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Buffalo is known as the City of Good Neighbors, but that attitude isn't limited to just Buffalo, it's true of all of Western New York. If you know of a good neighor you'd like to tell us about, click here for a City of Good Neighbors Nomination Form!
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Earth Day Good Neighbors! Earth Day 2008 was a huge success in Western New York. People found ways to take action for the environment from large to small. And the region's first Earth Day Initiative was celebrated in Niagara Square.  [more...] |
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Holy Angels Students Turn Volunteering into a Club You've heard the expression, "join the club." Well, some girls from Holy Angels Academy in Buffalo are making it cool to be part of a club that's all about volunteering. [more...] |
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The "This and That" Squares These square dancing pros will make you want to get up an dance! [more...] |
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Couple Runs Summer Program For Children From Ireland Irish eyes are smiling on Jack and Maureen Fecio. They run the Belfast Summer Relief Program, which brings children from northern Ireland to Western New York every other summer. [more...] |
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UB Student Takes Charity Challenge To New Heights UB graduate student Mary Sorens earned top honors in a national online charity fundraising competition. Over $30,000 will go to fund research for Sarcoma, a cancer of the bones, muscles and joints. [more...] |
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Volunteer Honored for Community Center Work Frank Pezzimenti has a soft spot for the Valley Community Association in Buffalo. And the members have a soft spot for him, after his years of hard work. Now a new academic wing is named after him. [more...] |
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Lockport Woman Helps Keep Seniors On The Go When Josie Porth heard stories from seniors that it's hard to get out and around, she decided to do something. Thanks to her employer, a limo company, many seniors in Niagara County are on the go in style. [more...] |
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Walking the Dog Never Gets Old He may be in his 80's, but Ted Balliett stays true to his longtime volunteer work of walking dogs at the SPCA. For over 20 years, Ted has been one of the most dedicated dog walkers the organization has seen. [more...] |
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Girl Scouts Want to Re-Use Your Shoes! Girl Scout Troop 417 in Orchard Park is collecting used athletic shoes to donate to Nike. The shoes will be used to create Nike Grind, which is a material used in sport surfaces. [more...] |
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Become a Meals On Wheels Volunteer Volunteers are needed to deliever meals to the recipients of Meals on Wheels, especially in the city of Buffalo. Two friends, who deliver meals as a team, are an example of what good neighbors are all about. [more...] |
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Project Flight Employees at a western New York book store have raised one thousand dollars to help make sure some western New York children have books to read. [more...] |
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Students Show Why We Are The City of Good Neighbors Students at Maple East Elementary School make a generous donation to the students at Buffalo's Stanley Falk School. [more...] |
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Jumping Through Hoops For Inner-City Kids A community leader is organizing a summer basketball league for young kids to keep them off the street during the summer. [more...] |
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A Little Girl With A Big Heart For Animals Little 8 year old Michelle Terbot has a soft spot for her neighbor's dog, Tyson. But when he died, she decided she had to do something to help remember him, while helping animals in need. [more...] |
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Woman With Disability Is A Tireless Volunteer Making someone's day comes easy for Pam Matter, even though, for her, any given day can be difficult. But a long battle with Spina Bifida doesn't stop her from volunteering countless hours of her time. [more...] |
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Cheektowaga Woman Sews From The Heart Sharon Lennon is a professional seamstress, making curtains for a variety of customers. She also makes comfort toys for her young daughter, one of which is a soft pillow that can be used as a theraputic heat wrap. Lennon now wants to make them for sick children in the hospital. [more...] |
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Newfane Food Pantry Needs Help A generous volunteer is finding there's never enough to go around to help needy families during the holidays. [more...] |
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A Sincere Dedication to Meals on Wheels An Orchard Park couple with strong ties to Meals on Wheels takes pride in delivering food to shut-ins in their community. Paul and Nancy Vigyikan look forward to their weekly visits with the recipients of Meals on Wheels. [more...] |
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Over 2 Decades of Cooking for the Needy Fran Zalewski has made it her mission to serve her church community, at St. Adalbert's in Buffalo. Her gift is cooking, and she shares it several times a week with those who need a warm meal. [more...] |
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Retired Parishioners Go To Work On Their Church The St. Joseph Workers Club at Annunciation Parish in Elma is a little known group that's making a big difference at their church. [more...] |
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Broadway-Fillmore Alive! Some good neighbors on the east side are trying to promote the Broadway-Fillmore district by presenting all it has to offer on-line. [more...] |
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UPS Drives A Good Deal For Meals On Wheels of WNY UPS volunteers took time out of their day to make a difference for Meals On Wheels of WNY. A clean-up project helped spruce up the commissary where meals are prepared. [more...] |
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Jake's Story After an 18 year old from Newfane suffered a life-changing injury in an ATV accident, his neighbor stepped up to make sure he could live with the best quality of life possible. [more...] |
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Tonawanda Couple is Honored for Their Legacy at the Library David and Ruth Dietz of Kenmore have made the library a part of their life. Now the are the first recipients of an award, given by the Western New York Library Resources Council. [more...] |
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Volunteers Create a Memorial Garden to Remember a Young Boy The Botanical Gardens in North Tonawanda now has a special place to honor a young boy with special needs. Little Ryan Bertini died two years ago in his sleep, but his memory lives on in the garden designed to represent his life. [more...] |
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Angel Flight Flies For A Good Cause A group of private pilots offers free flights to patients in need of medical treatment. Joey DeMarco is a local pilot who has flown children and adults to various hospitals along the east coast. [more...] |
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Local Woman Fights Incurable Illness For Future Generations A former High School Principal fights a deadly disease by creating awareness and raising money. Barbara Field wants to educate Western New Yorkers about Huntington's disease, in an effort to protect the next generation at risk. [more...] |
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Wegmans Volunteers Build New Playground Over the course of a day, about 100 volunteers from Wegmans brought an empty lot to life in the form of a new playground. [more...] |
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A Sisterhood of Caring For Breast Cancer Survivors There's a sisterhood that brings many women with breast cancer together in Western New York. A woman from Evans makes it all possible a few times a year through the organization she founded, The Sisterhood Wellness Center. [more...] |
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Americorps Member Honored For Video A local Americorps member receives national recognition for producing a promotional spot on the spirit Americorps volunteers. [more...] |
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Local Vet Puts in Full Time Hours as Volunteer for Fellow Vets For almost 7 years, Richard Kloc has been the man behind the success of the Disabled American Veterans (DAV) van transportation program at the VA medical facility in Buffalo. [more...] |
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On The Road With Rural Transit Service Volunteers go a long way to help local senior citizens find their way around town. [more...] |
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What "Wood" You Do For A Vet? Wood carvers are incredible in their creativity with the many things they can do with a tree or a log. But in this city of good neighbors, there's a group putting those talents to use helping local vets. [more...] |
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Preschool Owner Honored By State Senator Margaret Kiesel is the owner of the Little Red Schoolhouse in Clarence. But her "BIG" contributions to the community are now being noted by state leaders. [more...] |
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Community Activist Needs Your Shoes! Community Activist Rosa Gibson is looking for old shoes to use as planters in her community garden. She hopes the shoe garden will be bigger and better this year, with the help of some old soles. [more...] |
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4th Grade Businessman 4th grade student Joey Gerlach has taken on a huge project all on his own. [more...] |
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Community Comes Together To Help Orleans County Couple Dozens of people in the Orleans County Town of Barre came together to help a couple that needed a new roof on their home. [more...] |
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Local Teacher Gets Good Grades From Students Ron Sells loves teaching science at Frontier Middle School. But the ultimate reward is that his students love learning science! [more...] |
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Bringing Education To A Troubled Nation A school psychologist gives the gift of education to forgotten children in Africa. [more...] |
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Friends And Neighbors Come Together To Help Woman Hurt In Accident. Friends and nieghbors have come together to help Jennifer Martino of Gasport. She was in a car accident on New Year's Day. [more...] |
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Save A Pet A Lewiston Elementary school is helping an organization that saves abused animals. [more...] |
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A Truly Great Neighbor Some residents in Olean are celebrating their great neighbor. [more...] |
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Western New Yorkers Replace Stolen Presents
Thieves smashed a teacher's car window last week and stole hundreds of dollars worth of presents meant for Gateway Longview students. After hearing that story, dozens of Channel 2 viewers dropped gifts off at our studios for the kids. [more...] |
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Inspiring Love Story A husband contacts 2 On Your Side to share his wife's inspiring story. [more...] |
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Donate to a Senior Citizen this Holiday Season A holiday tradition usually reserved for kids can make a difference in the lives of senior citizens as well. [more...] |
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Orchard Park Student Initiates Toy Drive A junior at Orchard Park High School has been recognizing a need in the community since she was in 6th grade. This year, Bridget McNulty has motivated her entire class to contribute to the cause. [more...] |
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Born to Ride A Western New York man with cerebral palsy realizes his dream of riding his own motorcycle with the help of a Lockport mechanic. [more...] |
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Hockey Mom Barb Tobias calls herself a hockey mom, she is also honored as Volunteer of the Year. [more...] |
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Cheyenne's Project Cheyenne Strade has taken on a project to help keep homeless people warm on cold winter nights. [more...] |
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Teen Collects Pennies for a Cause Sean Dearlove loves Abraham Lincoln. But that's not the reason he started collecting pennies... make that pounds and pounds of pennies! [more...] |
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A Local Man Shows Age Doesn't Matter When It Comes To A Job Well Done Ed Brown is another example of why we live in the city of good neighbors. [more...] |
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Young Boy Wants To Tell The World About His Super Grandpa A 12 year old boy really sees the big picture when it comes to learning from his elders. [more...] |
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Morlock Foundation Steps in for Families in Need A non-for-profit foundation in Buffalo is little known to the community, but is making a big difference for families of children with disease and disability. [more...] |
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A Story of Survival Tonawanda native Rob Krzeminski has suffered a nine year battle with cancer. But that hasn't stopped him from following his calling of helping others. [more...] |
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Cradle Beach Clean Up Dozens of students from Lake Shore Middle school took time away from the classroom to help out at Cradle Beach Camp. [more...] |
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100th Care Package Liane Dahlberg makes up care packages to send to troops overseas. This week she sent out her 100th care package. [more...] |
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Local Family Helps Others Through Loss A Buffalo family suffered a tragic loss nine years ago. In the years since, they have turned their sorrow into a positive way to help others. [more...] |
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Hurricane Of Fashion A local high school student brought her friends together to raise money for a New Orleans high school. [more...] |
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Jamestown Girl Makes Incredible Donation to Help Cancer Patients On her 8th birthday, Makayla Keefe decided she didn't need any more toys. Instead, she had an idea to honor her late grandmother with a gift from the heart. [more...] |
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Volunteer Helps Feed Western New Yorkers Gerry Faircloth volunteers his time to help feed Western New Yorkers. [more...] |
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Powerlifting Partners Are Taking A Huge Weight Off Local Military Families A powerlifter from Lewiston is showing his appreciation for the troops fighting overseas by helping their families back home. [more...] |
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Anonymous Letter Brings Attention to Woman's Giving Spirit Church Pastor says nomination of Marguerite Jackson is Long Overdue [more...] |
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Toy Drive Students at Bishop Timon-St. Jude High School held a toy drive for needy children. [more...] |
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HELPING ONE OF THEIR OWN Jim Carr has been a part of the North Boston Fire Company for nearly 40 years. [more...] |
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"Taste of Home" for the Troops They organized "A Taste of Niagara" last summer, now they're putting together a "Taste of Home" for the troops overseas. [more...] |
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Newfane Students Earn Credit And Help A Charity
The Newfane High School 10th Grade Tech Class built a playhouse which will be auctioned to benefit the Newfane Food Pantry. [more...] |
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Local Boy Scout Helps Organize Thanksgiving Feast The Response To Love Center in Buffalo serves hundreds of needy people every year on Thanksgiving day. This year, the feast was enjoyed with the help of a local Boy Scout. [more...] |
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10 Year Old Inspires DOT to Improve Intersection A 10 year old Tonawanda girl is being credited with making a busy intersection a little safer. It all started with a persuasive writing project in school. [more...] |
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Tomorrow's Youth Some Buffalo students take on a food drive to help the City Mission. [more...] |
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West Seneca Man Is Another Good Neighbor Some West Seneca neighbors know how lucky they are to live on the same street as Mario Fabbro. They know he goes above and beyond the definition of being a good neighbor. One neighbor contacted Channel 2 as a way to show his appreciation. [more...] |
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Child Care Provider is Another Good Neighbor A Wales Center woman apparently had no idea how much she is cherished by the mother of a boy she cares for. Lisa Zywar loves caring for 4 year old Matthew Martin, and asks for almost nothing in return. [more...] |
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Budwey's owner is named Citizen of the Year Frank Budwey is a staple of the community in North Tonawanda. His Budwey's supermarkets have been serving customers in the community for decades. But because he serves his community so well, the Chamber of Commerce has named him 2005 Citizen of the Year. [more...] |
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Western New York Man Organized Fishing Competition On His Own. A Western New York man organized a fishing competition on his own. [more...] |
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High School Senior Makes A Difference An Iroquois High School Senior finds out it is possible for one person to make a difference. Hilarie Henry saw the devastation along the Gulf Coast and wanted to help. [more...] |
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Giving From The Heart We're known as the City of Good Neighbors and each week 2 On Your Side’s Erika Brason will profile someone who exemplifies that reputation. This week, the story of 2 children giving up some of the things they love the most to help other kids who've lost everything. [more...] |
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