Be sure to "home" Rochester as your region. That way your word count and donations will count towards our goals.
Homing a region is easy (copy/pasted from the FAQs):
1. Click on “Find a Region” in the Local Events menu.
2. Browse the “Regions closest to you” section, or search for a region in the “Other regions” section
3. Once you’ve found the region you’d like to join, click “Join this region.”
Your first region is your home region by default. If you’d like to change this later, follow the steps above and click the “Make this region my home” button for your preferred region.