URMC / Strong Memorial Hospital / Friends of Strong / The Best of Friends Blog 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. 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. 12345