
<p>The Skaneateles Community Center hosts several programs for children aged five through 12. “There&#8217;s so many fun events for children,” one patron says.</p>


Mr. Sweet, center, begins a staring contest with his student Vincent at Skaneateles Community Center in Skaneateles, N.Y. “I want to emulate the childhood magic that we all remember, and being so closely intertwined to everything can make that happen,” says Sweet, who now works for Waterman, the primary school he attended as a kid. Photo by Caitlyn Daproza

Graham Dickie

Lynn Johnson

Amelia, Maisey, and Alina look at a coloring page together in the Student Aged Child Care (SACC) Classroom of the Skaneateles Community Center while their classmates watch a Halloween movie. Photo by Caitlyn Daproza

Miss Stacy unties a student’s ice skate laces in the SACC Classroom at Skaneateles Community Center in Skaneateles, N.Y. Photo by Caitlyn Daproza

“It’s okay, see? Look- now I can just lick it,” says Carol, to her nephew Derek as she gets some icing on her fingers during the Halloween Gingerbread Build at Skaneateles Community Center in Skaneateles, N.Y. Photo by Caitlyn Daproza

“Please Missy Stacy, can I make one now?” Amelia, right, pleads to staff member Stacy Burrows, as their ‘magic potion’ ingredients are prepared on the back counter of the classroom at Skaneateles Community Center in Skaneateles, N.Y. Photo by Caitlyn Daproza

Hattie, far left, huddles with Lia (top) and Lydia (bottom) on the bleachers while their classmates swim in the pool at Skaneateles Community Center in Skaneateles, N.Y. Photo by Caitlyn Daproza

Diana helps her grandkids, Harper and Brooklyn, pipe icing during the Halloween Gingerbread Build at Skaneateles Community Center in Skaneateles, N.Y. Photo by Caitlyn Daproza

Mr. Andrew, left, gets a new card during a group game of ‘Headbandz’ at Skaneateles Community Center in Skaneateles, N.Y. Andrew, who completed a degree in business, found this position through his former roommate: “I couldn’t find any job that I liked more than working with the kids,” he says. Photo by Caitlyn Daproza

Julie, center, pipes icing on the roof during the Halloween Gingerbread Build while her kids, Wesley (left) and Theo (right) watch. Julie, and her husband Mike, enjoy how family friendly the town is: “Every year they close off Academy Street for Halloween, it’s like a movie,” she says. Photo by Caitlyn Daproza.

Two girls sit together with their completed plastic puzzle at Skaneateles Community Center in Skaneateles, N.Y. Photo by Caitlyn Daproza

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FAMILY ORIENTED

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Caitlyn Daproza

Coached by

Graham Dickie

Lynn Johnson