CAPCO Events

CAPCO is overjoyed to share that our annual Holiday Extravaganza is just around the corner! This magical event is all about bringing smiles and warmth to the families enrolled in our CAPCO programs. We’re keeping our cherished tradition alive by gifting every child in our programs a special holiday surprise, ensuring that each little one feels the joy of the …

CAPCO had a BLAST at Cortland’s Trunk or Treat this weekend! Our baby shark theme was a big hit! Thank you to our crew from CAPCO Head Start/Early Head Start for putting together a great display and connecting with families in our community! #CommunityAction #celebrating50years #trunkortreat2024 #trunkortreat #Halloween #babyshark #children #families #outreach #community

Yesterday, CAPCO hosted our annual COAT GIVEAWAY! We welcomed over 300 individuals and gave out OVER 700 winter items! It was a rewarding and great day living our mission and helping families in our community. Thank you to all our caring community members who donated coats & winter items, the special knitting group who made A TON of items, as …

CAPCO’s annual Community Coat Drive for our Cortland community is scheduled for Saturday, October 19th! The CAPCO Family Development Program is currently soliciting coat donations for this popular drive that gives away HUNDREDS of coats each season to children and families in our community. Lightly used coats of all kinds can be accepted at the CAPCO Main Office at 32 N. …

CAPCO will be hosting a FREE Community Poverty Simulation on Wednesday, October 16th at Grace Christian Fellowship on Fisher Ave from 9am-12pm noon! CAPCO’s trained staff will take participants through “1 month” (i.e. 4, 15-minute weeks) of simulated poverty as they try to keep their homes, pay their bills, attain transportation, ensure their children’s needs are met, and “survive” this …

On Wednesday, September 25, 2024, CAPCO will be offering a viewing of the film Resilience that chronicles the first ACE (Adverse Childhood Experiences) study and essentially the dawn of trauma-informed care and N.E.A.R science. There are a limited number of copies of this film worldwide, and CAPCO has maintained a copy of the film for the last several years. In …

CAPCO held our summer All-Staff Training Day at Tinelli’s Hathaway House last week, and it was a GREAT day! We started our day with agency updates, followed by a presentation from our colleague Amanda Howlett on Catholic Charities of Cortland County‘s new S.O.S Homeless Response Team and a Mandated Reporter training from our partners at the Friends of the Cortland …

WHAT A DAY WE HAD at our CAPCO Community Field Day yesterday! We welcomed OVER 400 community members in celebration of CAPCO’s 50 years of programming! What a PERFECT afternoon of fun for families with Achoo the Camel, Mighty Molar, a bounce house, face painting, playgrounds, lawn games, music, free ice cream & snacks, music, and an array of community …

HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! CAPCO will be hosting a family fun FIELD DAY on Thursday, July 25th from 2-5pm at our South Main Facility (236 S. Main Street, Cortland)! OPEN AND FREE TO THE PUBLIC! There will be an ice cream truck, snacks, a fire truck, a LIVE CAMEL, a bounce house, 2 playgrounds to explore, Mighty Molar, face …

CAPCO held our spring commencement ceremony to celebrate the CAPCO Family Development Program GED/High School Equivalency GRADUATING class of 2024 at our South Main Facility pavilion! We had 8 students graduate in total this spring, including one diploma recipient through the NEDP – National External Diploma Program! A HUGE thank you to our esteemed Adult Education staff, volunteers, and of …