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. […]
The 4th annual Pick Up the Parks Event will be Saturday, April 13th, 2013, from 9am until noon. Please consider joining NextGen Rochester members in helping clean up the parks from the winter accumulation of trash and debris, reduce litter entering our waterways, and help get the parks looking great for spring and summer. Afterwards, […]
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 […]
You are invited to join NextGen Rochester as we experience the current exhibit at the Rochester Museum & Science Center – RACE: Are We So Different. Come with us on Saturday, March 23rd, to explore stories of race from biological, cultural, and historical points of view. We will be meeting at the RMSC (657 East Avenue, Rochester) at […]
The NextGen Education Committee will be putting together visits to some of our past grantees this year so you can learn more about the impact we’ve been having in the community. Our first visit this year will be to Cameron Community Ministries (http://cameronministries.org/ ) on Saturday March 2nd at 10 am. Cameron has been the […]
Did you get any new toys over the holidays – a new cell phone, printer, mp3 player, etc? Wondering what to do with your old or busted technology? Or maybe you have some spent ink or toner cartridges laying around to get rid of. You want to do the environmentally-friendly thing, but you just haven’t […]
Come help us kick off our 5th year of friendship, philanthropy, and strengthening greater Rochester! Since 2009, NextGen members have met many new friends (including some community leaders), learned more about our region, and distributed grants totaling $43,480 to 22 different nonprofits. Through NextGen, we are demonstrating the exponential power of working together to build […]
NextGen’s 5th Annual Open House will be on Wednesday, January 16th from 6-8pm at the Community Foundation offices (500 East Ave., Rochester). Join us for an opportunity to learn more about NextGen, celebrate our past successes, and kick off our 5th year!!
Please consider joining us at Geva (75 Woodbury Blvd., Rochester) on Monday, November 5th for NextGen Rochester’s 4th Annual Meeting. At this community event, we will hear from local nonprofits that have made it to the final round of NextGen’s annual competitive grant process. This is a wonderful opportunity for these local nonprofits to tell […]