RYO Indiegogo Event!
Hello friends! There are only 3 days left in the RYO Indiegogo Campaign! Check out the video here to find out what we’re about, and then please help if you can. Any money we raise will go a long way towards our mission of empowering Rochester’s young people through music and the arts. Thank you to all those who have invested so far! For our Rochester friends, be sure to check out our next event, No Clouds Included, this Friday, August 23rd, at 265 Warwick Ave from 4pm – 8pm. Come enjoy music from BC Likes You, The Tarrants, and Disharmony. Our youth leaders have been hard at work...
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Our 7th annual (!!!) Arnett Block Party last Saturday was a wonderful success, thanks to the generous participation of so many amazing volunteers and contributors. We’ve already been having a very hot and sometimes wet summer, but the weatherman was predicting rain in the morning and scattered afternoon thunderstorms for our Block Party so we were a little concerned. What did we get instead? Balmy sunshine and puffy clouds all day long! And by 3 pm when the party was in full swing we had already gone through 500 free hotdogs and bags of chips! Click here to see a full size slide show...
Read MoreMount Olivet Mass Choir
As our Block Party was reaching a climax Saturday afternoon, the Mount Olivet Mass Choir showed up in force with keyboards, backup musicians, choir leader, and their pastor singing along with them. What a wonderful way to close out a community celebration of God’s goodness, promises, hope, and provision for the future. ...
Read More19th Ward Square Fair
19th Ward Community Association Square Fair *** Saturday, June 1st 10:00 am – 4:00 pm Aberdeen Square – Aberdeen and Post Ave*** Come Have Breakfast with your Neighbors 8 am -10 am ***Parade begins at 216 Thurston Rd at 12:30 pm *** Let the Children’s Games Begin Pull a Wagon in the Parade Watch the Silver Sneakers Strut their Stuff!! Vendor Booths, Music *** Entertainment Steve Grills and the Roadmasters Joe Beard...
Read MoreRPD Citizen of the Year
Our own Susan Morehouse, head of the Arnett Block Association, was chosen by the Rochester Police Department as the 2012 “Citizen of the Year” for her work in the community. Last night she was given an award by Chief Sheppard at the RPD annual recognition banquet at the Riverside Convention Center in downtown Rochester....
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