Friends of the Public Market and Market Merchandise

Friends of the Rochester Public Market

Friends of the Rochester Public Market is an all-volunteer organization that supports the market in many important ways.

The Friends signature program is the Market Token Program, through which food stamp benefit recipients can use those benefits to purchase fresh, healthy food from the Market.

Friends Initiatives

The Market Token Program

Artists Row: The Friends organize the increasingly popular Artists Row at the Market each September, through which dozens of local artists display their work at the Market. The 2012 Artists Row will be Sunday, September 16. For more information and an artist application, click here or go to www.marketfriends.org.

Market Merchandise: The friends sell an array of Market Merchandise from their kiosk at the Market, or at the Market office. See below for more about these Market mementos!  

Market Gift Tokens: A great gift any time of year, for any occasion!

Market Merchandise

Show your love and pride for your market by purchasing Public Market merchandise, sold by the Friends of the Market. Visit the Friends of the Market booth near the Union Street gates.

Items include:

* Tee Shirts

* Sweatshirts

* Baseball Hats

* Eco-friendly shopping bags

* Aprons

* Book: The Hands that Feed Us: 100 Years at the Rochester Public Market

*  The Rochester Public Market Cookbook (to benefit the Market Token Program)

Volunteer with the Friends

Consider becoming a volunteer with the Friends! As a volunteer, you can help with the Friends' exciting initiatives (tours, Market Token Program, Market merchandise, Artists Row, and much more). 

Download a volunteer brochure

Download a volunteer opportunity list

Download a volunteer application form

For More Information

Learn more about the organization by visiting www.marketfriends.org, by calling 585-325-5058, emailing marketfriends@rochester.rr.com, or on Saturdays stop by the Friends' kiosk at the Market, near the Union Street gates.