honors in 2021, leading the NAC in games played with 41, plate appearances with 177, at bats with 147, hits with 54, runs scored with 48, runs batted in with 45, doubles with 17, triples with six, total bases with 101 and assists with 101. 

The Bronx, N.Y. native was also ranked second in the league in slugging percentage at .687, third in stolen bases with 20, third in double plays generated defensively with 17, fifth in home runs with six, fifth in batting average .367, ninth in on-base percentage at .449 and tenth in total defensive chances with 110. 

Samuel Gutierrez was also named recently to the 2022 D3baseball.com All-Region 1 First Team after a season that saw him earn All-NAC Western Division Team honors as well as a spot on the 2022 NAC Baseball All-Tournament Team. During the season Gutierrez set a new program record for  

home runs with nine while going 44-for-127 at the plate in 38 games for a .346 batting average to go with a .475 on-base percentage along with a .701 slugging percentage.  

The Bayside, N.Y. native also drove in 42 runs and scored 37 runs on the season while belting four triples along with 10 doubles and 18 stolen bases.  

Wyatt Palmer was selected as the 2022 NAC Baseball Pitcher-of-the-Year as well as to the 2022 NAC Baseball All-Tournament Team as the right-handed starter earned All-NAC Western Division Team honors during the season while being named the league’s Pitcher-of-the-Week four times during the year.  

During the season Palmer emerged as the ace of the Fighting Tiger pitching staff as the transfer from Cayuga Community College posted a 7-2 record in nine starts to lead all NAC pitchers in victories with a 2.86 ERA in 50.1 innings of work. He also hurled a pair of complete games including a nine-inning shutout victory. The Camden, N.Y. native held opposing hitters to a .257 batting average on the year striking out 33 hitters on the season. 

 The ABCA, founded in 1945, is the primary professional organization for baseball coaches at the amateur level. Its over 13,000 members represent all 50 states and 25 countries. Since its initial meeting of 27 college baseball coaches in June 1945, Association membership has broadened to include eight divisions: NCAA Division I, II and III, NAIA, NJCAA, Pacific Association Division, High School and Youth. 

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Discover How Plants Were Used as Medicine in the 19th Century at Herbal Remedies Weekend

 

Discover How Plants Were Used as Medicine in the 19th Century at Herbal Remedies Weekend

 

 

Herbal Remedies Weekend

Saturday and Sunday, June 18–19 • 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown, NY

 

Cooperstown, New York — Learn the various ways plants were used as medicine and how they were produced in the mid 19th century during The Farmers’ Museum’s Herbal Remedies Weekend on Saturday and Sunday, June 18 and 19 from 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Watch the blacksmith create lab equipment used in the distillation of medical extracts. Tour our medical specimen garden. See medical broadsides and pamphlets handset and printed on our own vintage presses. Interpreters will show and discuss simple home remedies that every farm family was well versed in producing. You’ll also find everything else that makes the Museum a great day trip—the friendly baby farm animals, the Cardiff Giant, the Empire State Carousel, Todd’s General Store, and much more!

 

Entry to Herbal Remedies Weekend is included with regular museum admission. All fathers are admitted free on Father’s Day (Sunday, June 19). The Museum has teamed up with Museums for All, which provides those receiving food assistance (SNAP) benefits with free admission, for up to four people. 

 

Also on Saturday, sign up for our Balms and Salves Workshop (June 18 at 1:00 p.m.) where you’ll learn how to make tinctures, extracts, balms, salves, and rubs. Make your own to take home! ($80/$70 Members) Find a link to register on our calendar at FarmersMuseum.org.

 

The Farmers’ Museum is located at 5775 Route 80 in Cooperstown, just north of the village. Visit FarmersMuseum.org for more information.

  

 

 

About The Farmers’ Museum

As one of the oldest rural life museums in the country, The Farmers’ Museum in Cooperstown, New York, provides visitors with a unique opportunity to experience 19th-century rural and village life first-hand through authentic demonstrations and interpretative exhibits. The museum, founded in 1943, comprises a Colonial Revival stone barn listed on the National Register for Historic Places, a recreated historic village circa 1845, the Empire State Carousel, and a working farmstead. Through its 19th-century village and farm, the museum preserves important examples of upstate New York architecture, early agricultural tools and equipment, and heritage livestock. The Farmers’ Museum’s outstanding collection of more than 23,000 items encompasses significant historic objects ranging from butter molds to carriages, and hand planes to plows. The museum also presents a broad range of interactive educational programs for school groups, families, and adults that explore and preserve the rich agricultural history of the region.

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Free Admission for Fathers on Father’s Day at Fenimore Art Museum and The Farmers’ Museum

 

Cooperstown, New York — Fenimore Art Museum and The Farmers’ Museum in Cooperstown are the perfect spots to celebrate Dad and show him how much you appreciate all that he does through the year. Both museums will recognize Father’s Day by offering free admission to all fathers and grandfathers on Sunday, June 19, 2022, from 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

 

At Fenimore, view the permanent collections and six current exhibitions including Unmasking Venice: American Artists and the City of Water, Al Hirschfeld: Caricaturist to the Stars, North by Nuuk: Greenland After Rockwell Kent—Photographs by Denis Defibaugh, and Drawn from Life: Three Generations of Wyeth Figure Studies.

 

Afterwards, head across the street to The Farmers’ Museum and experience the new exhibit Growing Tomorrow’s Farmers which celebrates the role children played on family farms from the 19th century to the present. The kids will love the cute baby farm animals at the Lippitt Farmstead. You can also explore the country village–making family memories that will last a lifetime.

 

To enhance the visit, grab a bite to eat at the Fenimore Café from 11:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. The Café features outdoor seating on the museum’s expansive garden terrace overlooking picturesque Otsego Lake. The Fenimore Gift Shop and The Farmers’ Museum Store are filled with new items and perfect gift ideas for everyone.

  

Hours: Both museums are open daily 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.  For more information, visit FenimoreArt.org and FarmersMuseum.org.

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The Kimberly Hawkey Trio June 17th at Landis

Kimberly Hawkey’s artistry transcends time. With immortal songs – jazz, Broadway, folk – and a crystalline voice, she transports audiences into a world of beauty, offering an unforgettable shared experience. Whether solo, or leading her band, or fronting an orchestra, Kimberly fully inhabits captivating melodies and cinematic lyrics – “little two-and-a-half-minute symphonies” as she calls them – conjuring vistas of the heart for a modern age in need of vintage, time-tested soul sustenance. The band’s objective is to connect to audiences on a deep level, through story, performance, and the transcendent power of music.  Click here to find a video of Kimberly's awesome styling.

Find the magic of the moon at Landis during our live music series at the Meeting House, with its “million dollar view” and nearly perfect acoustics. We invite you to join us from 7:00 to 10:00 PM inside near the stage or outdoors on our broad deck – or on a blanket on the lawn.

Location: Meeting House

Registration: Members and non-members: $10. Kids under 12 free!

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Drumming is coming back to Landis June 15th!

Join us at 6:30 PM this WEDNESDAY, June 15, to drum! We’ll be in or near the Peace Pavilion at Landis to drum with leader Art Teale. Art is a dedicated musician (his group is Waitin’ on Bob) and a well-respected handyman in the area who welcomes seasoned drummers and newbies for a fun and relaxing experience. 

Please bring:

A. drum (or a plastic bucket that makes a nice sound when struck), or rhythm sticks or other rhythm instrument

A chair or if you prefer, a lawn blanket to sit on

Water (stay hydrated, people!)

Bug stuff to repel both mosquitos and ticks

Drumming is free for everyone.

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SUNY Cobleskill’s Histotechnician Program Signs Affiliation Agreement with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

 

SUNY Cobleskill’s Histotechnician Program Signs Affiliation Agreement with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

 

COBLESKILL, N.Y. -- SUNY Cobleskill is excited to announce a newly established affiliation agreement between its Histotechnician Associate’s program and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) in New York City. The agreement will give students the opportunity to complete their clinical training at MSK’s Mohs laboratory, surgical pathology laboratory, and cytopathology laboratory.

 

Histotechnology is a unique, specialized, and highly important area within the medical laboratory sciences. Its focus is on the preservation of tissue and the preparation of microscopic slides for use by pathologists in patient diagnosis and treatment. These tissues may be obtained from an operating room, clinic, doctor's office, emergency room, or postmortem examination. Histotechnicians may also prepare frozen tissue sections that enable rapid diagnosis while a patient is actively undergoing surgery.

 

Through this agreement, which is effective in June 2022, candidate students will learn on-site at the Mohs laboratory, surgical pathology, and cytopathology laboratory, working alongside histology technicians, Mohs technicians, Mohs surgeons, and pathologists in the diagnosis and treatment of patients.

“This opportunity to partner with one of the world's best cancer treatment facilities is a privilege for our program and our students, and a valued addition to our ever-growing list of affiliate hospitals whose names, just like MSK, are synonymous with the highest quality of patient care and medical research," said SUNY Cobleskill Histotechnician Program Director Adam Tegnander. "In our mission to certify students to work cooperatively and ethically as an essential member of a healthcare team, working alongside professionals at the forefront of our field is our greatest advantage.”

 

“This is an exciting opportunity for MSK  to partner with SUNY Cobleskill’s Histotechnician Program. We are excited to welcome the SUNY Cobleskill’s students to our institution to help train and mentor the next generation of cancer experts,” said MSK Regional Pathology Manager Camille McKay.

 

SUNY Cobleskill's Histotechnician Associate in Applied Science program is a two-year curriculum that provides students with the academic and technical skills necessary for entry-level employment in the field of Histotechnology. The College’s program is the only accredited degree-granting Histotechnician program in New York State, and the first of its kind in the entire United States.

 

Employment of clinical laboratory technologists and technicians is projected to grow 11 percent from 2020 to 2030, faster than the average for all occupations, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. An increase in the aging population is expected to lead to a greater need to diagnose medical conditions, such as cancer or type 2 diabetes, through laboratory procedures. Prenatal testing for various types of genetic conditions also is increasingly common, and clinical laboratory technologists and technicians will be in demand to assist in diagnosis and treatment (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics).

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Franklin Stage Company Opens Twenty-Sixth Season With Shakespeare Comedy

Franklin Stage Company, Delaware County’s only admission-free professional theater, will present Shakespeare’s Two Gentlemen of Verona, adapted by New York’s Fiasco Theater, July 1–17 at Chapel Hall, in Franklin, NY. Fiasco’s adaptation is a 90-minute version of Shakespeare’s classic for 6 actors, with live music. “Our audiences have been asking when we’ll do a Shakespeare play again, and we feel this adaptation is the perfect way to bring the Bard back to FSC’s stages,” said FSC Co-Artistic Director Patricia Buckley. “It’s a beautiful interpretation and the perfect size for our production capabilities.” Two Gentlemen of Verona is one of Shakespeare’s earliest and least performed comedies. It tells the story of best friends, Valentine and Proteus, who separately leave their home city of Verona to serve the Duke in Milan. In Milan, Valentine falls for the Duke’s daughter Sylvia, while before leaving Verona, Proteus pledges his love to Julia. But once Proteus arrives in Milan, he too falls for Sylvia, setting up a rivalry with his friend. Meanwhile, back in Verona, Julia assumes a male disguise and follows Proteus to Milan. The play deals with the themes of friendship and infidelity, the conflict between camaraderie and romantic love, and the foolish behavior of people during infatuation. It is also the earliest of Shakespeare’s plays in which a young woman disguises herself as a boy, and the only play of his with a dog as a cast member (played in this version by one of the actors). Directed by Chris O’Connor, the show features Woodrow Proctor who played the title role in FSC’s 2019 production of Billy Bishop Goes to War. Both director and actor are happy to be collaborating again at FSC. “I’m excited to stage Shakespeare’s rich romantic comedy with this incredibly talented cast,” said O’Connor. “This will be a perfect summer treat for the season’s audience!” FSC will comply with all current CDC and NY State Covid regulations, so show attendees must present an ID and proof of vaccination. Any updates to FSC Covid policy can be found on their website.  The Franklin Stage Company season runs through August 21 at Chapel Hall, 25 Institute Street in Franklin, NY. Please note all evening shows have a curtain time of 7:30 pm. Two Gentlemen of Verona will also have Saturday matinees at 3:00 pm and Sunday shows at 5:00 pm. General Seating. Admission is free—suggested donation is $25 per person. For more information and reservations, visit www.franklinstgecompany.org. Programming at the Franklin Stage Company is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.

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Fenimore Art Museum Features Presentation by Victoria Browning Wyeth on the Portraits of Jamie Wyeth

Second of four evening Food for Thought programs featuring Victoria Browning Wyeth this summer.

  

 

Evening Food for Thought with Victoria Browning Wyeth: Jamie Wyeth's Portraits

Saturday, June 11, 2022

6:00 pm - 8:30 pm

$100 members; $115 non-members

Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, NY

Advance registration is required—through June 10.

 

Cooperstown, New York — Join Victoria Browning Wyeth, granddaughter of Andrew Wyeth, at Fenimore Art Museum for the second of four Food for Thought programs taking place each month through the summer dedicated to the Wyeth family and the exhibition Drawn from Life: Three Generations of Wyeth Figure Studies. The program takes place Saturday, June 11, at 6:00 p.m. Enjoy a delicious dinner buffet and fascinating presentation focusing on Victoria’s uncle, Jamie Wyeth, and the portraits he has produced which include portraits of Andy Warhol, John F. Kennedy, and Russian ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev. While the subjects discussed relate to the exhibition, Ms. Wyeth will go beyond to explore Jamie Wyeth’s personal and professional life.

Advance registration is required. Tickets are available online at Eventbrite.com (find link at FenimoreArt.org): $100 members; $115 non-members. 

 

 

Additional programs on June 11 featuring Victoria Wyeth:

 

Grandparents & Grandchildren Tour with Victoria Browning Wyeth

Saturday, June 11, 2022

11:00 am - 12:00 pm

In this special program for grandparents and their grandchildren, join Victoria Browning Wyeth, granddaughter of Andrew Wyeth, for a complimentary cookie and a tour of the exhibition, Drawn from Life: Three Generations of Wyeth Figure Studies. Included with museum admission. (Free admission ages 19 and under.)

 

Find details and registration information for all programs featuring Victoria Wyeth on our calendar at FenimoreArt.org. 

 

 

This project is supported by a Market New York grant awarded to Fenimore Art Museum from I LOVE NY/New York State’s Division of Tourism as part of the Regional Economic Development Council initiative.

 

 

About Fenimore Art Museum


Fenimore Art Museum, located on the shores of Otsego Lake—James Fenimore Cooper’s “Glimmerglass”—in historic Cooperstown, New York, features a wide-ranging collection of American art including folk art; important American 18th- and 19th-century landscape, genre, and portrait paintings; more than 125,000 historic photographs representing the technical developments made in photography and providing extensive visual documentation of the region’s unique history; and the renowned Eugene and Clare Thaw Collection of American Indian Art comprised of nearly 900 art objects representative of a broad geographic range of North American Indian cultures, from the Northwest Coast, Eastern Woodlands, Plains, Southwest, Great Lakes, and Prairie regions. Visit FenimoreArt.org.

 

HOURS and ADMISSION: Fenimore Art Museum is open daily 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Admission: $15.00 (adults 20-64) and $12.50 (seniors 65+). Free admission for visitors age 19 and under. For more information, visit FenimoreArt.org.

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A.O. Fox Hospital Hosting Blood Drive on June 8

Bassett Healthcare Network's A.O. Fox Hospital is hosting a blood drive with the American Red Cross on Wednesday, June 8. Blood donors help patients of all ages - accident and burn victims, heart surgery and organ transplant patients, those battling cancer, and many others. Every two seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood, and just one pint can save up to three lives. You can make a difference. Register to donate today. 

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Wreaths Across America Mobile Education Exhibit to Alter National Tour Route for a Special Appearance at the American Gold Star Mothers, Inc., National Convention

 

Wreaths Across America Radio to Broadcast Live from the Event!

 

COLUMBIA FALLS, ME and WEST PALM BEACH, FL — June 6, 2022 — In January 2022, the Wreaths Across America Mobile Education Exhibit (MEE) left Maine and began its national cross-country tour in Florida. Since that time, the MEE has traveled to South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, Ohio, Michigan, and Wisconsin to honor and welcome home our nation’s veterans. This month, the MEE will suspend its present plans, head back to Florida, and join the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall in honoring American Gold Star families at the American Gold Star Mothers, Inc., 85th Annual National Convention being held at the Hilton Palm Beach Airport in West Palm Beach, June 23^rd through the 26^th.

 

Wreaths Across America Radio will be broadcasting live throughout the four-day event and speaking with Gold Star families, veterans, and their families to share their stories of service and sacrifice. Wreaths Across America Radio is a 24/7 internet stream that can be heard anytime and anywhere on the iHeart Radio app, Audacy app, TuneIn app, or at www.wreathsacrossamerica.org/radio.

 

“American Gold Star Mothers, Inc., is so grateful for WAA to be a part of our 85th Annual Convention and of our partnership for well over five years,” said Jo Ann Maitland, National President, American Goldstar Mothers, Inc., “With like-minded missions, WAA brings American Gold Star Mothers throughout the United States the ability to remember, honor, and teach, with the beautiful act of placing a live, balsam wreath on the graves of our heroes. This simple but most important mission helps educate those to remember, ‘the freedoms that we enjoy are not free.” 

 

The MEE will be on display open to the public to tour along with the Global War on Terrorism Memorial, 9/11 Memorial, Hershel “Woody” Williams Educational Trailer, static display of military vehicles, and other vendors, exhibitors, and food trucks. This free event will take place at 150 Australian Ave., West Palm Beach, FL.

 

“The goal of the Wreaths Across America Mobile Education Exhibit is to bring communities together and teach about the organization’s mission while remembering the service and sacrifice of our nation’s heroes,” said Don Queeney, Director of Transportation, and the Mobile Education Exhibit, Wreaths Across America. “The exhibit serves as a mobile museum, educating visitors about the service and sacrifice of our nation’s heroes as well as serving as an official ‘welcome home’ station for our nation’s Vietnam Veterans. We are always overwhelmed with the outpouring of support from communities and honored to be joining the American Gold Star Mothers, Inc., as they remember and honor their children.”

 

As part of the organization’s partnership with the United States of America Vietnam War Veterans Commemoration, last year the MEE officially welcomed home over 1,500 Vietnam veterans with a pinning ceremony that includes a signed proclamation from the President of the United States. There are almost three million Vietnam veterans across the United States that have yet to be officially welcomed home.

 

When the MEE pulls into your area, all veterans, active-duty military, their families, and the local community members are invited and encouraged to visit, take a tour, and speak with WAA Ambassadors and volunteers. The public tour stops for the MEE are free and open to the public with local COVID-19 safety procedures in place to protect the health of all visitors in accordance with the CDC's recommendation.

 

Wreaths Across America is the non-profit organization best known for placing wreaths on veterans’ headstones at Arlington National Cemetery. However, in 2021 alone, the organization placed more than 2.4 million sponsored veterans’ wreaths at over 3,100 participating locations nationwide. This year, National Wreaths Across America Day will be held on Saturday, December 17, 2022. To find a participating location near you to participate at or support, click here.

 

To learn more about the Mobile Education Exhibit or submit a request for it to come to your community, click here. you can also go to https://bit.ly/3Q2SsLa to get more information about this event.

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Bassett Has Been Pioneering Rural Health Care For 100 Years

One hundred years ago today, Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital (doing business today as Bassett Medical Center) opened its doors to the public for the first time. Its name honors Dr. Mary Imogene Bassett, an area physician whose care and vision elevated the level of medicine in her community. She liked to refer to her brand of compassionate care and rural doctoring as reflecting “a more excellent way.”

 

The philanthropist, Edward Severin Clark, funded construction of the new Bassett Hospital. His generous gift has been immeasurable and has been continued by the Clark family for ten decades since.

 

“Over the years, Bassett Hospital hosted the first bone marrow transplant, the first tissue transplant in America, and even the first immunotherapy for bee stings,” notes Bassett Healthcare Network president and CEO, Dr. Tommy Ibrahim.

 

“Dr. E. Donnall Thomas, who pioneered bone marrow transplantation first at Bassett and later at Stanford University, ultimately won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his vision and dedication,” observes Ibrahim. “Bassett, clearly, has not been your typical rural hospital over the decades.”

 

A Legacy of Hard-Earned Lessons

 

Like many health care institutions in America, Bassett has at times struggled to deliver high-quality medical and health care in the communities it serves. Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital closed its doors for a brief period of time in the early 1920s after the sudden passing of Dr. Bassett in October 1922. Global wars and pandemics, like the latest COVID-19 pandemic, have brought Bassett other struggles to endure. But in the process Bassett has learned lessons in the good, the bad, and the ugly of modern American doctoring—lessons Bassett has been willing to openly share with others over the decades.

 

“Bassett has persevered and relentlessly pursued its mission to serve its patients and rural communities through changing times for a century,” says network board chair, Douglas Hastings. “That perseverance is the result of the efforts of thousands of committed Bassett caregivers over the years. It is a unique success story in American health care.”

 

 

A Legacy of Rural Health Leadership

 

In time, Bassett became a national leader in fostering healthy rural communities. Bassett hosted a conference on rural health care in 1938 that brought the nation’s leaders in rural health to the Otesaga Resort to dig deep into rural health morbidities. Co-sponsors and participants included Columbia University, Stanford University, Johns Hopkins University, the Mayo Clinic, General Electric, MetLife, and others.

 

The Carnegie Commission to Congress in 1970 noted that Bassett and Mayo Clinic were the leaders in rural health. It has remained that way to this day.

 

“As always, Bassett’s work continues apace,” says John Davis, MD, a retired Bassett physician who authored the book “Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown, New York,” which is a historical perspective on Bassett Healthcare Network. “This is the story of the little rural hospital that really could!”

 

“Today, Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital has blossomed into the modern Bassett Medical Center, a facility that is nearly 3,200 caregivers strong,” says Ibrahim. “It has also evolved into a health care network. It consists of five hospitals and serves an eight-county area in Central New York that is the same geographic size as the state of Connecticut by Bassett Medical Group’s over 600 practitioners.”

 

“We have two long-term care facilities. We sponsor 21 innovative school-based health clinics that provide K-12 students with medical, dental, and mental health services. And we have clinics in communities where hospitals are not readily available,” continues Ibrahim. “We have also long sponsored the New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health (NYCAMH). Its work serves people in Massachusetts, Maine, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and even Iowa.

 

A Legacy of Research and Teaching

 

“Bassett reopened in 1927 when a group of young doctors from Presbyterian Hospital in New York City came to Cooperstown to meet with Stephen Clark, Edward Severin Clark’s brother. They agreed to reopen Bassett’s doors as a medical, research, and teaching hospital,” Ibrahim explains.

 

“As a result, Bassett has been a partner with Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons teaching medical residents what it takes to be a rural-focused physician. That remarkable partnership has lasted more than nine decades itself.

 

“Our one hundred years of serving, learning and growing form the foundation of all that we are today and plan to be going forward. But we only live up to that legacy because of the hard work, dedication and excellence of our team of caregivers and practitioners,” Ibrahim continues. “Thanks to them, our cancer, heart, orthopedic, surgical, and other clinical and research institutes bring a level of care not usually seen in rural communities.

 

“Because our people are by far our most-prized asset and our hope for the future, over the past two years, we’ve invested well over $30 million in programs to support Bassett Healthcare Network’s workforce,” explains Ibrahim. “That investment is only a start and will keep our high level of care going for our patients, neighbors, family and friends.

 

“We have a legacy to honor and a rural-proud community to keep serving,” Dr. Ibrahim says. “We look forward to seeing what our many continuing Bassett initiatives will bring to New York State and rural American health care over the next 100 years.”

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Cooperstown Museums Announce Access Program for Low-Income Families

Cooperstown Museums Announce Access Program for Low-Income Families

 

“Museums for All” program to increase accessibility of museum resources at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, The Farmers’ Museum, and Fenimore Art Museum

 

Cooperstown, New York — Today the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, The Farmers’ Museum and the Fenimore Art Museum announced that they have joined Museums for All, a signature access program of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), administered by the Association of Children’s Museums (ACM), to encourage people of all backgrounds to visit museums regularly and build lifelong museum-going habits. 

 

This program will provide those receiving food assistance (SNAP) benefits with free admission, for up to four people, when they visit any of these three Cooperstown based museums, with the presentation of a SNAP Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card. 

 

“It is our mission to share a broad and inclusive cultural experience with everyone,” said Dr. Paul S. D’Ambrosio, president and CEO of Fenimore Art Museum and The Farmers’ Museum. “Participating with Museums for All is an important step in breaking down the economic barriers to access our museums.” 

 

Museums for All is part of the museums’ broad commitment to seek, include, and welcome all audiences. Museums for All helps expand access to museums and raise public awareness about how museums in the U.S. are reaching their entire communities.

 

“Our adoption of the Museums for All program will ensure that cost is not a barrier to visiting the Hall of Fame” said Josh Rawitch, president at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. “Every family should have the opportunity to visit our Museum and connect with baseball history, and this program is an important step toward making that a reality.” 

 

More than 850 institutions participate in the initiative, including art museums, children’s museums, science centers, botanical gardens, zoos, history museums, and more. Participating museums are located nationwide, representing all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. Virgin Islands. 

 

 

 

About Fenimore Art Museum


Fenimore Art Museum, located on the shores of Otsego Lake—James Fenimore Cooper’s “Glimmerglass”—in historic Cooperstown, New York, features a wide-ranging collection of American art including folk art; important American 18th- and 19th-century landscape, genre, and portrait paintings; more than 125,000 historic photographs representing the technical developments made in photography and providing extensive visual documentation of the region’s unique history; and the renowned Eugene and Clare Thaw Collection of American Indian Art comprised of nearly 900 art objects representative of a broad geographic range of North American Indian cultures, from the Northwest Coast, Eastern Woodlands, Plains, Southwest, Great Lakes, and Prairie regions. Visit FenimoreArt.org.

 

About The Farmers’ Museum

As one of the oldest rural life museums in the country, The Farmers’ Museum in Cooperstown, New York, provides visitors with a unique opportunity to experience 19th-century rural and village life first-hand through authentic demonstrations and interpretative exhibits. The museum, founded in 1943, comprises a Colonial Revival stone barn listed on the National Register for Historic Places, a recreated historic village circa 1845, the Empire State Carousel, and a working farmstead. Through its 19th-century village and farm, the museum preserves important examples of upstate New York architecture, early agricultural tools and equipment, and heritage livestock. The Farmers’ Museum’s outstanding collection of more than 23,000 items encompasses significant historic objects ranging from butter molds to carriages, and hand planes to plows. The museum also presents a broad range of interactive educational programs for school groups, families, and adults that explore and preserve the rich agricultural history of the region. Visit FarmersMuseum.org.

 

About the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is open seven days a week year round, with the exception of Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day. From Labor Day until Memorial Day Weekend, the Museum observes daily regular hours of 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. Ticket prices are $28 for adults (13 and over), $22 for seniors (65 and over) and $17 for juniors (ages 7-12) and $19 for those holding current memberships in the VFW, Disabled American Veterans, American Legion and AMVets organizations. Members are always admitted free of charge and there is no charge for children 6 years of age or younger. This institution is an equal opportunity provider. For more information, visit our website at baseballhall.org or call 888-HALL-OF-FAME (888-425-5633) or 607-547-7200.