Buffalo winters can be brutal. Please help refugee families with your new or gently used winter coats. For many, this will be their first time experiencing cold weather! At this time, we're accepting donations of Men’s, Women’s, and Children’s Small, Medium, Large, and X-Large coats. For more information and to schedule your drop off, email our donations coordinator: donations@iibuff.org There…
Show your support for the International Insititute of Buffalo by purchasing gear sporting a design that celebrates Buffalo's history of welcoming people from around the globe. The design is inspired by the US Stars and Stripes and features buffalos representing 195 flags of countries and ethnic communities of the world. Twenty percent of the proceeds from each purchase will go…
From L to R: IIB’s Summer Cerbone, Molina’s Said Ahmed (a former IIB client), and Molina’s Kathrine Dukes-Weber. A special thank you to our friends at Molina Healthcare, who stopped by to donate backpacks filled with notebooks, folders, pens, pencils, water bottles, crayons, and other school supplies to help the New American students we serve. The backpacks also included various…
Update: We are no longer holding open donation hours on site. To coordinate your drop offs please contact our donations team at: donations@iibuff.org In September, we expect to resettle multiple refugee families, as well as several smaller cases. Many of our refugee clients have spent years, if not decades in United Nations refugee camps abroad, waiting for a place to…
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 the month of August, Fig Tree is offering up to $5 worth of sweet treats to folks who donate basic household items. These donations will go a long way toward…
Update: We are no longer holding open donation hours on site. To coordinate your drop offs please contact our Donations Coordinator Cara at: donations@iibuff.org or call (716)883-1900 extension 329. Over the last several months, our number for resettlement has increased from 330 to 496 refugees. The difference of 166 people represents a 50.3 percent increase of our New American Integration…
We've partnered with the Buffalo Bills and Buffalo Sabres Foundations for the annual Give716 campaign. The two-day fundraiser kicks off on Monday, July 15 at 7:16 p.m. and runs through Tuesday, July 16 at 11:59 p.m. During this time, your tax-deductible donations could be matched, or you could win prizes during the incentivized power hours listed below! Click here to…
Update: We are no longer holding open donation hours on site. To coordinate your drop offs please contact our Donations Coordinator Cara at: donations@iibuff.org or call (716)883-1900 extension 329. In July, we expect to resettle five families including a Burmese family of five who’ve been waiting for resettlement in a Thailand refugee camp since 1999. The mother is a housewife…
Recently, we honored our dedicated team of volunteers with an evening of lively conversation, dinner, and games. The Volunteer Appreciation Night recognized the considerable time, energy, and physical contributions provided by volunteers from across Western New York year-round. Volunteer Appreciation Night welcomed approximately 50 volunteers to our downtown location. They were joined by staff to enjoy ethnic foods provided by…
Local non-profit Wheels for Workers 716 stopped by our location on Delaware Avenue to generously donate 10 bicycles, along with helmets and locks. They’ll now be given to our newly arrived refugee clients to help them get to and from work, school, grocery shopping, and other essential destinations. Since this past September, Wheels for Workers has now donated a total…
Join IIB for a night of stand-up comedy featuring internationally touring comedians!
After a sold-out performance last year, Vietnamese refugee and comedian Thom Tran is back to support IIB.
This time, he’ll bring his friends, Jose Sarduy & Jose Barrientos, to join in the laughter!
UPDATE: Just added to the program: Adam Zyglis, Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist, will unveil and sign custom, limited-edition artwork that he created especially for the International Institute of Buffalo! A numbered and limited-edition run of prints will be on sale that night!