Celebrity Bartender Happy Hour to Benefit Friends of Strong

Join Friends of Strong—along with Emcee Mike Leonard—for a Celebrity Bartender Happy Hour supporting their work providing much-needed equipment and friendly volunteer faces who foster a happier healing environment for all of our patients and families.

Area High School Students Bring Vision and Inspiration to Summer Volunteer Program at Strong

Along with an exciting summer of fun and adventure, an ambitious and talented cohort of area high school students are also adding community service to the mix—volunteering throughout Strong Memorial Hospital with the Friends of Strong Summer High School Volunteer program, where they’ve each selected an area to help support staff and clinicians provide an exceptional health care experience for patients and families.

Hospital Gift Shop to Close, Reopen Under New Management

The Friends of Strong Gift Shop will transition its operations to a retail company that specializes in hospital gift shop management nationally—bringing expanded services, longer operating hours and more merchandise selection to Strong Memorial Hospital’s gift shop customers.

Volunteers Enhance the Healing Experience One Smile at a Time

Hundreds of friends and neighbors from as far afield as India and Saudi Arabia, who this past year have collectively volunteered tens of thousands of hours in a variety of supportive and meaningful roles throughout Strong Memorial Hospital, are being celebrated this week for their service.

Seeking Secret Santas for Strong's Baby Love Program

Departments, teams and individuals throughout the University of Rochester and Strong Memorial Hospital generously step up each year to help make a difference for young families enrolled in the Baby Love program coordinated through our Social Work and Patient and Family Services Division. We invite you to join us in contributing to this meaningful cause this holiday season.