Pre-Black Friday Holiday Market Returns

Beat the Black Friday crowds, get a head start on your shopping, and find unique, one-of-a-kind gifts for your friends and loved ones, while also helping support patient- and family-centered care initiatives throughout Strong Memorial Hospital.

Summer BBQ Fundraiser to Support Patient-Care Initiatives at Strong

In collaboration with Spencerport's Texas Bar-B-Q Joint restaurant, we're hosting our very first Summer BBQ Fundraiser in support of patient- and family-centered care at Strong Memorial Hospital. The event features chicken barbeque meals packaged to-go by some of URMC’s very own celebrity “Pit Masters” and promises to be a fun and delicious way to take care of dinner while supporting a great cause.

Rochester River Run/Walk (Virtual) 5K Fundraiser Returns April 3

Run, walk or pledge your support to assist patients awaiting and recovering from heart, liver, kidney or pancreas transplant surgery at Strong. You can run or walk the virtual race from any location you choose: Your very own race course, at your own pace, and time it yourself!

Seeking Secret Santas for Strong's Baby Love Program: A Holiday Tradition Continues

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 and Building Healthy Children programs 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.

Our Therapy Dogs Show Us Their Best with Fifth Annual Wall Calendar Fundraiser

Our ever-popular Pet Therapy Dog wall calendar—2022 edition—is now available at the Friends of Strong Gift Shop. Featuring our ever-growing pack of 19 "celebrity" pups who provide uplifting comfort and engagement to patients of all ages, this adorable calendar benefits patient- and family-centered care initiatives throughout Strong Memorial Hospital.