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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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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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. Update: from June through July, five new refugee families, including 17 children, will be arriving to Buffalo. They come from Jordan, …
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Recently refugee families from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Syria, and Colombia have made Buffalo their new home. Basic household items, from bed pillows to cleaning supplies, go a long way in helping our newest neighbors settle into their communities, can you help? We are also currently accepting donations of used couches or …
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WGRZ TV highlights our ongoing efforts to welcome 33 refugees, including nine families soon arriving to the City of Good Neighbors. You can read and watch the full feature by clicking here. Basic household items are still urgently needed. If you are interested in donating, you can find that list here. Also, volunteers are always …
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Update: A new refugee family is arriving to Buffalo from Syria this week and prayer rugs are needed, especially during this holy month of Ramadan. The quickest way for you to help, is to click here. We also have two refugee families coming here soon make to Buffalo their new home–from Colombia and the Democratic …
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Did you know donating something as simple as cleaning supplies can go a long way to help our newest Americans? PineSol/ Mr. Clean/Fabuloso Mop and Broom Sponges Insect killer Toilet cleaner Plunger Toilet scrub brush Roach spray Antibacterial surface cleaner Laundry detergent Paper towels Toilet paper The quickest and easiest way for you to help, …
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Pharmacists from local Wegmans supermarkets banded together to participate in our Gifts for Good Neighbors program. They “adopted” two local refugee families by buying them gifts for the holidays. One is a family of 7 from the Democratic Republic of Congo and the other is a family of 5 from Iraq. We thank the …
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