Annual Adopt-A-Family for Thanksgiving Program - Dimitri House
November 1 - 15, 2025. Dimitri House presents our annual Adopt-A-Family Thanksgiving program.
if you are interested in adopting a family, please call 585-325-1796 or email KHerendeen@Dimitri-House.org.
GREAT FOR A GROUP PROJECT!  Thank you for your support and helping to serve those in need in our community

Dimitri House

Pickleball Tournament - Dream Factory of Rochester, Inc.
Saturday, November 15, 2025  at the Fairport Pickleball Club, 75 N. Main St. Suite 160, Fairport, NY 14450.
Men's, Women's & Mixed Doubles -- Beginner, Adv Beginner, Intermediate
Raffles, Prizes, 50/50, Cash Bar, Refreshments.
$75 per person
Play starts at 9 a.m. Times will be assigned after registration.
Register by November 5.
DREAMFACTORYROCHESTER.ORG

Volnteers Needed for YWCA's 2025 Adopt-A-Family Event
November 1 - December 15, 2025

Autism Up Paddle Tournament XV!! - AutismUp
Saturday, November 22, 2025, at Shadow Lake Paddle Courts.

MIX-IT-UP for AutismUp at our annual social-competitive mixed doubles paddle charity tournament!

Registration is now open!

United Way's ROC THE DAY - December 2, 2025 - St. Joseph's Neighborhood Center
Mark your calendar for Tuesday, December 2, 2025 and join SJNC for rock the day.

Hope Hall Holiday Woodworking Sale - Hope Hall School
Saturday, December 13, 2025, from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm at Hope Hall, 1612 Buffalo Road.
Enter through parking lot behind school.
Extraordinary hand-crafted wooden items, perfect for giving or keeping.
Additional artisans and crafters, music, a pick-your-gift raffle, and loads of holiday cheer.
FREE and open to the public.

Holly Trolley Rides at the New York Museum of Transportation! - New York Museum of Transportation

New York Museum of Transportation

Continuing its holiday tradition, the New York Museum of Transportation, in Rush, will welcome Santa on December 7, 13 and 14, 2025. He's eager to meet the kids and pose for pictures.  Holiday decorations, complimentary cookies and hot chocolate, and the fondly remembered Midtown Plaza Monorail will add to the fun in this unique celebration of the holidays.  All that and a ride on a heated, vintage trolley car!

Admission including the trolley ride is $18 adults, $14 age 3 - 14. Rides depart at 11:00, 11:45, 12:30, 1:15, 2:00, 2:45 and 3:30. Reservations are required: www.nymtmuseum.org/Christmas

The only operating trolley museum in New York State features a ride through the country that harks back to the era of interurban trolleys carrying holiday shoppers between cities and their rural homes.  The vintage trolley car is heated and ticks off the miles in style as it has for almost a century.

The Midtown Plaza Monorail exhibit brings back memories of Christmas at that downtown shopping mall.  The exhibit features the two-car train suspended from its original rails, along with photos, descriptions of the monorail's history, and a video celebrating monorails around the country.

A popular attraction at the museum is the model railroad room with its huge HO gauge model railroad running several trains at once.  A 20 foot long N gauge representation of the Rochester Subway provides a complete view of the Subway from Rowland's Loop to the car barns on Rochester's northwest side.

Kids will also want to sit in the driver's seat of a fire truck, climb into the cab of a steam locomotive, and ring the bell in a trolley snow sweeper, all inside the museum's spacious main hall.

The New York Museum of Transportation is located just 20 minutes south of Rochester at 6393 East River Road in Rush, and can be reached from I-390 exit 11.