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Big changes are coming to Causewave Community Partners as it reaches its 70th anniversary year. The nonprofit collaborative has named its first chief operating officer and made a number of new hires to accommodate the needs of the nonprofit sector ...

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Willie, a 5-year-old red panda, has made his way to the Seneca Park Zoo, where it is expected he will woo Starlight, the zoo’s female red panda. Willie’s arrival in Rochester was based on a recommendation from the Association of ...

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Excellus BlueCross BlueShield has teamed with Foodlink Inc. on a Fresh Account at Curbside Market program. As part of the pilot project, Excellus BCBS members with the greatest risk of food insecurity and health care needs will receive a monthly ...

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The Louis S. and Molly B. Wolk Foundation has pledged $350,000 toward George Eastman Museum’s Thomas Tischer Visitor Center. The Wolk Foundation’s gift will be recognized with the dedication of the largest space in the visitor center as the Wolk ...

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Nine New York high schools have been named as National Banner Unified Champion Schools by Special Olympics New York, including four in the Greater Rochester region. Churchville-Chili, Irondequoit, Newark and Victor central school districts received the recognition for their leadership ...

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Breyer Horses will be pitted against My Little Pony this fall in a race to see which toys are inducted into the Strong Museum National Toy Hall of Fame. One dozen finalists have been selected for the annual induction, including ...

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A piano used and signed by 15-time Grammy award winner Alicia Keys is headed to Rochester. The piano was auctioned as part of MusiCares COVID-19 Relief, which seeks to alleviate the enormous financial burden placed on people in the music ...

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On Sept. 13, the Levine Center to End Hate will hold “Brave Spaces: Rochester’s Summit to End Hate,” a first-of-its-kind online event featuring keynote speaker Eric Ward, a senior fellow at the Southern Poverty Law Center. Ward, a nationally recognized ...

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Causewave Community Partners will honor the coalition responsible for the local “Six Feet Saves” campaign, comprising dozens of local community organizations and media partners, for its outstanding public service campaign that was launched in rapid response to COVID-19. Representatives of ...

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Writers & Books has teamed with BOA Editions Ltd. to launch Tuesdays with BOA, a virtual reading and conversation series showcasing some of today’s most exciting authors. Tuesdays with BOA is free to the public. Writers & Books is Rochester’s ...

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The Strong National Museum of Play has launched the Strong School Club to help working parents in need of a safe, supervised space for their child’s remote learning. The 10-week club, which runs from Sept. 14 to Nov. 20, offers ...

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Goodwill of the Finger Lakes will move its Clearance Center from its location near Rochester’s Public Market to its warehouse in Henrietta. Until now, the Clearance Center and warehouse storage were in two locations. The move will help the organization ...

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African American children are nearly four times more likely to experience child poverty than white chidlren, while Latino children are more than three times more likely, an updated report from ACT Rochester and the Rochester Area Community Foundation shows. “Hard ...

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The Rochester Museum & Science Center’s Cumming Nature Center has expanded its outdoor education offerings with the acquisition of the Walden Project – New York. The Walden Project is integrated into the suite of outdoor Forest School educational opportunities for ...

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ESL Federal Credit Union has provided a $4 million grant to the United Way of Greater Rochester to support 20 local health and human services agencies that provide crucial basic needs programs. The grant is in response to significantly increased ...

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