Gun Buyback a Great Success!
We thought you all would like to hear the results of the Gun Buyback last Saturday. We brought in 243 guns – more than 1/2 were hand guns and of those 150 only 10 were legally registered, in other words 140 illegal handguns! Also one assault rifle was brought in with its magazines of ammo. At least two young men bringing in their guns that were definitely coming from off the streets. One young man said he was making some changes in his life and didn’t want to be involved with guns anymore. Wow! It was an amazing day for us all. The Rochester Police Department says this is the...
Read MoreGun Buyback Prayer Walk
Community prayer walk promotes peace By: Joangel Concepcion | WHEC.com (Click here for video version) Enough is enough. That’s what the Rochester community is saying after a week of violence in the city. Residents took their mission to the streets Saturday morning in hopes of reaching Rochester’s youth. Six people have been shot, two of them killed, and it’s only the seventh day in September. This recent spike in violence began last Sunday when a man was shot on Resolute Street. On Wednesday two people were shot on Pullman Avenue. One of them died. The very next day there...
Read MoreTWISY Event Rocks!
RYO hosted another wonderfully successful youth-led and run all-ages TWISY music Event this Friday night at their space on Warwick Ave. The weather was perfect and all the preparations were in place when the first guests started arriving at 4. By suppertime, the space was packed with people, young and old, enjoying the live music, refreshments, and wholesome social atmosphere. By 8 pm as the sun was going down, it all wrapped up. Thanks to all who poured themselves into creating such a great evening for all of us! Let’s hope and pray that this is just the start of what will prove to be...
Read MoreRYO 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...
Read MoreBest Block Party Yet!
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. ...
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