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Hey, Oswegoans! Today is the final day of our Comm

Hey, Oswegoans! Today is the final day of our Community Engagement Challenges.
May 29: Follow a new recipe in a cookbook! Share a picture of your family making it, the final creation and the recipe.
Don't forget to include: #oswegotogether6ftapart #GoOswego

Happy Wednesday Oswego! Today's daily Community En

Happy Wednesday Oswego!
Today's daily Community Engagement Challenge is:

Sleep outside in a tent with your family!

Have fun, snap a photo and tag it: #Oswegotogether6ftapart #GoOswego

Day 2: May 26 daily community engagement challenge

Day 2: May 26 daily community engagement challenge. Staying home helps keep our community safe, but we know it can also ramp up the stir crazies. Let the fun begin!
Take a picture and share a haircut you did at home.
Don't forget to add: #oswegotogether6ftapart #GoOswego

Hey, Oswegoans! You’ve done such a great job wit

Hey, Oswegoans! You’ve done such a great job with our weekly community engagement challenges that we’re kicking it up a notch with a DAILY Challenge. Staying home helps keep our community safe, but we know it can also ramp up the stir crazies. Each day this week, we’ll post an activity to do at home.
May 25 Challenge: Honor our veterans! Take a picture of your family with an American Flag or at today's Oswego Memorial Day “Front-Yard-A-Cue". Have fun with your family, snap a picture and add: #oswegotogether6ftapart #GoOswego

Front Yard-A-Cue Details:
What: A front yard cookout all over Oswego
When: Today from 4:00 - 7:00 PM
Where: Your Front Yard

Snap photos of your celebration and enter our social media contest to win a gift basket of goodies from local Oswego businesses! Prizes will be awarded to two winners in each category below:

MOST LOCAL OSWEGO BBQ: Grill some brats from Sage's or get your BBQ ready to eat from Piggy's. Wash it down with a growler from Oswego Brewing Co. or a bottle from Fox Valley Winery. Or, deck out your table décor from Velvet Grace or Floral Expressions and Gifts. Pick up curbside or get delivery from a local business, snap a photo of your set-up and/or family and tag the Oswego-based independent businesses represented in your photo!

MOST PATRIOTIC FRONT YARD: Oswego salutes the men and women who have given their lives in service to our country. Show us your red, white and blue (clothing counts, too) on your picnic table or in your front yard!

To enter, post your photos to Facebook or Instagram, and tag them #OswegoTogether6ftApart

Today is the 4th day of our third, weekly Communit

Today is the 4th day of our third, weekly Community Engagement Challenge: May 19 - 24, 2020. If you haven't yet found time to participate, or maybe you just haven't shared your photo, Oswego would love to see it!
Draw a Hopscotch course that’s straight, curvy or goes in circles. Inside each square, add a letter to form a word that provides hope and inspiration to those around you!
Share a picture of your course (inclusion of your family optional) on social media. Be sure to include: #OswegoTogether6FtApart #GoOswego

Join your fellow Oswegoans and be part of our thir

Join your fellow Oswegoans and be part of our third, weekly Community Engagement Challenge, May 19 – 24, 2020!

Hopscotch Challenge

Did you play Hopscotch when you were a kid? If you have a sidewalk in front of or near your home, we challenge your family and your neighborhood to create a one-of-a-kind Hopscotch course. Make it straight, curvy or go in circles. Connect it to your next door neighbors' course and see how long you can make it.

Inside each square, add a letter to form a word that provides hope to those around you. When finished, walk throughout your neighborhood and try out the courses. As always, keep up that awesome social distancing while out and about. Share a picture of your course (inclusion of your family optional) on social media. Be sure to include: #OswegoTogether6FtApart #GoOswego

Happy Friday! The sun is shining and it’s a bea

Happy Friday! The sun is shining and it’s a beautiful day! If you haven’t yet posted a photo of your Driveway Chalk Art this week, the Challenge runs through Sunday, May 17. Remember, the Oswego Police Department’s drone may be looking for it. This is your opportunity to share your community spirit and inspire Oswego! Be sure to include: #OswegoTogether6FtApart #GoOswego

Today is the start of our second, weekly Community

Today is the start of our second, weekly Community Engagement Challenge May 11 – 17, 2020!

Driveway Chalk Art Challenge:
Pull your cars into the garage and make room for the most creative design of your life! Grab some sidewalk chalk and design the biggest, boldest, most colorful, happiest, positive, inspirational message you and your family can think of. First, include the word, “Oswego”. Next, incorporate any or all of the following:
- what you love about school and/or work
- places you like to shop, dine and/or do business
- your favorite community events and/or sports
- what you love about your neighborhood and/or community
- anything else that makes you proud to be an Oswegoan

Thank you to the Oswego Police Dept. for jumping in and getting the Chalk Art Challenge started for us today! (The OPD drone may be out looking for your art & inspiration.)
Share here (inclusion of family, optional.) Be sure to include:
#OswegoTogether6FtApart #gooswego

It’s not too late to share and post your inspira

It’s not too late to share and post your inspiration! This week’s Community Engagement Challenge is the Stache Coloring/Inspiration Bubble Challenge! Print, color, post and inspire your community here: https://www.oswegoil.org/pdf/stache-coloring-sheet.pdf. Challenge runs May 4 - 10, 2020

Join your fellow Oswegoans and be part of our firs

Join your fellow Oswegoans and be part of our first, weekly Community Engagement Challenge!
Stache Coloring/Inspiration Bubble Challenge: May 4 - 10, 2020

Get your markers, crayons and walking shoes ready! This is your opportunity to encourage your neighbors while finding messages of inspiration and encouragement on daily walks throughout your neighborhood. Print one or more of the following coloring sheet: http://www.oswegoil.org/pdf/stache-coloring-sheet.pdf.
Gather ‘round your kitchen table and come up with inspiring messages of hope and kindness for others. Make it colorful! When finished, hang it in your window or on a nearby tree. Then head outside, get some exercise and look for your neighbors' art. Share the love and post photos for all of Oswego to see! (The Oswego Police Dept.'s drone may be looking for your inspirations.) Be sure to include: #OswegoTogether6FtApart #GoOswego

Psst... Did you know that wine packages for #Wineo

Psst... Did you know that wine packages for #WineontheFox are cheaper AND you get extra tickets when you buy them now at Wineonthefox.com? #wine #winelover #WOTF2020 #GoOswego #OswegoIL #oswegoillinois

Did someone say doggie sundae?? This lovely little

Did someone say doggie sundae??
This lovely little Goldendoodle, Kona, sure heard it!
Here she is, this week’s #DogsofOswego, enjoying her special treat @thedairyhut 🍦🍨 #DogsofOswego #GoOswego #doggiesundae

The heat ‘ain’t no joke! We are canceling tomo

The heat ‘ain’t no joke!
We are canceling tomorrow’s showing of Mary Poppins Returns, but please continue to follow @villageofoswego and @gooswego for an updated reschedule date!!

☀️☀️ It sure is a hot one! Take a tip from

☀️☀️ It sure is a hot one! Take a tip from Ella, today’s #DogsofOswego, and grab a frozen treat at Andy’s Frozen Custard in Oswego! Ella sure knows how to keep cool 😎
#dogsofoswego #gooswego

In the mood for treasure hunting? Stop by the Vint

In the mood for treasure hunting?
Stop by the Vintage Market @emerson_creek_pottery TODAY from 10am-3pm to see what you can find🧐🗝💡☕️

Say ‘woof’ to Pax! He is this week’s rep for

Say ‘woof’ to Pax! He is this week’s rep for #DogsofOswego!
When Pax isn’t driving the humans wild with his cuteness, he’s chilling with his duck pals at Hudson Crossing.
Take a stroll along the water—maybe you’ll see Pax strutting downtown!
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#dogsofoswego #gooswego #happymonday

Happy 4th of July Oswego! 💫💥🇺🇸🥧🎉

Happy 4th of July Oswego!
💫💥🇺🇸🥧🎉 #hoorayforindependenceday #fireworks #july4th #gooswego

Meet Max! This adorable 11-year old Great Dane mix

Meet Max!
This adorable 11-year old Great Dane mix is in need of a forever home and is one of three lovable pups featured in today’s #DogsofOswego.
Contact @justgiants for more information, and swipe left to see some more lucky pups who have recently found a family!
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#dogsofoswego #justgiants #gooswego #puppyeyes #hearteyes

Vendors and residents didn’t let the heat stop t

Vendors and residents didn’t let the heat stop them from enjoying another sunny Sunday at the #oswegocountrymarket 🌼🌞
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Our inaugural #DogsofOswego post features the ever

Our inaugural #DogsofOswego post features the ever-so-sweet Ella!
You will often catch Ella hanging out with various Village of Oswego employees and associates, including her pals at the Fire Department.
Saving lives and looking cute—what a good girl! 👩🏻‍🚒🐾
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