One of our newly arrived refugee client families need extra support after a two-alarm fire forced them to evacuate their home this past weekend. After an arduous journey that brought them to Western New York, community support will help them through this recent setback. The following items are urgently needed to help this family back on …
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BreadHive Bakery & Cafe wants to help our newest neighbors settle in Western New York. Through September, the cafe and bakery is donating 5% of sales on cafe products to the International Institute of Buffalo. These donations will boost our important work of resettling refugees as they start their new lives, supporting survivors, regional education, …
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A special thank you to our friends at Molina Healthcare, who donated 100 backpacks filled with notebooks, folders, pens, pencils, water bottles, crayons, and other school supplies to help the New American students we serve. Getting school supplies at the beginning of the academic year is an expensive proposition for any family. Still, it can …
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Fig Tree Pâtisserie wants to help our newest neighbors settle in Western New York. The custom bakery, known for specialty bakery items, is sweetening the deal. As an incentive, through this Sunday, July 30, Fig Tree is offering $5 worth of sweet treats to folks who donate basic household items. These donations will go a …
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The International Institute of Buffalo has partnered with the Buffalo Bills and Buffalo Sabres Foundations for the annual #Give716 campaign. The three-day fundraiser runs through Tuesday, July 18 at 7:16 a.m. During this time, your tax-deductible donation could win you prizes or be matched via a myriad of organizations throughout Western New York. You can …
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Our Interpreting & Translation department found a new home for a unique piece of clothing. The traditional Korean garment, called hanbok, was initially donated to IIB this past April. One of our Korean interpreters, Christopher Kim, knew someone who had sought a piece just like it for decades. The woman to whom it was donated, …
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Drop off both new household items and used items (listed below) at the carriage house behind our building at 864 Delaware Ave, Buffalo, NY 14209 Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. If you are able to make a cash donation, please click here. Over the next couple of months (Fall 2023) new, scheduled refugee …
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Our International Exchanges and Education Department recently donated a collection of National Geographic magazines spanning decades to our friends at El Buen Amigo – Latin American Cultural Association. We gifted the collection and a set of encyclopedias to assist “English as Another Language” efforts in Latin America. We’re thrilled to know these donations have …
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“I think my grandmother would approve of this donation.” Recently, Althea Hendricks donated Hungarian and German religious texts to the International Institute of Buffalo. She inherited the Hungarian book from her grandmother, born in Hungary in 1883. Her grandmother was a “Goose Girl,” like a shepherd for a flock of geese. In the early …
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