Profile of Excellence: Ambassador and Guest Services Team

For its dedicated support of students in the UR Teen Health and Success Partnership program, we are pleased to honor the Ambassador and Guest Services program with a 2013 URMC Board Excellence Award in the Team category.

Rochester River Run/Walk 5K set for April 6

Join the Friends of Strong and the Strong Memorial Hospital Transplant Units for the 13th annual Rochester River Run/Walk to benefit our transplant patients and families.

Say Hi to Our New Faces of Summer—High School Volunteers are Now in the House!

If seeing the new summer crop of bright-eyed student volunteers isn't enough to make you smile, here's another reason. This year, many of those eager teens would not be here without the concerted effort of many departments—including those new to hosting volunteers—that pitched in to work with Friends of Strong to make it happen.

Three Ways to Advance Organ Donation this Month

There are still several ways in April—National Donate Life Month—to show your support for organ, eye and tissue donation.

Two events will take place at URMC on Friday: "Giving and Receiving the Gift of Life: The Full Circle of Caring," a noontime celebration honoring donors, recipients and staff—plus National Donate Life Blue and Green Day, which invites folks to support organ donation by wearing blue or green.