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Laugh Out Loud: A Comedy Fundraising Event
Date: April 1
Organization: Rochester Hearing and Speech Center
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Location: Comedy @ The Carlson, 50 Carlson Road
Price: $20
Estimated attendance: 300
Purpose: Support those in need of hearing health services.
Corporate support needed: Yes
Volunteers needed: Yes
Contact: Amy Stein
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (585) 271-0680
Website: www.rhsc.org/upcoming-events
2020 Community Report Card Event
Date: April 2
Organization: ACT Rochester
Time: 8 a.m.
Location: Rochester Museum & Science Center, 657 East Ave.
Price: Free
Estimated attendance: 200
Purpose: To present public with latest community report cards.
Corporate support needed: No
Volunteers needed: No
Contact: Ann Johnson
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (585) 341-4361
Website: www.actrochester.org
The JA Stock Market Challenge
Date: April 2
Organization: Junior Achievement of Central Upstate New York
Time: 8:30 a.m.
Location: Field House, St. John Fisher College, 3690 East Ave., Pittsford
Price: NA; company-sponsored event
Estimated attendance: 200 students
Purpose: Stock market simulation competition for students.
Corporate support needed: Yes
Volunteers needed: Yes
Contact: Cati Pulver
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (585) 327-7409
Website: www.jacuny.org
Maple Sugar Soiree
Date: April 4
Organization: Genesee Country Village & Museum
Time: 6 p.m.
Location: 1410 Flint Hill Road, Mumford
Price: $35
Estimated attendance: 150
Purpose: To celebrate maple sugar season and welcome spring.
Corporate support needed: Yes
Volunteers needed: Yes
Contact: Cheryl Marshall
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (585) 294-8267
Website: www.gcv.org/events
Rochester Heart Walk & Run
Date: April 18
Organization: American Heart Association of Rochester
Time: 8 a.m.
Location: 333 N. Plymouth Ave.
Price: Walk is free. There is a fee for the run.
Estimated attendance: 8,000
Purpose: To fight the No. 1 killer: heart disease.
Corporate support needed: Yes
Volunteers needed: Yes
Contact: Adam Cipolla
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (585) 797-9733
Website: www.rochesterheartwalk.org
Highland Hospital Gala
Date: April 18
Organization: UR Medicine Highland Hospital
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Location: Joseph A. Floreano Riverside Convention Center, 123 E. Main St.
Price: $300
Estimated attendance: 800
Purpose: Modernizing patient care rooms.
Corporate support needed: Yes
Volunteers needed: No
Contact: Brandon Galligan
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (585) 273-3176
Website: www.urmc.rochester.edu/highland/giving.aspx
Visionary Gala
Date: April 18
Organization: Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (ABVI)
Time: 6 p.m.
Location: Hyatt Regency Rochester, 125 E. Main St.
Price: $150
Estimated attendance: 300
Purpose: Supports the mission of ABVI
Corporate support needed: Yes
Volunteers needed: Yes
Contact: Marlisa Post
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (585) 697-5713
Website: www.goodwillfingerlakes.org/abvi
If Music be the Food
Date: April 19
Organization: If Music be the Food
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: 25 Westminster Road
Price: Cash or food donation
Estimated attendance: 100
Purpose: Chamber music series to benefit Foodlink.
Corporate support needed: Yes
Volunteers needed: Yes
Contact: Mimi Hwang
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (585) 274-1570
Website: www.ifmusicbethefood.com
A Purse for Change
Date: April 23
Organization: Women’s Foundation of Genesee Valley
Time: 6 p.m.
Location: 1000 N. River St., Suite 110
Price: $65
Estimated attendance: 400
Purpose: To support the Women’ Foundation of Genesee Valley.
Corporate support needed: Yes
Volunteers needed: Yes
Contact: Rachel Walsh
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (585) 242-0940
Website: www.womensfoundation.org/pfc
Antique Show Preview Party
Date: April 24
Organization: Genesee Country Village & Museum
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Location: 1410 Flint Hill Road, Mumford
Price: $25
Estimated attendance: 200
Purpose: To raise funds for GCV&M’s educational programs.
Corporate support needed: Yes
Volunteers needed: Yes
Contact: Cheryl Marshall
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (585) 294-8267
Website: www.gcv.org/events
Sheep Shearing Festival
Date: April 25
Organization: Heritage Christian Services
Time: 10 a.m.
Location: 696 Colby St., Ogden
Price: TBD
Estimated attendance: 500-1000
Purpose: Fundraiser for Springdale Farm day program.
Corporate support needed: Yes
Volunteers needed: Yes
Contact: Daniel Peiters
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (585) 349-2090
Website: www.springdalefarm.org
22nd Annual Gold Star Gala
Date: April 25
Organization: Monroe Community College Foundation
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Location: Country Club of Rochester, 2935 East Ave., Brighton
Price: Varies
Estimated attendance: 300
Purpose: Fundraiser for MCC student scholarships.
Corporate support needed: Yes
Volunteers needed: Yes
Contact: Tate DeCaro
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (585) 292-3683
Website: www.monroecc.edu/depts/foundation/foundation-events/gold-star-gala/
Hope Gala for Catholic Family Center
Date: April 25
Organization: Catholic Family Center
Time: 6 p.m.
Location: 1 Bausch and Lomb Place
Price: $200
Estimated attendance: 400
Purpose: CFC’s premiere fundraising event of the year.
Corporate support needed: Yes
Volunteers needed: Yes
Contact: Jessica Regan
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (585) 262-7172
Website: www.cfcrochester.org/events/
Shepherd Home’s Spring Gala
Date: April 25
Organization: Shepherd Home
Time: 6 p.m.
Location: Inn on Broadway, 26 Broadway
Price: $125
Estimated attendance: 150
Purpose: Fundraiser to support end of life care.
Corporate support needed: Yes
Volunteers needed: No
Contact: Stephanie Kendrick
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (585) 381-0890
Website: www.shepherdhome.org
Finger Lakes Extravaganza
Date: April 25
Organization: Heritage Christian Services
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Location: The Strathallan, City View Ballroom, 550 East Ave.
Price: $200 per person
Estimated attendance: 180
Purpose: To benefit Heritage Christian Services.
Corporate support needed: Yes
Volunteers needed: Yes
Contact: Jillian Carter
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (585) 340-2000
Website: www.heritagechristianservices.org
Rochester River Run
Date: April 26
Organization: Friends of Strong Memorial Hospital
Time: 8 a.m.
Location: Round House Shelter, 1 Genesee Valley Park
Price: Free to attend; $35.00 to run/walk
Estimated attendance: 150
Purpose: To support the hospital’s transplant patient fund.
Corporate support needed: Yes
Volunteers needed: Yes
Contact: Susan Sullivan
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (585) 275-2420
Website: runsignup.com/Race/NY/Rochester/RochesterRiverRunWalk5K
DisruptHR ROC
Date: April 28
Organization: DisruptHR Rochester
Time: 5 p.m.
Location: 155 N. Chestnut St.
Price: $10
Estimated attendance: 250-300
Purpose: Linking people, work and community.
Corporate support needed: Yes
Volunteers needed: Yes
Contact: Melanie DellaPietra
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (585) 698-9634
Website: disrupthr.co/city/rochester
