{"id":46757,"date":"2013-05-31T12:00:27","date_gmt":"2013-05-31T16:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=46757"},"modified":"2013-05-31T08:33:52","modified_gmt":"2013-05-31T12:33:52","slug":"oneida-nation-foundation-presents-5000-check-to-support-oz-stravaganza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=46757","title":{"rendered":"Oneida Nation Foundation Presents $5,000 Check to Support Oz-Stravaganza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>\u00a0Pictured from left, Chuck Fougnier, Wolf Clan Member of the Oneida Nation Council and Chairman of the Oneida Nation Foundation; Colleen Zimmer, Co-Director of Oz-Stravaganza.\u00a0 (Photo courtesy Oneida Indian Nation)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>(Verona, \u00a0Chittenango, <a href=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/OzStravaganza-check-2013.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-46758\" alt=\"OzStravaganza check 2013\" src=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/OzStravaganza-check-2013.jpg\" width=\"226\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/OzStravaganza-check-2013.jpg 226w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/OzStravaganza-check-2013-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/a>NY \u2013 May 31, 2013) Wolf Clan member of the Oneida Nation Council and Chairman of the Oneida Nation Foundation, Chuck Fougnier, presented a $5,000 check to Oz-Stravaganza Co-Director Colleen Zimmer as Presenting Sponsor of the 35th annual festival, to be held\u00a0May 31 \u2013 June 2\u00a0in Chittenango, NY.\u00a0 Oz-Stravaganza pays tribute to Chittenango native and \u201cThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz\u201d author L. Frank Baum.<\/p>\n<p>Fougnier said, \u201cI enjoy Oz-Stravaganza and it\u2019s great to work with the festival organizers each year.\u00a0 It\u2019s our pleasure to give our support to such a wonderful community event.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zimmer said of the $5,000 donation, \u201cThe Oneida Nation is our biggest supporter and this contribution means the world to us.\u00a0 The only way Oz-Stravaganza happens is with the support of local business partners.\u00a0 It\u2019s how we draw over 20,000 people to Chittenango each year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Part of the Oneida Nation\u2019s Presenting Sponsorship of Oz-Stravaganza includes a visit from Caren Marsh-Doll, a 1940\u2019s Hollywood icon, who was the stand-in for Judy Garland during the filming of the 1939 classic, \u201cThe Wizard of Oz.\u201d\u00a0 Other special Oz-Stravaganza guests include teen actress Ann Marie Arcuri, a Chittenango native, who portrayed a Quadling child in the recent Disney film \u201cOz: The Great and Powerful,\u201d and author John Fricke, who\u2019s latest book, \u201cThe Wonderful World of Oz\u201d will be published this fall.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s Oz-Stravaganza festival runs\u00a0May 31 \u2013 June 2\u00a0in the village of Chittenango, with the signature parade\u00a0Saturday, June 1 at 2 p.m.\u00a0 Learn more at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oz-stravaganza.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.Oz-Stravaganza.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Pictured from left, Chuck Fougnier, Wolf Clan Member of the Oneida Nation Council and Chairman of the Oneida Nation Foundation; Colleen Zimmer, Co-Director of Oz-Stravaganza.\u00a0 (Photo courtesy Oneida Indian Nation) (Verona, \u00a0Chittenango, NY \u2013 May 31, 2013) Wolf Clan member of the Oneida Nation Council and Chairman of the Oneida Nation Foundation, Chuck Fougnier, presented [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arts-and-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46757\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}