The New Buffalo Institute created a list of ways to support our larger community while recognizing the need for social distancing.
Calls for Volunteers: Please consider how you might be able to assist in this time of challenge. We respect your individual decision-making and assessment of personal risk in engaging with in-person volunteer opportunities to support organizations that remain open and serving local residents and families.
Donations: Consider donating to one of the emergency funds below to support our neighbors. If you have additional ideas for how to offer support, please send suggestions to mary.rockwell@canisius.edu for distribution.
Additional suggestions on how you can assist in the community during this challenging time:
| Check on your neighbors, especially those who are older. | If you do not have a phone number, consider leaving a note with your contact information in the mailbox or on the door, or talking through the door to see if they need support in accessing services or food
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| Basic Needs
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http://www.volunteerwny.org/ Organized by the United Way and the Service Collaborative of WNY
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| Feeding Health Care Workers | WNY Feeds the Frontline provides meals to healthcare workers through local restaurants. To make a donation https://wnyfeedsthefrontline.org/ |
| Blood Donation | https://www.redcrossblood.org/ |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters | Recruiting volunteer mentors now to begin screening and vetting process for service beginning in the summer. |
| Buffalo Mutual Aid Network | Follow the needs and responses thread on Buffalo Mutual Aid Network, sign up to provide whatever you can. https://www.facebook.com/groups/740052889874229/
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| Buffalo Solidarity Relief Fund | Provides direct peer-to-peer cash http;//bit.ly/Buffalo Solidarity Support |
| BMAN’s GoFundMe | Funding for the Mutual Support Network program
https;//www.gofundme.com/f/buffalo-mutual-aid-network
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| WNY Covid-19 Community Response Fund | https://app.mobilecause.com/form/L0uCXA?vid=6j743 Join 22 local foundations in assisting those who are working tirelessly to meet the needs of people affected by COVID-19. |
| FeedMore WNY | Visit FeedMore WNY for a list of active food pantries https://www.foodbankwny.org/pantry-locator/ |
| NY Immigration Freedom | https://nyimmigrantfreedom.org/let-my-people-go/ this fundraiser goes toward bailing people out of immigration detention. |
| Family Promise WNY | List of donations requested
https://www.facebook.com/fpwny/photos/a.189709964373104/3090448497632555/?type=3&theater |
Submitted by: Mary Rockwell, PhD, director, The New Buffalo Institute
