October 27, 2021
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In partnership with the United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes, the YMCA of Greater Rochester has opened a Resource Center for aging adults at its Southwest Family Branch in the 19th Ward. “We are proud to be ...
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February 9, 2021
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September 29, 2020
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The YMCA of Greater Rochester on Tuesday officially opened its YMCA Center for Equity at Lewis Street. “The change goes beyond the name,” said YMCA President and CEO George Romell. “In partnership with philanthropic supporters and the community, the Center ...
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August 27, 2020
Comments Off on YMCA to offer students a place to learn virtually
Another local nonprofit has stepped up to help working parents whose children will attend school virtually this fall. The YMCA of Greater Rochester Inc. has introduced Y School of ROC, a way for students to continue their education in a ...
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August 3, 2020
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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 ...
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September 30, 2019
Comments Off on Schottland Family Branch YMCA opens
The long-awaited, $45 million Schottland Family Branch of the YMCA of Greater Rochester opened Monday amid much fanfare. As hundreds of individuals swam, ran or played ball, dozens of others attended a ribbon-cutting that was held in one of the ...
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September 5, 2018
Comments Off on YMCA earns grant for STEM programs
The Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation has announced its cohort for STEM 2035, a $5.5 million initiative through which grant funding and technical assistance will be provided to existing afterschool and summer science, technology, engineering and math programs. The YMCA ...
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August 17, 2018
Comments Off on YMCA completes upgrades at west side’s Camp Northpoint
The YMCA of Greater Rochester on Thursday unveiled upgrades at Camp Northpoint, which served 3,000 children this summer. The 45-acre camp on North Greece Road served children from the west side this summer. A $100,000 grant from the Dormitory Authority ...
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The YMCA of Greater Rochester’s new Pittsford location has received a $1 million infusion to support community health and wellness. Secured by Sen. Rich Funke, R-Perinton, from the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York, the funding helps close ...
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June 13, 2018
Comments Off on YMCA completes expansion of Camp Cory
The YMCA of Greater Rochester has completed its first major expansion at Camp Lawrence Cory in nearly a century. The first phase of a multiyear project, the Camp Cory expansion doubles the day camp capacity, giving the Y the ability ...
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May 21, 2018
Comments Off on Great expectations for Pittsford YMCA at ceremonial groundbreaking
One hundred local business and community leaders, dignitaries, funders and a half dozen children were on hand Monday for the ceremonial groundbreaking of the YMCA of Greater Rochester’s new Pittsford facility. “Woohoo, we made it,” cheered George Romell, YMCA president ...
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May 15, 2018
Comments Off on UR Medicine to add health services to area YMCAs
The YMCA of Greater Rochester and University of Rochester Medicine have signed an 11-year agreement to collaborate on a range of health services that will be available at YMCA locations across the region. It is the only agreement of its ...
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May 10, 2018
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Dresden Engle requires two things of her public relations clients: “They have to be ethical, and I need to have a direct line to the CEO.” Another way to say it might be that things need to be real. And ...
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March 2, 2018
Comments Off on YMCA gets $500,000 boost from M&T
M&T Bank has pledged $500,000 to the YMCA of Greater Rochester to help build one of the nation’s biggest YMCA facilities. The gift is the largest corporate donation to the new, southeastern region YMCA and establishes M&T as the project’s ...
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February 14, 2018
Comments Off on Nonprofits receive grant to help with childhood hunger needs
Two area nonprofits will receive grants from the Joy in Childhood Foundation, the charitable foundation supported by Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin-Robbins, as part of a $2.3 million nationwide commitment to address childhood health and hunger needs. The YMCA of Greater ...
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