Dear friends, neighbors, and outdoors lovers, Happy new year! I hope 2021 brought improvement to your life. There is no doubt that many folks are struggling as we continue to wade through the wake of our pandemic, but one thing Read more…
At long last, our 2021 book, Rails to Trails: Rochester Junction Then and Now by Diane Ham & Charles Woolever is available for purchase. It’s a beautiful 182-page softcover book with 127 photos, 51 color pages, 7 informative maps, and Read more…
On Sunday, August 29th, we hosted a record 176 Half Marathoners and 52 5K’ers on the Lehigh Valley Trail for the in-person 10th Annual Black Diamond Express Races, which were our first since 2019. These numbers don’t include Virtual Runners Read more…
Rochester Running Company / Robinhood Racing are hosting a preview run TONIGHT (7/16). For details see: https://www.facebook.com/events/493916248565424/ Join us for a preview run of the Black Diamond Express course. We are running max 6 miles.This run is an out and Read more…
Several Mendon Foundation volunteers stepped up in a big way for the Saturday April 17th “Pick up the Parks” event, in concert with the Monroe County Parks Department, through coordination with the Mendon Foundation. Cindy Barben and her colleagues from Read more…
The April 1, 2021 meeting of the Honeoye Falls – Town of Mendon Historical Society will feature John Farrell, former Mendon resident, former Mendon Foundation President, avid cyclist & involved Mendon Foundation Director & volunteer. The topic of John’s talk Read more…
Spring is right around the corner! We are proud to announce that the 10th annual Black Diamond Express Trail Races, to be held on Sunday, August 29, 2021, are open for registration. We are more confident than ever that we Read more…
Mendon Foundation fan Judy Foster has just finished creating a new book called A Moment in Time: A Reflection of 2020. Her book totals 84 pages, full of color photography and inspirational quotes and thoughts. Over 90% of the photos Read more…
Longtime Mendon Foundation fan and volunteer Mark Skipworth has graciously agreed to work with some pre-eminent Lehigh Valley Railroad photographers, allowing us to share some of their remarkable photographs with us. Each of these photographs is from a location along what is, Read more…
We spent some time recently to update our nonprofit GuideStar profile, in order to give our donors greater visibility into our finances and operation. As part of the journey from “Bronze” to “Silver” and, ultimately, to our “Gold” seal of Read more…