OTISVILLE, N.Y. — Fall is just around the corner! Cornell Cooperative Extension Orange County provides the perfect kickoff to fall festivities with its eight annual Bountiful Harvest Celebration, on Friday, September 29, from 5:00 to 9:00 PM.
The celebration will feature an evening of good old-fashioned fun at CCEOC’s Education Center and 4-H Park in Otisville. This year’s Bountiful Harvest is celebrating all things Autumn in Orange County. Festivities include a seasonal farm-to-table dinner from locally sourced favorites prepared by Country Courtesy Catering, a signature cocktail created by Pennings Cidery, and is highlighted by the main event – a celebrity cow-milking contest.
As part of the autumn evening celebration, local celebrity cow milkers representing accounting firms from across Orange County will compete in a friendly “Cow-milking Challenge”. The celebrities will have three minutes to showcase their cow-milking skills. All three celebrities are also collecting donations for CCEOC in a friendly “wagering” of pledges that accompany the contest to raise the stakes as we approach the date.
Celebrity milkers include: Mark Levy of Nugent & Hauseller, P.C., Bonnie Orr of PKF O’Connor & Davies, and Michael Turturro of RBT. Cows for the milking contest are generously provided by Chris Van Aken, of Van Aken Dairy, in New Hampton, NY, along with milking tutorials to help prepare the contestants for the event.
All proceeds from the event will support the continued development of the Education Center & 4-H Park located at 300 Finchville Turnpike, Otisville, New York.
Tickets are $150/person or $1,000/table of eight. To reserve tickets or for sponsorship opportunities, visit: https://cceorangecounty.org/events
For questions, contact Jill Van Aken at [email protected] or 845-344-1234.
Cornell Cooperative Extension and its partnerships provide programs for Orange County residents on youth and family development; nutrition, health, and food safety; community and economic vitality; and agricultural sustainability through Cornell based research. Committed to Orange County, we design programs to meet local needs to enable people to improve their lives and communities. For more information call Cornell Cooperative Extension Orange County at 845-344-1234 or visit our website at www.cceorangecounty.org
–Cornell Cooperative Extension Orange County
