Peer-led Philanthropy | Rochester, NY
All are welcome to attend the Rochester Children’s Scholarship Fund (RCSF) Annual Reception at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 5, at City Hall (30 Church St. in Rochester.) RCSF provides stipends, support and linkages to services for high achieving, low-income primarily minority Rochester City School District high school students. 100% of the RCSF scholars graduate from high […]
Writers & Books has invited NextGen Rochester members and friends to attend its celebratory launch of a new online teen literary magazine, with a reading and reception event for the publication’s teen developers and contributors. Next Gen’s 2012 grant helped fund the program, and the group looks forward to attending the event at 7 p.m. […]
Katherine Warren, youth program director, welcomed us into Cameron Community Ministries and began by sharing the non-profit’s mission: to provide hope through emergency services, engagement, education and empowerment to the greater Lyell-Otis neighborhood. She explained how NextGen’s grant money had been used to provide after school programs to students in reading and math — a […]
Rochester’s first annual Fringe Festival, set to run Sept. 19-23, is not a bunch of hippy-dippy wackos, we’re told. It’s much, much more. Artists and performers have taken Rochester up on a unique chance to show this fine city what they’re made of, with a set of unique acts, ranging from local musical talents like […]
“People always say there’s nothing to do in Rochester. I just think they’re not looking hard enough,” NextGen Member Jennifer Caton said to me, as we made our way through the floors of the WXXI news station. We were among the six NextGen Rochester members who opted to join the Rochester Chapter of Young CPAs […]