Because not all heroes wear capes

The Champion Academy helps urban teens in poverty overcome their traumatic experiences and use them as fuel to drive their improvement as students, citizens and future professionals.   

We are a much-needed addition to Rochester’s fight to keep its teens on a path towards positive and productive citizenship. Powered by its Extreme Mentoring & Empowerment Model (EME Model) 

The Parish Outreach Center's mission, is to support and empower the physical, social, emotional and spiritual well-being of uninsured and under-served children, women, and men. 

We support policies that promote systematic economic justice and self-development of peoples through providing free health care, health education, disease prevention, and advocacy. 

Anyone in need may obtain health care through the Parish Outreach Center, or through referral to other appropriate health agencies or social service agencies. 

The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill in Buffalo and Erie County. Our organization continues to support, educate and advocate for families and caregivers of individuals affected by mental illness.

Western New York Rural Area Health Education Center, Inc. (R-AHEC)’s mission is “to improve health and healthcare through education.” R-AHEC is part of the National Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Program.  The AHEC program was developed in the early 1970’s to recruit, train and retain a health professional workforce committed to underserved communities.  The AHEC Program’s vision is to connect students to careers, professionals to communities and communities to better health.  R-AHEC is part of the NYS AHEC System and is New York State’s first AHEC.

Foodlink is a Rochester-based nonprofit dedicated to ending hunger and building healthier communities by addressing both the symptoms and root causes of food insecurity. We serve as the hub of the emergency food system across a 10-county service area. As a leading public health organization, Foodlink administers many programs and initiatives that aim to build the health and wealth of communities.

The Arts Council for Wyoming County has been providing arts and cultural programs to a vast rural community for over forty years.

Founded in 1975, The Arts Council for Wyoming County provides arts and culture programs to our rural communities in the region. Headquartered in a restored historic building in downtown Perry, New York, the ACWC hosts art exhibits, classes, workshops, performances, concerts, and film screenings throughout the year.