The Reg Lenna Center for The Arts will continue its Memory Café program with support from the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation Legacy Fund for Caregivers. The funding is administered by the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo. Memory cafés are accepting and welcoming environments to ...
The Mozart Club of Jamestown and the Elizabeth Warner Marvin Community House welcomed a full house recently for a special August Tea featuring Jamestown's Aaron and Boaz Mecham, twin brothers known as the Mecham Duo. The afternoon brought together members and guests of both organizations for ...
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, recently joined her Senate colleagues to introduce the Home and Community-Based Services Access Act, legislation to ensure older adults and people with disabilities have a choice between receiving long-term care at home or in institutional settings. The legislation would make home and community-based care a mandatory Medicaid benefit, gradually eliminate waiting lists for services, strengthen the home and community-based care workforce, and provide greater support for family caregivers. Under current Medicaid policy, many older adults and ...
Infinity Visual and Performing Arts has named Jennifer Coe as its new program director. Coe brings more than 20 years of experience in youth development, education, and nonprofit work to the position. A graduate of Frewsburg Central School, Jamestown Community College and the University at ...
CHQ Hispanic Development will host the 2026 Hispanic Heritage Festival on Saturday, Sept. 19, from 3 to 7 p.m. at Jackson Taylor Park. The free community festival will celebrate Hispanic culture, highlight local Hispanic entrepreneurs and include food, music, activities, and connection. This year's festival marks an important milestone as leadership of the event transitions from the YWCA of Jamestown to CHQ Hispanic Development, a newly established nonprofit organization founded by Yanira Castellano, Carmen Perez and Solimar Vazquez. For several years, the YWCA helped create the ...
Camp Gross will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2029. In 1929, Robert Gross of Dunkirk donated the property to the Lake Shore Council of the Boy Scouts of America, which later became the Allegheny Highlands Council. His vision was for the property to be used as a camp for Boy Scouts. In 1988, the Allegheny Highlands Council was no longer able to maintain the property. A not-for-profit corporation was then established, and the Camp Gross Foundation was incorporated to preserve Camp Gross as a camp for youth. Over the years, Camp Gross has provided young people with opportunities ...
