The New Buffalo Institute has updated its list of ways to support our larger community while recognizing the need for social distancing. Please see the revised list below:
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.
- Donate Blood via ConnectLife or the Red Cross
- Help feed healthcare workers and support local restaurants via WNY Feeds the Frontline
- Join a coalition of urban farmers, community gardening and food distribution organizations coalescing to respond to the Covid-19 crisis. Seeding Resilience – http://foodsystemsplanning.ap.buffalo.edu/seedingresilience/
- Volunteer to help Feed More WNY to deliver meals
- Facebook Page- Buffalo Mutual Aid Network — posting needs for food, rent, unemployment information and offers of assistance. https://www.facebook.com/groups/740052889874229/permalink/745632359316282/
- Register and it will link volunteers to specific providers http://www.volunteerwny.org/
- City Year Buffalo seeking donations for a food pantry for their corps members through an Amazon wish list site. More information contact mstevens@cityyear.org.
- Buffalo Solidarity Relief Fund provides direct peer-to-peer cash http;//bit.ly/Buffalo Solidarity Support
- Family Promise List of donations requested https://www.facebook.com/fpwny/photos/a.189709964373104/3090448497632555/?type=3&theater
- WNY COVID-19 Community Response Fund Join 22 local foundations in assisting those who are working tirelessly to meet the needs of people affected by COVID-19. https://app.mobilecause.com/form/L0uCXA?vid=6j743
- Support Code Blue/Code COVID by donating supplies listed in this thread to the temporary shelter at 21 Oak Street (https://www.facebook.com/groups/740052889874229/permalink/751550422057809/) or reaching out to Nadia Pizarro or calling her at 716-563-3675 or donating to WNY Coalition for the Homeless at https://www.paypal.com/us/fundraiser/charity/1418305
Political actions:
- Justice for Migrants is calling for the full release of all in detention centers and they have a petition to sign. Those who are released need shelter and food. justiceformigrantfamilies@gmail.com
- NY Immigration Freedom https://nyimmigrantfreedom.org/let-my-people-go/ fundraiser for bailing people out of immigration detention.
- Partnership for the Public Good – provides information on policy solutions for short-term emergency response and long-term recovery. https://ppgbuffalo.org/buffalo-commons/covid-19/
Submitted by: Mary Rockwell, PhD, director, The New Buffalo Institute
