WNY Elderberries: Senior Cooking Group Tuesday, July 22, 2025 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Niagara County Fairgrounds / CCE-Niagara, 4487 Lake Avenue , Lockport, New York 14094 Why cook alone when you can enjoy a homemade meal among friends?Elderberries is a monthly social cooking group for adults 60+ that meets in all eight WNY counties.  We focus on healthy, easy to make recipes using common pantry items, and can also include your favorite recipes in the class.  There will be occasional canning and food preservation instruction with experts from Cornell Cooperative Extension.Elderberries is an age friendly social cooking group for adults 60+ supported by the Health Foundation for Western and Central New York. which meets monthly in each of the eight WNY counties including Alleghany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans, and Wyoming. The meetings will focus on simple, nutritious recipes that use common items from your home pantry, and in season fresh produce when able. The class will also incorporate your own favorite recipes if you have family recipes you want to share. Participants will work to do recipe rehabilitation as well, using healthy substitutes for some ingredients to improve the overall nutrition of a recipe. At the conclusion of each session participants can share the freshly made food and take any leftovers home. The class size is kept small, as each class maxes out at 10 people.There will also be occasional canning and food preservation instruction with experts from Cornell Cooperative Extension.Sessions will be held monthly January through December. Register today by contacting the coordinator, Brenda Zuch at blz5@cornell.edu or by calling her directly at (585) 798-4265 x 139. Supported by a grant from the Health Foundation for Western and Central New York. The Health Foundation is an independent private foundation that advocates for continuous improvement in health and health care by investing in the people and organizations that serve young children and older adults. Free ========================================= Niagara County Fair Opening Day Wednesday, July 30, 2025 10:00 am - 10:00 pm CCE Niagara County, 4487 Lake Avenue , Lockport, New York 14094 Justin Rogers, jpr237@cornell.edu, 716-433-8839 ext. 234 ========================================= Niagara County Fair Day 2 Thursday, July 31, 2025 10:00 am - 10:00 pm CCE Niagara County, 4487 Lake Avenue , Lockport, New York 14094 Justin Rogers, jpr237@cornell.edu, 716-433-8839 ext. 234 ========================================= 4-H Livestock Auction Friday, August 1, 2025 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Niagara County Fairgrounds / CCE-Niagara, 4487 Lake Avenue , Lockport, New York 14094 Niagara County 4-H livestock auction at the Niagara County Fair! Friday August 1. Bidder registration opens at 5pm. Live auction at 6pm. Niagara County Fair runs July 30-August 3, 2025.This auction program promotes the future of local agriculture. By registering as a bidder at our Annual 4-H Livestock Auction you are supporting a more sustainable food system! Join the agricultural community in recognizing and celebrating our local youth farmers. By purchasing an animal sold at the auction, you are helping finance the future of a 4-H member. Members typically use profits to finance future market animal projects and post secondary education.The Niagara County 4-H Livestock auction will have over 90 lots of beef cattle, lambs, hogs, meat birds, rabbits, and meat goats, raised by Niagara County 4-H youth, ages 8-18.Beef, lambs, hogs, and goats are sold by the lot, one animal per lot. Meat birds and meat rabbits are sold by the lot, but there is one pair per lot (i.e. 2 rabbits or 2 chickens). All animals are live at the auction and can go to a processor of your choice after fair. Exception: Meat birds are already processed and frozen prior to fair, winning bidders take home their frozen birds after the auction--We will provide a cooler. Thank you Bontrager Auction Services of Batavia!  Heidi Feltz, hmk3@cornell.edu, (716) 433-8839 ext. 241 ========================================= Niagara County Fair Day 3 Friday, August 1, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 pm Niagara County Fairgrounds / CCE-Niagara, 4487 Lake Avenue , Lockport, New York 14094 Justin Rogers, jpr237@cornell.edu, 716-433-8839 ext. 234 ========================================= Niagara County Fair Day 4 Saturday, August 2, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 pm Niagara County Fairgrounds / CCE-Niagara, 4487 Lake Avenue , Lockport, New York 14094 Justin Rogers, jpr237@cornell.edu, 716-433-8839 ext. 234 ========================================= Niagara County Fair Final Day Sunday, August 3, 2025 10:00 am - 6:00 pm Niagara County Fairgrounds / CCE-Niagara, 4487 Lake Avenue , Lockport, New York 14094 Justin Rogers, jpr237@cornell.edu, 716-433-8839 ext. 234 ========================================= DARE TO REPAIR CAFE Thursday, August 14, 2025 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm CCE Niagara County, 4487 Lake Avenue , Lockport, New York 14094 Dare to Repair CafeFix it, don't ditch it! Join us for a free event at CCE Niagara, in the 4-H Training Center, Aud. Thursday August 14, 5-8pmDare to Repair Cafes are community events where people can bring in broken objects like lamps, vacuums, bicycles, toys, clothing, sewing machines, PCs, laptops, and small electronics to be repaired — free of charge — by volunteer fixers. By following along during repairs, attendees can learn the skills they need to fix things on their own.We’re reducing waste by connecting those with a need to those with the know-how. By saving people money, diverting usable items from landfills, and teaching basic repair skills, Dare to Repair is helping to build the circular economy.PLEASE REGISTER USING THE LINK BELOW. FREE EVENT!  FREE Josh Randall, jmr486@cornell.edu, 716-433-8839 Registration: https://thetoollibrary.org/daretorepair/ ========================================= 2025 Board of Directors Meeting Monday, August 25, 2025 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm CCE Niagara County, 4487 Lake Avenue , Lockport, New York 14094 The CCE-Niagara Board of Directors meets monthly.  Meetings are open to the public.  Contact jpr237@cornell.edu with any questions. Justin Rogers, jpr237@cornell.edu, 716-433-8839 ext. 234 ========================================= 2025 Board of Directors Meeting Monday, September 22, 2025 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm CCE Niagara County, 4487 Lake Avenue , Lockport, New York 14094 The CCE-Niagara Board of Directors meets monthly.  Meetings are open to the public.  Contact jpr237@cornell.edu with any questions. Justin Rogers, jpr237@cornell.edu, 716-433-8839 ext. 234 ========================================= 2025 Board of Directors Meeting Thursday, October 23, 2025 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm CCE Niagara County, 4487 Lake Avenue , Lockport, New York 14094 The CCE-Niagara Board of Directors meets monthly.  Meetings are open to the public.  Contact jpr237@cornell.edu with any questions. Justin Rogers, jpr237@cornell.edu, 716-433-8839 ext. 234 ========================================= 2025 Board of Directors Meeting Monday, November 24, 2025 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm CCE Niagara County, 4487 Lake Avenue , Lockport, New York 14094 The CCE-Niagara Board of Directors meets monthly.  Meetings are open to the public.  Contact jpr237@cornell.edu with any questions. Justin Rogers, jpr237@cornell.edu, 716-433-8839 ext. 234 ========================================= 2025 Board of Directors Meeting Monday, December 15, 2025 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm CCE Niagara County, 4487 Lake Avenue , Lockport, New York 14094 The CCE-Niagara Board of Directors meets monthly.  Meetings are open to the public.  Contact jpr237@cornell.edu with any questions. Justin Rogers, jpr237@cornell.edu, 716-433-8839 ext. 234 ========================================= 2025 Board of Directors Meeting Monday, January 26, 2026 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm CCE Niagara County, 4487 Lake Avenue , Lockport, New York 14094 The CCE-Niagara Board of Directors meets monthly.  Meetings are open to the public.  Contact jpr237@cornell.edu with any questions. Justin Rogers, jpr237@cornell.edu, 716-433-8839 ext. 234 =========================================