Student clubs plan 12th annual fundraiser

Three student clubs at SUNY Polytechnic’s Utica campus are organizing a benefit for the Johnson Park Center in Utica. The 12^th annual benefit dinner, sponsored by the Psychology and Sociology, West Indian and African, and Veterans Clubs, will be held Friday, March 20, 6 p.m., at Daniele’s Banquet Hall in New Hartford. The event will include dinner, entertainment and raffles/auctions. Event organizers will also honor Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente, Execellus BCBS Regional President Eve Van de Wal, and political analyst-pollster John Zogby.

The Johnson Park Center, founded in 1995, has worked to revitalize the Johnson Park-Cornhill community in central Utica through the promotion of positive change and community development. Johnson Park provides emergency and supportive housing, and other community services including a food pantry, a youth center, and mentoring and advocacy programs.

Tickets for the event are $45 for the general public, $35 for SUNY Poly alumni, $25 for students. For more information or to purchase tickets, contact the SUNY Poly College Association, 315-792-7341, ca@sunyit.edu. Over the past ten years, SUNY Poly student clubs have raised more than $100,000 from this annual event in support of area non-profit organizations.