Annual Special Events

Healthy Kids Day – The Oswego YMCA holds the FREE community event to inspire more kids to keep their minds and bodies active at the annual YMCA’s Healthy Kids Day®, the Y’s national initiative to improve health and well-being for kids and families. Healthy Kids Day is an opportunity to ignite children’s imaginations so that they can imagine what they’ll accomplish all summer long. The two-hour event features activities such as games, arts and crafts, STEM challenges, and an huge inflatable obstacle course to motivate and teach families how to develop and maintain healthy routines at home throughout the summer months. 

April 30, 2022 11am-3pm  

Contact Kim Manoni for more information kmanoni@oswegoymca.org

Community Golf Tournament – Join us as we get On Course for Our Cause, Saturday, May 28 at Stone Creek Golf Course.  8am Registration; 9am Shotgun Start.  $75 per player/$300 Team fee includes a snack, beverage and awards dinner.

Register at the Oswego YMCA 315.342.6082

The Annual Oswego YMCA Harborfest 5k Run/Walk and 10k Run – Families and friends take part in the Oswego YMCA’s Annual Harborfest 5k Walk/Run, 10k Run & Kids Fun Run each July on the Saturday during the community wide Harborfest celebration - a weekend of free music, amusements, historical events, shopping, eating & famous fireworks. Set on beautiful Lake Ontario, walkers and runners enjoy 5k & 10k routes along scenic Oswego waterfronts, festival venues and the State University College at Oswego. 

July 30, 2022 

REGISTER HERE

The Annual Oswego Dragon Boat Festival - Teams of 16-20 paddlers race authentic 40’ Hong-Kong style dragon boats in the Oswego Harbor channel behind the City of Oswego’s beautiful Breitbeck park. Spectators can enjoy this FREE event. There is a registration fee for teams. The event takes place in August on the shore of Lake Ontario offering live music, food vendors, games and event racing including the Heroes Challenge race for State & Local police, fire, EMS personnel and active military.

August 6, 2022 9am-4pm                                                                 

Interested in registering a team or food vendor?  Contact dragonboat@oswegoymca.org

CNY Pumpkin Festival - Join us and celebrate everything Fall during Oswego's Pumpkin Festival in historic Washington Square Park for kids' activities, amusement rides, live music, crafters and vendors, food trucks, pony rides and more!                                                                         

Vendors interested in participating, contact pumpkinfest@oswegoymca.org

The Annual Reindeer Run – Runners and walkers celebrate the holiday season by dressing in festive holiday gear for this 5k fun run & walk, as participants jingle all the way for a family-oriented event which follows with warm beverages, snacks and holiday tunes.