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I need your help!

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I wanted to do a very non-official poll about what non-profit groups you think are worth supporting in the area. What causes are important to YOU in Buffalo?

I'm starting my thesis crap and I thought (e:strip) would be a great place to get some input..

Thanks!
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  1. drew ·

    Lots of good choices. After, of course, Lafayette Church, PUSH would be high on my list. I als0 like CEM.

  2. gardenmama ·

    I can recommend a couple of organizations that don’t have huge budgets or a lot of “extra fat” in them, that I know do good things:

    Literacy Volunteers of Buffalo - they work with people of all ages and do a lot of stuff with family literacy. Also, they help a lot of refugee families who have been resettled here with learning to read/write English.

    AMI (Alliance for the Mentally Ill) of Buffalo & Erie County does a Christmas is for Kids project every year that provides holiday gifts and a party for kids (and their families) who receive out-patient services from the WNY Children’s Psychiatric Center. The vast majority of these are families living in poverty.

  3. morgan ·

    What's CEM?

    Literacy Volunteers and PUSH sound like a possibility to me - Thanks!

  4. james ·

    PUSH.

  5. janelle ·

    Loaves and Fishes, which is a CEM program.

    CEM stands for Concerned Ecumenical Ministries. Started as a small coalition of West Side churches and now provides lots of social services to the West Side. @drew can probably be more specific.

  6. zobar ·

    I've heard some really good things about UNYTS but I don't have any first-hand experience [thank God].

    - Z

  7. joshua ·

    I'd agree with PUSH - a dedicated group of people doing good work in an area that needs it. Same with that gaggle of miscreants over at Lafayette! :D

    I say this not only because @drew is a fine person and I know him, but really... when you look up the cliche "doing God's work" you'd see a picture of @drew and his church. Drew walks the walk when it comes to community involvement and helping the poor - people like that deserve support! Loaves and Fishes is an important and dare I say critical service for the poor in our community, particularly around the holidays when demand for food is high. I suspect @drew would be modest though, and suggest CEM.

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