Buffalo-Niagara Region, New York

The Materials Reuse Project was created as a result of a parent’s frustration with the lack of basic classroom supplies available to students in the Buffalo-Niagara, New York region. The Project arranges for the direct donation of surplus supplies from businesses for classroom and community use, and has placed an excess of $2.5 million of material supplies thus far. Regionalism projects were created as a collaborative effort to strengthen urban centers and restore shared community across social, political, and geographical boundaries. The efforts include a Conference on Regionalism, which brings together regionalism scholars and over 500 community participants, and a Region-Wide Conversation with inter-religious visits and discussions to foster understanding among urban and suburban residents. Computers for Children, Inc. is a non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing learning opportunities for schoolchildren by increasing their access to computers and information technology. The program works to rebuild used computers to the level necessary to run current software.

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