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Jul 28
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Wheels for Workers 716 Donates 25 Bikes with Accessories for Refugee Families

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Local non-profit Wheels for Workers 716 stopped by our location on Delaware Avenue recently to generously donate 25 bicycles, along with helmets and locks. They’ll now be given to our clients to help them get to and from work, school, grocery shopping, and other essential destinations this summer season. Over the last two years, Wheels for Workers has now donated…
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Oct 18
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IIB's annual winter coat drive provides winter attire to our newly arrived refugee clients.

Donate Winter Coats to Help a Refugee Family!

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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…
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Oct 17
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IIB Design

Support IIB with Custom Designed Gear!

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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…
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Sep 11
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Molina Healthcare Donates Bookbags, School Supplies to Help New American Students!

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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…
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Sep 05
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Donations Urgently Needed: New Refugee Families Arriving in September

Donations Urgently Needed: New Refugee Families Arriving in September

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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…
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Aug 01
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Donations Urgently Needed: New Refugee Families Arriving in August

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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…
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