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Does your family need food assistance ahead of Thanksgiving? The Rochester City School District is helping families with a drive-thru food distribution event on Friday, Nov. 21. It’s happening at the Jefferson Campus on 1 Edgerton Park. It gets underway at 9 a.m. and runs until supplies last. Everyone is eligible to receive food, with […]
Councilmember Martin and VOCAL-NY announced an Emergency Family Support Grant designed to provide assistance to families impacted by the federal government’s failure to provide food assistance to families. Through this initiative, 25 families will each receive a one-time $200 grant for food and nutritional needs. The initiative aims to support families at risk of food […]
Chaka Khan delighted fans by serving as the honorary flower girl at her granddaughter Daija Jade’s wedding, sharing heartfelt photos from the ceremony on Instagram. The music icon, dressed in white, held hands with a young ring bearer and later posed joyfully with the bride and groom. The moment held added significance, as Khan was […]
A Compton family is suing a funeral home after workers misplaced their loved one’s body and dressed another corpse in his clothing. “It shouldn’t have happened,” niece Amentha Hunt said. “It didn’t make arrangements there to see the wrong body.” Hunt chose Harrison-Ross Mortuary to prepare her 80-year-old uncle for burial after he died. However, […]
Residents of Danforth Towers and Hudson Ridge Towers in Rochester are facing eviction with little notice. Some tenants said they were given just one week to vacate and are uncertain about where they will go next. According to the Rochester Housing Authority, Family Service of Rochester abruptly ended its services for residents in the Enriched […]
In the Code Switch newsletter, a weekly podcast about race and identity, Leah Donnella explores how to navigate the holidays with relatives whose beliefs deeply conflict with your own. As political and social divides intensify, many face the challenge of breaking bread with loved ones whose decisions may feel morally opposed to their own values. […]
During the pandemic, some low-income families in the U.S. received extra federal aid for buying groceries, a government effort that has since been scaled back. The result is soaring food insecurity among poor households with children, with more than 4 in 10 families who had received the benefit now skipping meals, according to new research. […]
The City of Rochester launched a new program at R-Centers to address the social, and emotional needs of young people and their families. Child and family therapists along with social learning specialists have been added to the staff at some R-Centers. They will be able to intervene with children who are having issues and try […]
Grief is natural human response when you experience the death of a loved one especially a life partner, a child, or a parent. Grief is difficult to process and there is actual science around grief that allows your brain to learn and rewire your neural map. What that means is the way your brain works […]
Brandy Miller was honored by doctors and nurses at Strong Hospital as she donated her organs. Brandy Miller was one of the two women that died in the stampede at the concert at the Main Street Armory last weekend. Doctors and nurses lined the hallways as her body was brought in to donate her organs. […]
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