Community Wishbook

Welcome to Rochester's
Community Wishbook
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Directory of Charities in the Rochester, NY area ........ Your guide to giving year 'round

Items Needed Index

Volunteers Needed Index

List of Agencies

The Community Wishbook includes wish list items and volunteer services needed by more than 230 not-for-profit agencies in and around Rochester, NY. Use the Wishbook listings to find an agency that needs your donated item* or volunteer skill. Then call or e-mail the contact person at the agency to make arrangements for delivery or pickup of a listed item, or for details on volunteering.

Special Events Calendar

What's New?

Using the Web Site

Info for Agencies

About the
Wishbook

*Note: Please be sure that your donated item is clean, useable, and in good or very good condition, with no missing pieces or pages (puzzles, games, books, etc.). Clothing should be clean, and not torn or stained. When in doubt, call the charity. Thanks for your help.

Before using this Search Box, you may get faster results by trying the Items Needed Index or Volunteers Needed Index.

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This Month's New Listings

St. Ann's Community

New Additions to the Wishbook in June:

Perinton Food Shelf

For other recent updates and SPECIAL NEEDS,

see the What's New? page.

This Week's
Featured Agencies:
July 23 – July 30, 2010

Family Service of Rochester

Pet Pride of New York

Feature article appears weekly (as space permits) in various Post Newspapers.

Next week's featured agencies:

RSVP of Monroe County at LIFESPAN

LIFESPAN of Greater Rochester

Event Volunteers Needed

Finger Lakes Riesling Festival
August 14–15 in Canandaigua.

AIDS Red Ribbon Ride
August 22 at Genesee Valley Park.

Monthly MP Newspapers Ad
lists
agencies asking for donations of

Ad appeared in Post Newspapers
dated July 16.

Wishbook Sponsors Support Local Charities

Good News!
There WILL be a new printed version of the Wishbook this fall, courtesy of major sponsors

Messenger Post Media

and

MVP Health Care

Thanks also to Messenger Post weekly newspapers for donating space for weekly articles and monthly ads that publicize the needs of Wishbook charities.

2009 Wishbook Cover

The 2009-2010 printed Wishbook, with listings for 230 Rochester-area charities, was published last fall.

If you need a copy — or multiple copies for your group — please send a note to wishbook@rochester.rr.com, or leave your name & number at (585) 225-4226.

This web site includes all info from the printed version, plus updates received from the agencies throughout the year.
(Updates are listed on the What's New page.)

Check us out on facebook (www.facebook.com/wishbook.rochester) and twitter (twitter.com/rochwishbook).

THANKS ...
to all who have donated items to the agencies, and to all who have volunteered their time. The agencies truly appreciate your generosity!

Please ...
if you have something to donate, and have any problems using the information on this web site to locate an agency:

Contact Us at wishbook@rochester.rr.com<
or call Wishbook coordinator Nona Maurer
at (585) 225-4226.

The Community Wishbook
is a service of
Helping Community Charities,
incorporated as a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization June 20, 2000, in Rochester, NY.

More about the Wishbook

Please Recycle: For items that cannot be donated, see Monroe County's Residential Recycling Guidelines,
which includes a link with recommendations for disposing of Non-Blue Box Program Materials.

Information for adding YOUR Rochester-area nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization to the Wishbook.

Web site last updated: July 28, 2010

Your donation can make wishes come true!

visits since 9/12/2001

(Web site established December 19, 2000.)

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