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Youth Groups and Organizations

Oxford pack 65 Cub Scouting is a year round family program designed for boys who are in the first grade through fifth grade ( or 7,8,9, and 10 years of age). Parents, leaders and organizations work together to achieve the purpose of Cub Scouting.
Meetings: Wednesday nights at 7PM, at the Oxford Primary School.
Activities include:

  • Camping
  • Swim night
  • Pinewood Derby
  • Caroling at the Vet's home
  • Marching in the Oxford Memorial Day Parade
  • Bike Rodeo
  • Raingutter Regatta

The ten purposes of Cub Scouting are:

  1. Character Development
  2. Spiritual Growth
  3. Good Citizenship
  4. Sportsmanship and Fitness
  5. Family Understanding
  6. Respectful Relationships
  7. Personal Achievement
  8. Friendly Service
  9. Fun and Adventure
  10. Preparation for Boy Scouts
    We use the great outdoors as our classroom.

Oxford Pack 65 is sponsored by the American legion Post 376
For more information Call:
Cub Master: Ed Audas 607 843-9653
Email ewaudas@frontiernet.net
Asst Cub Master: Maureen Squire 607 843-2456
Email: randmo@frontiernet.net
To find out more about the Scouting Programs http://www.bpcouncil.org/


Oxford Troop 65 Boy Scouts would be your next step in Scouting available to boys who have earned the Arrow of Light Award or who are 11 through 17 years old.
The program achieves the BSA's objective of developing character, citizenship,and personal fitness qualities among youth by focusing on a vigorous program of outdoor activities.
Does The Boy Scouts of America Make a Difference?
The Scouting Alumni includes.

  • 63% of Air Force Academy Graduates
  • 68% of West Point Graduates
  • 70% of Annapolis Graduates
  • 72% of Rhodes scholars
  • 85% of F.B.I. Agents
  • 26 Of the first 29 Astronauts
  • 85% of student's council presidents
  • 89% of senior class presidents

The Scouting program is the best youth development program in the world. With over 100 years of development.
Scouting we teach survival in a desert, jungle, forest, community, work, school or home. We do it by building character, reinforced by timeless values.

For local information contact:
Asst. Scoutmaster: Bryant La Tourette
email jlatourette@stny.rr.com


Oxford Girl Scouts
Oxford Girl Scout - Indian Hills Council 632 is a year round family program designed for girls who are in kindergarten through adulthood. Parents, leaders and organizations work together to achieve the purchase of girl scouting.

Meetings: Varies depending on each individual troop.

Activities include (but do not reflect all activities):

  • Camping
  • Community service projects, including local food drives, serving at various church dinners, soup kitchen and the like
  • Caroling at the Vet's home
  • Marching in various local parades
  • Various other education and fun activities

Purposes of Girl Scouting are:

  • Character Development
  • Good Citizenship
  • Sportsmanship and Fitness
  • Family Understanding
  • Respectful Relationships
  • Personal Achievements
  • Community Service
  • Fun and Adventure

We use various means to achieve our goal at any particular time (i.e. Community figures, family & friends)
For more information please call: Denise Moore, Service Unit Leader at (607) 647-5768 or Email mooreorless96@yahoo.com

To find out more about the Girl Scouting, visit: www.gsihc.org


Oxford Youth Sports Group
President: Ann Loomis
P.O. Box 614
Oxford, NY 13830
(607) 843-6591
Offering a variety of sports activities for area youth. Teams are sponsored by local merchants and organizations.


*4-H Clubs*
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chenango County
99 North Broad Street Norwich, NY 13815-1386
(607)334-5841 Fax: 336-6961
Web site: www.cce.cornell.edu/chenango/chenango.htm
Contact: Holly Sue Pullis- 4-H Youth Development Extension Educator
phone extension 17 or email hsh4@cornell.edu
Carol Loefstedt - 4-H Program Assistant phone extension 15 or email
cl274@cornell.edu

The Chenango County 4-H Youth Development Program, is a non-formal, hands-on, experiential education program that teaches life skills and lifelong learning through their mottoes "Learn By Doing"and "To Make the Best Better". Open to youth ages 5-18. Adult volunteers always welcome. 4-H offers projects and activities on a broad range of topics; from traditional animal, clothing, and foods projects to computers, aerospace, and public speaking; youth are sure to find a project to fit their interests.

21 active 4-H clubs are organized in communities throughout Chenango County. Clubs may concentrate on one subject area, such as livestock or fishing and aquatics, or may participate in a wide variety of projects each year. Club members help determine the focus of each club.

4-H clubs actively participate in the annual Chenango County Fair. Participation in the Fair offers members the opportunity to show the public the projects they have completed during the year what they have learn through their 4-H membership. It also serves as an educational and public relations tool. 4-H clubs, members, and volunteers also participate in many other community events throughout the year.

See the Calendar of Events or the Discussion Board for further details on all the following.

March 10th, 17th, 24th, etc., 6-8 PM, Line Dancing (Wednesdays) at NYS Veterans' Home by B & B Line Dance.

March 11th, 18th, 25th, etc "Trapshooting Thursdays" at the Oxford Rod & Gun Club.

March 10th, 5-7 PM, Opening Art Reception for Jill S. Kraft at 6 On The Square. All are welcome; refreshments served.

March 10th, 7 PM, PON's Oxford Trails Discussion meeting with Marjorie Grap at 6 On The Square. All are welcome.

March 10th, 7:30 PM, Town Board Meeting at Village/Town Hall.

March 12th (Friday), 7:30 PM, famed musician/actor Ronnie Cox at 6 On The Square.

March 14th, 7 - 11 AM, at the Oxford Legion Benefit Community Breakfast and Bake Sale for Laura Deubler Sepulverus and the Loefstedt family .

March 19th (Friday), 5-7 PM, Oxford Historical Society's Pancake & Sausage Supper at St. Paul's Church Parish House. All-you-can-eat & real maple syrup.

March 27th, 7:30 PM, amazing Italian guitarist Peppino D'Agostino at 6 On The Square.




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