There are SO MANY amazing stories about local folks and businesses stepping up and helping out whoever and however they can. I could literally spend the entire day writing about all of them. I wish I could! Instead, I’ll focus on two that made me feel incredibly proud today – proud to live in Western […]
The shortage of medical equipment, including face masks, is a global problem. Local hospitals and physicians have been reaching out to the community for help. Today, they got some. Habitat for Humanity Buffalo has donated 20,000 face masks to Kaleida Health. They posted photos on Facebook, along with photos. “It’s more important than ever to […]
Carmen Palma needs our prayers. Palma is the President and CEO of the Buffalo Italian Festival, and dear friend of the Italian-American Police & Federation of Italian-Societies of WNY. Just last October, the businessman was honored as the Italian American Man of the Year by Western New York’s Italian-American Community. Palma was diagnosed with liver […]
Across the United States, we have seen more than 4,000 blood drives canceled, resulting in some 130,000 fewer blood donations due to coronavirus concerns. ConnectLife is the primary supplier of blood products to Oishei Children’s Hospital, Buffalo General Medical Center, Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital, Degraff Memorial Hospital, ECMC, Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center, Eastern Niagara […]
Everyone seems to be pulling together to help those in need – and some folks are working to help our doctors, nurses, respiratory therapists and other medical staffers on the front line. A Facebook group called – #Buffalo Resilience has Western New Yorkers coming together – with the same goal. Phil Mc Namara, who started […]
Dr. Anthony Martinez is an Internal Medicine Physician at Erie County Medical Center. During a 15 minute phone call this morning, Dr. Matinez asked me to put out a call to action for local construction, manufacturing and HVAC companies to look through their inventory and donate any N95 masks they may have. Like many around […]
Small businesses are the backbone of our local economy and many remain OPEN and willing to help in any way they can. Some are even changing their normal business to provide what is truly needed during these uncertain times. We’ve scoured Facebook to see what is happening and here’s what we’ve come up with! We […]