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“In every crisis, doubt or confusion, take the higher path – the path of compassion, courage, understanding, and love.” — Amit Ray The COVID-19 pandemic has changed our world in many ways. The frustration of what constitutes the post-pandemic “new ...

As the agency charged with luring donors and dollars to the Monroe Community College Foundation annual gala every year since 2014, Dixon Schwabl always faces a creative challenge — and delivers. The gala is one of MCC’s major fund-raising campaigns, meant ...

When it comes to promoting economic development, the town of Victor believes less will lead to more. That’s why four agencies that all worked to drive business development now will work within one umbrella agency, the Victor Community Development Office, ...

A year ago, Elaine Spaull would never have guessed that she would have crews renovating a building to be used as a safe space for kids just a couple of hundred yards from Center for Youth’s Monroe Avenue administrative site. ...

Beginning Friday, March 5, the George Eastman Museum will offer new ways to experience its photographic and moving image process workshops via online opportunities. The Eastman Museum for decades has provided artists, educators and enthusiasts ways to explore photographic and ...

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The Mary Cariola Center will receive a nearly $82,000 grant from the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation for its project “Eliminating Language Barriers.” The grant will bridge the communication gap between non-English speaking or deaf parents and children. “As the United ...

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Rochester RHIO President and CEO Jill Eisenstein plans to retire from the organization at the end of August. A national search has begun for her successor to allow a seamless leadership transition, officials said. Eisenstein has been instrumental to the ...

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The BISON Children’s Scholarship Fund has been awarded a $3.5 million grant from the New York-based Mother Cabrini Health Foundation. It is the largest grant in BISON Fund history, and it allows the BISON Fund to expand its reach across ...

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Compeer Rochester has merged with OASIS Adaptive Sports, Inc., enabling an expansion of regional services by offering outdoor adventures for veterans with disabilities. Honeoye-based OASIS (Outdoor Adventures for Sacrifice in Service) Adaptive Sports is now part of CompeerCORPS, the organization’s ...

PUSH Physical Theatre will mark its 20th anniversary with a virtual event Feb. 26, hosted by co-founders Heather and Darren Stevenson. “Adventures in Creative Living with PUSH’s Heather & Darren Stevenson” will feature a live-streamed conversation with the married couple. It ...

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The Rochester Museum & Science Center has acquired a new archival collection of Frederick Douglass materials including photos, pamphlets and more. The new collection, titled “The Anne Weaver Teabeau and Roland B. Scott Jr. Collection on Frederick Douglass,” was donated ...

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Brockport electronics recycler Sunnking has launched registration for its 2021 e-Scrap for Camp fundraiser, which benefits Camp Good Days & Special Times. The program recycles unwanted company electronics such as old phones and tablets to raise money for Camp Good Days & ...

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A new program will launch in Rochester next month that is designed to help multicultural women lift their entrepreneurial game. Walker’s Legacy Foundation is the nonprofit arm of Walker’s Legacy, a digital media platform for multicultural women in business. The ...

Imagine a community where average life expectancy ranges from 48 to 52, one where 97 percent of the population lives below the federal poverty guidelines, one where the unemployment rate is 80 percent to 90 percent and whose nearest urban ...

Three organizations within the city of Rochester received grants to create fun zones, part of the KABOOM! and Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation Play Everywhere Design Challenge. The Rochester Public Library, University of Rochester and The Strong Museum of Play ...