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BUFFALO TO PARTICIPATE IN CITYWIDE REVITALIZATION PROJECT

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Office of the Mayor
Peter K. Culter
Director of Communications
716-851-4841

Youth to perform free repairs for elderly, handicapped and low-income residents

BUFFALO—Mayor Byron W. Brown this week will kick off the City of Buffalo “Neighbor to Neighbor” Group Workcamp Revitalization Program at McKinley High School on Elmwood Avenue. The weeklong program begins on July 24, 2006.

“By sponsoring the Group Workcamps Program, the City of Buffalo is offering a substantial service to elderly and low-income homeowners,” said Mayor Brown. “It is tremendous to see so many youth volunteers from all over the country who are taking action to help improve the quality of life in the City of Buffalo. We are proud to have this program in our community."

Over 400 youth from across the country will be in Buffalo, from the Group Workcamps Foundation programs. Also, local youth will work on vacant lot cleanups and minor home repairs throughout the city. As many as 70 local homeowners will receive free home repairs during the week of activities supported by partnerships with Buffalo's government agencies and police department, faith-based and education organizations.

The Group Workcamps Foundation program is a non-profit, interdenominational Christian volunteer home-repair organization headquartered in Loveland, Colorado. This summer, an anticipated 30,000 young people and adults will participate in 64 Workcamps in communities across the United States and Canada.

Through the Buffalo Weed and Seed program and the Mayor’s Youth Impact Team, youth are assisting at several sites throughout the city, and they will work on the removal of graffiti, distribution of recycling information and conversion of vacant lots into gardens in some of the neighborhoods where Group Workcamps volunteers are completing home repairs.

"The work represents about 12,000 hours of volunteer labor-worth at least $80,000 to the community,” said Oswaldo Mestre, Jr., Director of the Division of Citizen Services. Not only will the residents benefit from the physical redevelopment of this community, but the community will benefit from the social interaction of youth and families sharing in rebuilding and revitalizing Buffalo’s neighborhoods."

Public and Media Events

Monday July 24- 8am
McKinley High School- 1500 Elmwood Avenue
Youth Send Off Event
Mayor Byron W. Brown and Oswaldo Mestre, Director of Division of Citizen Services to address and send off to Group Workcamps volunteers on their first day of work.

City officials will be visiting the following sites at 9:30 a.m.

278 Victoria Street - Robbie Billingsley - Wheelchair ramp

217 Johnson Street - Grady Coleman - Porch work

32 Wade Avenue - Marylene Thompson -Painting

Typical Schedule for WorkCamp volunteers

Monday, July 24^th- Volunteers begin work between 9:00 and 9:30 a.m. and work until 3:30 p.m.
Tuesday, July 25^th- Volunteers work from 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Wednesday, July 26^th- Volunteers work from 8:30 a.m. - 12 noon. Volunteers are given the rest of the day to sight-see and enjoy the Buffalo/Niagara region.
Thursday, July 27^th- Volunteers work from 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Friday, July 28^th- Volunteers work from 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Friday July 28- 7:30pm

McKinley High School- 1500 Elmwood Avenue

Thank You Event when the homeowners and community members say thank you to Group Workcamps volunteers.

Group WorkCamps 2006 Buffalo, New York
July 24-28, 2006

Ellicott

348 Carlton St. – Brenda Cunningham

277 East North St. – Evelyn Eatman

360 Hudson St. – Anthony J. Czaplicki

217 Johnson St. – Grady Coleman

226 Johnson St. – George Warren

702 Sherman St. – Donna Smith

Fillmore

380 Koons Ave. – Donna Bonner

287 May St. – David Riley

Lovejoy

41 Central Ave. – Delores Dubaj

33 Dorris Ave. – Diana Nayda

86 Erb St. – Mia Gillison

108 Erb St. – Dolores Zenobia Brown

92 Ericson Ave. – Khalimah A Halim

32 Navel Ave. – Sonya O’ Neal

Masten District

15 Blaine Ave. – Lerthur L. Hayes

143 Blaine Ave. – Mary Hill

130 Cambridge Ave – Peter Jacobs

493 Cambridge Ave. - Phyllis Hayes

507 Cambridge Ave. – Sarah Perry

25 Castle Place- Charles L. Thompson Jr.

309 Dewey Ave. - Anita Fields

2230 Fillmore Ave. – James C. Young

6 Gesl St. – Helen G. Arnold

932 Glenwood Ave. – Hortine Tucker

202 Hamlin Rd. – Gyrone McCoy

30 Humber Ave. – Constance Snell

77 Humber Ave. - Joyce L. Byrd

623 Humboldt – Charlene Miles

324 Landon St. – John Carlisle

160 Leroy Ave. – Louise Marr

108 Longview Ave. – Rudy Hemphill

111 Manhattan Ave. – Virginia Pinkard

33 Sidney St. – James & Lillian Martin

271 Stevens Ave. – LaVita J. Spentz

32 Wade Ave. – Marlyene Thompson

228 Wyoming Ave. – Marjorie Lewis

380 Wyoming Ave. – Tahleeb M. Moody

Niagara

452 Breckenridge – Vivian Rodriguez

508 Connecticut St. – Eunice Wozniak

150 Dewitt St. – Thomas & Sheena Salois

335 Dewitt St. – Kimberly A. Pierce

246 Fifteenth St. – Lucy Rivera

145 Garner Ave. – Raymond Parquette

413 Porter Ave. – Julia Nigrelli

80 Putnam St. – Carmen Cruz

North

134 Hawley St. – Joseph Cordova

845 Richmond Ave. – Louise Alessandra

University

47 Copsewood Ave. – Alta Watkins -Day

15 Gail Ave. – Pauline Cochran

310 Newburgh St. – Kenneth Harold

54 Poultney Ave. – Cecelia Sloma

141 Roosevelt Ave. – Betsy Barleston

158 Roosevelt Ave. – Odessa Brooks

163 Roosevelt Ave. –Andrea Ross

168 Roosevelt Ave. – Jennie Isome

174 Roosevelt Ave. – Charles E. Whitt

546 Suffolk St. – Shirley Amos James

547 Suffolk St. – Talmadge Johnson