540 West Main

Special Announcement | The 540WMain 2016-2017 Improvement & Modernization Fundraising Campaign

September 21, 2016 — 2 Comments

Announcing The 540WMain 2016-2017 Improvement & Modernization Fundraising Campaign

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540WMain is the Susan B. Anthony district’s first community, art, event, & education center vested in up-building, uplifting, and improving the National Register Susan B. Anthony Neighborhood, its residents, and Greater Rochester.

Starting this month, 540WMain will kick off its 2016-2017 community fundraising campaign. This year’s campaign will focus on 540WMain’s Improvement & Modernization efforts.

The 540WMain Improvement & Modernization Fundraising Campaign will allow the community center to make a number of essential improvements including; renovation of the indoor & outdoor community classroom that houses The Rochester Community After School Program, address several electrical safety concerns, and update technology & equipment.

540WMain Community Art Education & Cultural Center is asking for the support of the Rochester community to help raise $15,000 to make these improvements to the facility. This fundraiser will allow 540WMain to continue to serve the Susan B. Anthony Neighborhood and beyond and grow its ever expanding repertoire of free community programs which includes:

  • The Rochester Community After School Program
  • The Historical Urban Art Community Walking Tour
  • The Workforce Development, Entrepreneur, & College Preparatory Internship
  • Community Business Services & Office Kiosk
  • Community Clothing Pantry
  • and more

Individuals, small businesses and corporations interested in contributing to the fundraising campaign can visit 540WMain.org http://www.540westmain.org/donate, click the donate image below or send checks made payable  to:

  • 540WMain
  • 540 West Main Street
  • Rochester, NY 14608
  • Attn: 2016-2017 Fundraising Campaign

To learn more about bookings, events, and other educational programming provided by 540WMain; visit www.540westmain.org/donate

 

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The Annual 19th Amendment Celebration Weekend powered by The Susan B. Anthony Neighborhood Association

June 27, 2016 — Leave a comment

In collaboration with Dawn Noto and The Susan B. Anthony Neighborhood Association 540WMain will be hosting this year’s 96th Annual 19th Amendment Celebration Weekend.

I am thrilled to join Dawn (President) in hosting this annual event that serves as a way to commemorate and celebrate Susan B. Anthony, her legacy, and the historical district where she lived. Beginning Friday August 19 through Sunday August 21, 2016 there will be a series of celebratory receptions, lunches, brunches, art shows, walking tours and a PARTY FINALE to bring Rochester and the Susan B. Anthony community closer together .

540WMain will serve as host site for the majority of these events but there will also be festivities taking place at The Susan B. Anthony House and Museum.

This event has truly been a labor of love and will be an awesome way to cap off a sure to be A+mazing summer.

Take a look below at specific events happening over that weekend and be sure to register, like, love, share, and attend one, two, or all of these events. Most are FREE and open to all.

It is so exciting to be taking charge in so many events that have a goal to make the Susan B. Anthony Community Grow.

96 Annual 19th Amendment Celebration Weekend Schedule of Events hosted by 540WMain

Friday August 19, 2016

Saturday August 20, 2016

Sunday August 21, 2016

Learn more by visiting www.540westmain.org

 

540WMain’s Used Cooking Oil Collection Program powered by The Alternative Fuel Foundation

June 27, 2016 — Leave a comment

Did you know that you can recycle your used cooking oil and turn it into diesel fuel?

I did but up until now, I’d never knew where and how to recycle used cooking oil. For years I collected it for months in the freezer and eventually built up the gall to toss it (devastating). 🙁

But all that has changed as I’ve partnered with The Alternative Fuel Foundation to launch 540WMain’s Used Cooking Oil Collection Program. 

For the first time ever  Restaurants, homeowners, and everyone else in between can deliver used cooking oil to 540WMain and it will be transferred to The Alternative Fuel Foundation for bioconversion and recycling. You can also schedule a pickup courtesy (moi)  myself for a small nominal fee. It is really as simple as that. Biofuel produces near zero emissions so every gallon burned offsets carbon that would have been generated from the use of traditional fossil fuels. How cool is that?

I am so happy to continue in my odyssey of making my life and career as sustainably focused as possible and giving back to the community through awareness and education.

I am so happy to continue in my odyssey of making my life and career as sustainably focused as possible

If each of us does just alittle it sure adds up to quite a lot. Click —-> The Alternative Fuel Foundation to learn more about the  Foundation and here  about biodiesel conversion. 

Submit  the webform below to schedule a drop off or pickup.

About The Alternative Fuel Foundation

The Alternative Fuel Foundation is a registered 501(c)3 Non-Profit organization that provides free used cooking oil collection and recycling services throughout the northeast.  All of the vegetable oil collected by the foundation is converted into clean burning biofuel, and all of the proceeds are used to fund green education programs.

Special Announcement | 540WMain’s Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

June 6, 2016 — 3 Comments

540WMain is Rochester’s first ever Community Event & Education Center located in the heart of the National Register Susan B. Anthony District

For Immediate Release: June 6, 2016
Official Ribbon Cutting for New Organization: 540WMain
Date: Monday June 13, 2016
Time: 11-12 PM
Location: 540 West Main Street | Rochester, NY 14608
Contact: Calvin Eaton at asktheglutenfreechef@gmail.com or 585-732-0002

Eleanor Coleman of ProsperRochester, Inc will officiate the official ribbon cutting ceremony for 540WMain on Monday June 13, 2016 from 11-12PM in honor of Juneteenth.

Founded in May 2016 by entrepreneur and master educator Calvin Eaton (theglutenfreechef), 540WMain is a community event and education center vested in up-building, uplifting, and improving the National Register Susan B. Anthony Neighborhood, its residents, and Greater Rochester. The organization resides in a building that has been beautifully restored by long time resident, business owner, and women’s rights activist Barbara Hoffman with assistance from the City of Rochester. 540WMain is the third incubated small business of the not-for-profit organization ProsperRochester, Inc.
Calvin Eaton at 540WMain will curate and design a myriad of services, programs, and workshops that include:

  • Historical walking tours
  • Five spaces that can be rented out by the community including a dedicated gluten free commercial kitchen
  • Gluten free culinary classes, catering, consultations, and pop up food events
  • Academic tutoring, enrichment, and adult literacy
  • Career development, workforce development, and training

The center presents a unique opportunity for those living in the  Susan B. Anthony district and Greater Rochester. To learn more about gluten intolerance, celiac disease, events, and other educational programming provided by Mr. Eaton; visit theglutenfreechefblog.com as well as www.540westmain.org

Calvin Eaton
Founded theglutenfreechefblog.com in 2012, he is a leading community educator on  celiac disease and gluten free living. To learn more about gluten intolerance, celiac disease, events, and other educational programming provided by Mr. Eaton; visit theglutenfreechefblog.com as well as the brand new website for Mr. Eaton’s newly minted community event & education center 540WMain at www.540westmain.org