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Funding recipients must be approved by the Monroe County Legislature in November.

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Members of the North Clinton Business Association are pleading for help to end the violence in the neighborhood, saying residents and merchants live in fear every day.

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When Jennifer Leonard applied to the Rochester Area Community Foundation, she wanted to help make the agency a powerful tool for community betterment.

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Serving as a local ambassador for JPMorgan Chase, Gibson-Stevenson is building and nurturing relationships with Rochester residents, community leaders and nonprofit organizations.

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Since partnering with Feed the Children, Price Rite Marketplace has contributed nearly three million pounds of food, totaling more than $10 million in gift-in-kind donations, helping more than 165,000 people in 49 cities. 

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The Brighton Food Cupboard is seeking food donations as the number of those in need continues to grow.   Since Jewish Family Services opened the food cupboard in 2010, requests have continued to increase, from 100 households per month in ...

Two Rochester area agencies were among the Breastfeeding Award of Excellence winners by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service.

The Salvation Army of Greater Rochester is addressing the need for permanent affordable housing with a plan to transform a portion of its building on Liberty Pole Way into affordable and supportive permanent housing units.  

Rochester has launched a Community Total Health and Wellness initiative to help define the gaps in the health and wellness needs of Rochester’s underserved communities.

A new Rochester-based non-profit called Black, Brown and Diverse Plant-Based People for Equity Inc. is aiming to help create a more even playing field.  

Dana Mayeu knows firsthand that a single action can have a major impact.

The Urban League of Rochester has been awarded a $2 million Growth Opportunities grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to support programs that provide job training and supportive services to justice-involved youth in concentrated areas of crime and poverty.

Finger Lakes Performing Provider System is collaborating with Community Action of Orleans and Genesee to increase access to healthcare for homeless and housing insecure families in Orleans County through a new program referred to as Axis of Care.  

Kelly Finnigan has been named executive director of St. Peter’s Kitchen, effective today.   Finnigan replaces longtime director Patty Lorenzen who will retire from the organization at the end of this month after more than 21 years of service.  “I ...

The city of Rochester will use $13.3 million to build 100 single-family affordable houses, helping to correct the wrongs made by redlining.