JAMESTOWN, NY -- Morrison’s Dining Services at Lutheran celebrated National Nutrition Month by offering classes on healthy cooking, “Flexiterian Fridays” to promote vegetarian choices, and sponsoring both a food drive for Joint Neighborhood Project and a heart healthy BBQ to raise funds for the Alzheimer’s ... Read More

FREDONIA, NY -- Students enrolled in the Cosmetology Program and members of the National Technical Honor Society at the Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES LoGuidice Educational Center in Fredonia donated holiday gifts and nearly two dozen baskets filled with food to families in need during the holiday season. As part of the Cosmetology ... Read More

FREDONIA, NY — Unused student meal points at SUNY Fredonia took on new mission at the end of the fall semester; they’re helping to replenish the shelves at Chautauqua County Rural Ministry, at a time when the agency that serves the needy has an even greater need for assistance from the community. In the week leading up to final exams, a SUNY ... Read More

St. Susan Center receives $5,000 donation from BWB P.C. in Jamestown JAMESTOWN, NY -- Buffamante Whipple Buttafaro, P.C. (BWB) is making note of its 40th year in operation by giving back to its communities. This week the certified public accounting and business advisory firm announced that it would be donating $12,500 to the Food Bank of Western ... Read More

FREDONIA, NY -- Students from the Cosmetology Program and the National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) at the Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES LoGuidice Educational Center in Fredonia extend their sincere appreciation to all those in the community who made the December 11 holiday fundraiser at the Dunkirk/Fredonia Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill ... Read More

MAYVILLE, NY — Last weekend the Chautauqua County Rural Ministry in Dunkirk experienced a severe sewage leak that caused damage to the offices, Friendly Kitchen, and Garment Gallery located on its lower floor. As a result, many of the items collected for the nonprofit organizations' Christmas programs were contaminated and destroyed. "We tried ... Read More

Student-Run Fundraising Effort for Families in Need on Dec. 11. DUNKIRK, NY — The Dunkirk/Fredonia Applebee’s on Vineyard Drive in Dunkirk will host a pancake breakfast on Sunday, Dec. 11 to support a fundraising effort by area students to help families in need this holiday season. The breakfast takes place from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Tickets ... Read More

JAMESTOWN, NY — Students and staff from the Gustavus Adolphus Learning Center collected non-perishable food items throughout the month, to donate to area families in need. “Stacey, our nurse, and people from her church gave us the names of families in their congregation who could really use help this Thanksgiving,” said DeAnn Shelters, ... Read More

JAMESTOWN, NY — The students at Catholic Academy of the Holy Family (C.A.H.F.) recently participated in a Diocesan project to honor Bishop Kimic on his Jubilee. The school had a contest to see which class could collect the most pounds of food and 365 pounds of food was collected in all. Pictured is the winning class, Mrs. Painter's third grade! ... Read More

JAMESTOWN, NY — Joint Neighborhood Project is in the final month of the annual Feinstein Foundation Fight Against Hunger food drive and invites the community to participate with donations or food items. The more money and food JNP can raise, the more money will be received from the Feinstein Foundation. Alan Shawn Feinstein annually divides $1 ... Read More