Help 5-year-old Caleb get the service dog he needs!
When I heard about sweet little Caleb Pelka, I just had to help get the word out. Caleb is a little guy who suffers from a rare disease called Sturge-Weber Syndrome. It causes degeneration of the brain resulting in seizures as well as other symptoms like blindness and possible mobility impairment. What Caleb really needs […]
Bounce house in Wheatfield flies 50 feet in the air with children inside
The Niagara County Sheriff’s Office says they received several 9-1-1 calls reporting a bounce house, located at “The Maize”on Niagara Falls Boulevard, was thrown into the air as the result of a wind gust. The bounce house traveled approximately 50 feet from its original location. There were several children playing on the bounce house at […]
Promise kept: BPD refused to give up, bring home the body of Officer Craig Lehner
Officials with the Buffalo Police Department vowed to find their man. And they did. Buffalo Police Lieutenant, Jeff Rinaldo confirmed that on this fifth day of searching, the body of Officer Craig Lehner has been located in a sweep just a short time ago. A fifth day of searching began around 9:40 this morning. It […]
GUEST BLOG by Jennifer Calero – Breast Cancer Awareness Month & An Organization Making a Difference!
At Totally Buffalo, we TOTALLY LOVE to collaborate! It’s what Buffalonians do. We help others, we celebrate others, because we know that we are all a part of the same community. We’ve decided to focus on that – right here. Guest bloggers – the best Buffalo has to offer – will be writing a new […]
Community comes together to help Chrissy in her battle with Leukemia – but, they can’t do it alone!
Christine Benedyk is a 20-year-old who’s been battling Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia for three years. It is a rare blood cell cancer that originates in the bone marrow. Chrissy will require oral chemotherapy for the rest of her life. Can you imagine that? It’s a difficult thing to live and deal with. As you can imagine, it […]
Domestic Violence Month; A story of love, loss and a sister’s never-ending fight.
Sometimes, we are called to take on a role that we never wanted, never asked for, and never dreamed we would do. That was surely the case for Debra Jaeger. Debra is a long-time volunteer with The Family Justice Center. It has been a very long road for Debra, whose sister was killed at the hands […]
Pediatric Cancer, shine the light, meet those we’ve lost and learn how YOU can help.
September has come and gone. It was Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month. It was not pink ribbon – but yellow or gold. It was a way to shine light on the fact that Childhood cancer is incredibly UNDER FUNDED, UNDER RESEARCHED and really not talked about very often. Each year, more than 15,000 kids and young adults are […]
Celebrating her 18th birthday – and talking about beating cancer 16 years ago!
It seems very appropriate to celebrate Tran Hoang’s 18th birthday by sharing her amazing story. Tran is wise beyond her years, focused on helping others, and working to make a difference in this world. Tran was diagnosed with a Tectal Gliamo brain tumor when she was two years old. A shunt was placed to help […]
The Walk to End Alzheimer’s Disease. We walked for my dad – so many walk for their loved ones.
The Walk to End Alzheimer’s Disease took place at Delaware Park today (Saturday, September 16, 2017). My dad has Alzheimer’s Disease. My amazing, loving, caring, generous, wonderful, hilarious, life-of-every-party, always-there-when-you-need-him, my rock, best friend, confidant and overall amazing dad – has this wretched monster of a disease. Of course, he’s not alone. More than 5 […]
750 Cases for Naples – can you help!? After all “Many hands make light work.”
I love our community. I mean that might be obvious by the name of this blog. 🙂 We are surrounded by many caring people… so when local personality, and host of Daily Buzz 716 on WBBZ- TV, Mercedes Wilson sent me a message telling me about her amazing project, I was not at all surprised […]