This past Saturday, the Mendon Foundation hosted approximately twenty-five (25) volunteers and spouses for its annual Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon at Flaherty’s Honeoye Falls. The food and service were great, and we were especially appreciative of the company and conversation we shared. A group of like-minded individuals that care about preserving and Read more
Dear friends, neighbors, and outdoors lovers, Happy Holidays! I hope you all have had a wonderful 2025. The Mendon Foundation has enjoyed a spectacular year continuing to successfully manage numerous green spaces in our surrounding communities including our land trust properties and over 16-miles of the Lehigh Valley Trail. Our Read more
In 2007, Honeoye Falls Troop 10 scout, Stefan Napp, worked with the Mendon Foundation on his Eagle Scout project. Specifically, Stefan and his team of volunteers built a trailhead, stairs and a foot trail on the south side of the Lehigh Valley Trail to the Honeoye Creek. This path is Read more
This month the Mendon Foundation voted unanimously to officially name one of its land trust properties. The Mendon Foundation had received 26-acres of beautiful wooded land from Dr. Evelyn Lewis back in December 2001. This property remained unnamed over the last 24-years and was often referred to as the Mendon Read more
A team of Mendon Foundation volunteers worked diligently this week to install a French drain on the entrance trail to our Taylor Road property. This Spring was exceptionally wet and as a result a short section of the trail had standing water and mud until the month of June. This Read more
A successful week of the long anticipated informational historical signage at Rochester Junction on Plains Road has been completed. Bud Grindle and Diane Ham, assisted by Rod Ham, have designed and installed twelve 10” x 12” site signs as well as a large overall informational sign at the location where Read more
An enthusiastic group of Mendon Foundation volunteers participated at the 2nd Annual Greenway Cycle Challenge on September 13, 2025. Mendon Foundation volunteers took up position at Wadsworth Junction which is the intersection of the Genesee Greenway SP and the Lehigh Valley Trail. The volunteers cheered, rang cow bells and noise makers, Read more
Brad Carlson, President of the Mendon Foundation was the guest speaker at the Honeoye Falls-Mendon Senior Citizens Club on Tuesday September 9th in the Mendon Community Center. A catered lunch from Honeoye Falls Marketplace was served at 12:00pm and Brad spoke in front of a full house of approximately sixty Read more
The Mendon Foundation hosted its first Perennial Plant Swap on Sunday September. 7th at the Mendon Festival at Mendon Station Park from 12:00pm to 5:00pm. The event was a great success with perennial plants such as Black-eyed Susan, Day Lillies, Shasta Daisies, Butterfly Bush, Hula Dancer Echinacea, Hydrangea, Spiderwort, Rose Read more
Over 200 runners, enthusiastic supporters and dedicated volunteers gathered on the Lehigh Valley Trail in Mendon on Sunday, August 24th, for the fourteenth annual Black Diamond Express Half Marathon and 5K Trail Races. This year’s event drew one of the largest fields in the 14-year history of the races with runners coming Read more