DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION AND LEISURE STUDIES

DIRECTORY OF POTENTIAL LOCAL SERVICE LEARNING AGENCIES

I. PUBLIC AGENCIES
Cortland YMCA / 22 Tompkins St., Cortland / Don Kline / 756-2893
× Downtown Partnership / Fleet Bank Building, Commons / Gary Ferguson / 277-8679
Cortland YWCA / 14 Clayton Ave. Cortland / Meryl Fish
/ 753-9651
Cortland City Youth Bureau / 35 Port Watson Street Cortland / 753-3021
Town of Ithaca / 215 North Tioga St. / MarnieKirchgessner / 273-1721 x136
×*Ithaca YMCA / Graham Road West / Frank Towner / 257-0101
II. YOUTH AND FAMILY AGENCIES
Beverly J. Martin School Enrichment Program / 302 West Buffalo Street / Marie Vetucci / 274-2304
*Caroline After School Program / 2439 Slaterville Rd., Slaterville Spr. / Nancy Helms / 539-7422
@+East Shore Skate Park / 2073 East Shore Drive, Lansing / Ben Jones / 227-0290
×+Family and Children’s Center / 204 North Cayuga Street / Tina Emery / 272-0900
*4H Cooperative Ext. of Tompkins County / 615 Willow Avenue / Megan Tifft / 272-2292
×+Greater Ithaca Activities Center / 318 North Albany Street / Travis Brooks / 272-3622
@×*IACC After School Program / 402 North Aurora Street / Lyn Donahue / 273-3091
@+Ithaca Youth Bureau / 1 James L. Gibbs Drive / Liz Vance / 273-8364/274-2209
×Learning Web Youth Outreach / 215 North Cayuga St., DeWitt Mall / Dale Schumacher / 275-0122
@=×*South Hill School Age Program / 520 Hudson Street / Marisa Page / 273-1473
@×Tompkins County Youth Services Dept / 320 West State Street / Nancy Zahler/Janice Johnson / 274-5310
@Ithaca Youth Bureau Big Brothers/Big Sisters / 1 James L. Gibbs Drive / Nathalie Bessou/Mimi Melegrito / 273-8364 x 158/161
III. THERAPEUTIC AGENCIES
Gerontology
*Alterra / 101 Bundy Road / Val Vanamburg / 256-5094
= Center for Life Skills / 1 Bella Vista Drive, 2nd Floor / Catherine Gooch / 375-6312
*Lakeside Nursing Home / 1129 Trumansburg Road / Suzanne Bakert / 273-8095
@= Longview / 1 Bella Vista Drive / Marcie Forsythe / 375-6335
*Kendal at Ithaca / 2230 Triphammer Road / Maria Giampaolo / 266-5319
*McGraw House / 231 South Geneva Street / Carol Mallison / 272-7054
*×Beechtree Care Center / 318 South Albany Street / Beth Coveney / 273-4166 x118
×Lifelong Senior Center / 215 Cayuga Street North / Joshua Eberly / 277-4545
Schools(also see Youth and Family Agencies above)
@*FranziskaRacker Centers Preschool / 1052 Wilkins Road / Jeanette Martin / 272-5891 x225
*TST Community School (BOCES) / 214 Elmira Road / Janice Weltman / 273-9015 x229

Other

Cayuga Medical Center (Behavioral Services
and Physical Rehab) / 101 Dates Drive / Maureen Fessenden
Debbie Seligman-Kratil / 274-4304
274-4209
×*Challenge Industries / 402 East State Street / Ellice Switzer / 272-8990 ext 164
Finger Lakes Independent Living Center / 609 West Clinton Plaza / Lenore Schwager / 272-2433
+Finger Lakes Residential Center (corrections) / 250 Auburn Road (Lansing) / David Dykeman (Rec. Specialist) / 272-5891
FranziskaRackerCtr. (supervised residences) / 7 Evergreen (Dryden) / Pat Montenez / 533-5000
Mental Health Assoc. of Tompkins County / 225 South Fulton Street / Mrs. Vincent / 273-9250
Recreation Support Services, Ithaca Youth Bur. / 1 James L. Gibbs Drive / Joanie Groome, Megan Wolfe / 273-8364
College Discovery Program, Ithaca Youth Bureau 1 James L. Gibbs Drive Linda Cimikasky
IV. OUTDOOR ADVENTURE/RECREATION AGENCIES
Boy Scouts, Louis Fuertes Council / 2127 Dryden Road (Freeville) / Mark Tyson / 729-9161
@Cornell Outdoor Education Program / B01, The Fieldhouse, Campus Road / Todd Miner or Mark Holton / 255-8004
Finger Lakes Land Trust / 902 East Court Street / Betsy Darlington / 275-9487
@Finger Lakes St. Parks and Rec. Commission / Taughannock State Park / Sarah Fiorello / 387-7041 x108
Greek Peak Ski Resort – not fall semester / 2000 East State Road (Virgil) / Bonnie Haines / 835-6111
= Outdoor Recreation Equipment Center (OREC) / IC Fitness Center / Brad Buchanan / 274-3275
+Outing Program, Ithaca Youth Bureau / 1 James L. Gibbs Drive / Kim Olsen / 273-8364
Primitive Pursuits / 615 Willow Avenue / Jed Jordan / 272-2292 x261
V. COMMERCIAL AND TOURISM AGENCIES
@ Chamber of Commerce / 904 East Shore Drive / Jean McPheeters / 273-7080
Ithaca Convention & Visitor Bureau / 904 East Shore Drive / Jodi Van Vleet / 272-1313
×Ithaca Festival / 215 N. Cayuga St. / JesSeaver / 273-3646
Retail Stores
Advantage Sports / East Hill Plaza / John Murray / 257-2107
Eastern Mountain Sports / 722 South Meadow Street / Jeff Randoe / 272-1935
×Finger Lakes Running Company / 138 West State Street / Ian Golden / 275-3572
×Outdoor Store / 206 East State Street / Jeff Randall / 273-3891
Health and Fitness
Finger Lakes Fitness Center / 171 East State Street / Sarah Besemer / 256-3532
Island Fitness / 310 Taughannock Blvd / Kelly Chase/Kevin Brady / 277-3861
Cornell Athletic Department / 301 Newman Hall, Cornell / Darryl Wilson / 254-4748
Hotels
@La Tourelle Country Inn / 150 Danby Road / Scott Wiggins / 273-2734
VI. MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES
= Office of Student Engagement / Ithaca College, 319 Egbert Hall / 274-3780
= Recreational Sports / Ithaca College, Hill Center 7 / Scott Flickinger / 274-1063
Social Service Agencies
United Way of Tompkins County / 313 North Aurora Street / Meg Cole / 272-6286

VII. INTERPRETIVE LEARNING AGENCIES

@Cayuga Nature Center / 1420 Taughannock Blvd. / Tom Trencansky / 273-6260
@Museum of the Earth / 1259 Trumansburg Road / Alicia Reynolds / 273-6623
Sciencenter / 601 First Street / 272-0600

* Designates agencies that are approved for Service Learning 8/10

+ Designates agencies that are approved for Service Learning I OR II 4/

= Designates agencies that are on Ithaca College Campus, or within a 1 mile walk

× Designates agencies that are accessible on T-CAT bus route or short walk from T-CAT stop

@ Designates that student evaluations of agency are available