The YMCA of Greater Rochester will host the 2nd annual Westside District 5K, Cancer Survivor Walk and Family Fun Run.

The event will be located at YMCA Camp Northpoint at 249 North Greece Road this Friday, June 7 at 6:00 p.m.
Registration for the event will be from 5:00 to 5:45 p.m.

The event will include a certified 5K, one-mile cancer survivors' walk and a one-mile family run. All proceeds from the event will benefit the Y's Invest in Youth Campaign which supports programs like LIVESTRONG, a 12-week exercise program designed for adult cancer survivors.

The event itself will be held in memory of the Northwest Y's friend Linda Nettnin. Nettnin passed away on February 4 after a 10-month battle with pancreatic cancer, she completed the LIVESTRONG program back in December 2012.

Families at the event can enjoy activities and food-truck vendors including food from Brick-N-Motor, Michelle's Catering and Bakery, Stingray Sushi and Macarollin'.

A luncheon was held Tuesday afternoon to honor Meals On Wheels volunteers.

Every year Meals On Wheels volunteers work to deliver meals to nearly 2,000 people in our area. Some of them, called pioneers, have been delivering food to homes in the Rochester area for more than a quarter century.

Tuesday the volunteers were treated to lunch at Red Fedele's in Greece.

Meals On Wheels is a non-profit program that started back in 1958, making it the third oldest in the United States.

If you'd like to volunteer with Meals on Wheels, you can call 787-2233.

Bartolomeo & Perotto Funeral Home in Greece will be holding a Memorial Day flower planting event in honor of our fallen soldiers on Monday, May 27 at 10:00 a.m.

The event will be held at Bartolomeo & Perotto’s creek-side, butterfly garden, on Vintage Lane in Greece.

Last year, four statues representing each branch of the military were installed and dedicated at the annual Memorial Day flower planting event. The family of Army Specialist Keith Girardi-Pulley, who passed away in 2011 while stationed in Arizona, donated the statues in his honor. 

All are welcome to participate in the tribute to fallen family members, friends, and unknown soldiers by planting a flowering perennial in their memory.  The plants and tools will be provided by the funeral home. All those interested in attending are asked to call 720-6000 by Thursday, May 23.