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December 15, 2020

Making Spirits Bright: Donation Spotlight

The giving season is upon us, and that couldn’t be more apparent with the overwhelming number of in-kind donations we have received. From blankets and winter clothing, to non-perishable food items and Christmas gifts for children – we are absolutely blown away by the generosity of our local community and their compassion for the families we serve. A special thank you goes out to the following in-kind donors:

Ingram Micro

Main Pediatrics

Savarino Companies

Tabernacle of Praise

Buffalo Police Department C District & NET Team

Haley Marketing Group

Elizabeth Felmet

Charlene Stalikas

Vinnita McDuffie

The Bajdas Family

Patricia Cichocki

Kevin Young

Kristin Fyda

Rebecca Bremiller

Jeffrey Scharoun

Maria Slawson

The Zulewski Family

Emma Rich

Nancy Maiarana

We’d also like to give a big shout-out to these generous individuals for making monetary donations to our Giving Tuesday campaign to support the women and children staying at our Hope House emergency shelter during the holiday season:

NYS Minorities in Criminal Justice Association

Jessica Aungst

Robert Scott DeLuca

Brandon Jones

Marcia Pacciotti

Karen Carman

Alissa Venturini

Gina Pfleegor

David Kiefer

Ellen Scheuering

Jeffrey Miller

Thomas Idziak

Thank you to our community of kind and compassionate donors! We hope you all have a wonderful holiday season and stay well!

August 19, 2020

Donation Spotlight: Cricket Wireless

We’d like to say a huge thank you to Miss Joy Smith and her team from Cricket Wireless at 1105 Broadway for their incredibly generous donation of food items for our Hope Center pantry! The Cricket crew delivered a carload of groceries to our Paderewski location earlier this week. We’re so grateful to have neighboring businesses who give back to our community!

July 6, 2020July 6, 2020

Donations Spotlight

We’re grateful to have received several generous donations over the last few months to help our clients during the COVID pandemic.

We want to give a shout-out to those who donated to our Veteran’s Drive for our tenants at HELP Buffalo: Our Lovejoy District Councilman Bryan Bollman’s office donated 500 PPE masks to our vets to keep them safe and healthy. Pam Ware and Leah Burr, employees at Amazon’s BUF 9 site in Lancaster, donated clothing, puzzles and books to help our vets stay occupied.

A huge thank you to Stephanie Frary of Buffalo’s Red Party for donating over 1200 tampons and pads to our Hope Services clients. Red Party works to help provide sanitary products to those who cannot afford them, to help them remain healthy, sanitary, and maintain their dignity.

Our friends at Bocce Club Pizza were kind enough to donate a huge lunch to our staff to celebrate them for continuing to provide essential services during COVID-19. Thank you, Bocce, for recognizing our staff’s perseverance during these unusual times!