Friday, October 24th, 2025
Rising Storm at The Mill
1880 Blossom Rd., Rochester, NY
4:30pm - 10:00pm
Please join us for an evening of community, reflection, and kindness as we introduce The Kindness Path.
Enjoy interactive kindness activities and time together in Nick's honor.
Light snacks provided - cash bar available.
All are welcome. Come as you are!
Evening Flow and Activities
4:30 - 10:00 p.m.
Throughout the evening, please enjoy music kindly provided by: Ryan Yarmel - Jon Lewis - Scripps Acoustic Trio & food provided by Rising Storm at The Mill: pizza, homemade chips & dip, and crudités
*The venue’s full kitchen menu and beer/cider bar will be open for purchases all evening.
Self-Guided Activity Stations (open all evening)
Take a Rock or Paint a Rock to Take (Create a kindness rock to keep or leave behind),
Show us your Pic with Nick! (Print onsite and add your photo to our display board),
Kindness Zentangle (Decorate a paper fox to add to our kindness garland),
Memorial Tribute Video, Stories for Nick (This pre-recorded video collection includes a few voices for Nick * note that a QR code will be available for you to add your video to this collection anytime between Friday and December 1st),
JENGA (Because Nick believed playtime should never end),
Bar Side Botany (Guess the Latin name of some featured plants and win one to take home)
7:00 p.m. — Portrait Unveiling, The Kindness Path
Speakers: Julie Gissin and Charlie Cote - Sharing words of remembrance & unveiling Nick’s portrait.
As You leave - Please take a balsam fir sapling to plant in Nick’s honor.
No payment today - just tell us size you would like so that we print the right amount. Please include your preferred size (8x10/$5 and/or 5x7 $3) and how many you would like of each size in your message. Fill out the pre-order form.