August 3, 2020Comments Off on YMCA to close two branches
The YMCA of Greater Rochester Inc. plans to shutter two branches as a result of stagnant membership growth and effects of COVID-19 on the economy, although one of those branches will be transferred to the Center for Youth. The Monroe ...
September 26, 2019Comments Off on Homelessness tackled by hundreds at symposium
More than 6,100 people experience homelessness annually in Monroe County, and on any given day, 850 people are without a home to call their own. “While these numbers are staggering, they do not include all the people who are experiencing ...
September 13, 2019Comments Off on Designers to pay tribute to Louise Slaughter, Rochester architecture during Fashion Week
Because it’s the 10th anniversary, the flashy Fashion Week Rochester (Oct. 14-19) had to shake things up a bit. The five-day extravaganza, which raises hundreds of thousands of dollars each year for the Center for Youth, became a six-day event, ...
May 14, 2018Comments Off on Crisis nursery opens under wing of Center for Youth
The need for crisis housing is so widespread in Rochester that in the week before Owen’s House officially opened children were sleeping in four of the home’s beds. “We had four little ones whose mom was homeless and we were ...
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