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D&C--Area YPs to meet at MAG Thursday

posted Feb 2, 2011 7:24 AM by Carter Thomas

DRIADONNA ROLAND • STAFF WRITER • FEBRUARY 1, 2011

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20110201/GROUP01/110201029

Rochester’s diverse young professionals organizations offer an affinity group for whatever your interests might be. But how do you sort through the numerous groups to find one that’s right for you? The Roc City Coalition Group Fair and Mingle will provide a one-stop shop for information Thursday, Feb. 3 at the Memorial Art Gallery from 5 to 8 p.m.

RocCity Coalition, the umbrella organization for the city’s growing young professionals groups, invites all young professionals to the informational networking event to learn about its member organizations.

City of Rochester Acting Mayor Carlos Carballada is scheduled to speak about the importance of young professionals’ involvement in Rochester. Memorial Art Gallery Director Grant Holcomb and RCC Chair Maria Thomas-Fisher will also make remarks.

The fair is also a good opportunity for guests to experience all the MAG has to offer. The MAG will offer a special price for tapas plates by Max at the Gallery restaurant. Live music and a cash bar will also be available.

Museum admission will be $5 instead of the usual $10, and at 6:30 p.m. the Memorial Art Gallery Highlights Tour will take place.

For more information about the RCC Group Fair and Mingle, visit http://www.roccitycoalition.org/.

IF YOU GO

What: Roc City Coalition Group Fair and Mingle
When: Thursday, Feb. 3, 5 to 8 p.m.
Where: Memorial Art Gallery - M&T Bank Ballroom
500 University Avenue
Rochester, NY 14607

Organizations
Here’s an abridged list of organizations scheduled to be represented:
ADK-GVC Young Members, CFC Rising Leaders, City Walk, Digital Rochester, Eastman Young Professionals, Good Pointe Society, Habitat YP’s, I’m too young for this, JA Junior League, Leadership Rochester, MAG YP’s, NextGen, Rochester Business Journal, Rochester Engineering Society, RIC, RYP, RPOrocs, Small Business Council, Writers and Books YP Book Club, Young CPA’s, Young Leaders at UR

D&C-Roc YP Philanthropists Using Technology for Social Good

posted Dec 19, 2010 7:52 AM by Carter Thomas

YP's making a difference in Rochester and how YOU can get involved.

Check out this great article in the D&C on how YP's in Rochester are taking networking to a new level in order to get money and involvement for worthy causes.

Young professionals embrace social networking for noble causes

In Rochester and elsewhere, social media and other new forms of technology are changing the way that money is raised for charity.

Historically, young professionals who are well-meaning but not yet well-to-do have not been targeted by nonprofit organizations, because the rate of return didn't make it worthwhile.

But with social networking websites allowing organizations to reach thousands of people instantly, the exchange of information — and money — is easier than ever before. Suddenly, the mile-wide, inch-deep approach can generate some good scratch.

Chair of RCC, Maria Thomas, Featured in RBJ

posted Nov 15, 2010 8:54 AM by Carter Thomas [ updated Nov 15, 2010 9:45 AM ]

Check out this great feature of our chair in the Rochester Business Journal!

Fast Start: Helping Kids Overcome the Odds

Maria Thomas Fisher, program coordinator, Department of Recreation and Youth Services, city of Rochester

She was taught the importance of fighting injustice from an early age. Maria Thomas Fisher, who grew up poor in a tightknit family of Ukrainian immigrants, says her job working with city youth "doesn't feel like a job—it's a passion."

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