Run, Walk, Cycle or Pledge Your Support for Patients at Strong
Friends of Strong proudly supports the 19th annual Rochester River Run/Walk 5K, supporting heart, liver, kidney and pancreas transplant patients at Strong Memorial Hospital. Virtual this year, participants can run or walk their own race course at any time between October 1 and 18. For those avid runners, walkers and cyclists, there's also a separate, long-distance virtual race benefiting Friends of Strong: "One NY Cares," invites folks to sign up and log their cumulative miles to equal the distance between New York and other east-coast cities by Dec. 24.
Friends of Strong and Cure Bar Team Up to Host Virtual Fundraiser for Patient Care
We're teaming up with Cure Bar at the Rochester Public Market to host our very first virtual fundriaser, “Cure for a Cause,” featuring Master Mixologist Donny Clutterbuck from Cure, together with our Chief Cocktail Officers of the evening, Karen Davis, Kathy Parrinello and Mike Apostolakos as they lead us through the background and mixing instructions of a special drink kit available for advance purchase to benefit patient care initiatives at Strong.
Start Your Holiday Shopping at the Friends of Strong Pre-Black Friday Sale
Jump into the season—Beat the Black Friday crowds, get a head start on your holiday shopping, and enter for a chance to win one of the many fabulous prizes up for grabs (including roundtrip airline tickets) at the Friends of Strong Pre-Black Friday Sale.
Run, Walk, or Pledge to Support Transplant Patients on April 12
This is the 14th year where runners, walkers, and supporters come out to celebrate transplant recipients and organ donors at the River Run/Walk 5K in Genesee Valley Park.
The annual event, sponsored by the Friends of Strong Memorial Hospital and the hospital’s transplant units, benefits transplant patients who are awaiting or recovering from organ transplant surgery. Donations and other proceeds help them pay for expenses associated with lifelong care, such as life-saving medications and travel expenses.
Jump Start Your Holiday Shopping at Pre-Black Friday Sale
Black Friday, or the Friday after Thanksgiving, usually goes down as the busiest shopping day of the year. The crowds and an early alarm clock can make venturing out on this day well worth a second thought.