FOR RELEASE: September 15, 2015
Media Contact: Jon Tashjian | 716.775.7930 | jon@19ideas.com
BUFFALO CITY MISSION RECEIVES $50,000 GRANT FROM WALMART FOUNDATION’S STATE
GIVING PROGRAM
Funding will provide meals and kitchen supplies for impoverished men, women and children
Buffalo City Mission has now received more than $638,000 in total grants for 2015
BUFFALO, NY—Buffalo City Mission received a $50,000 grant from the Walmart Foundation’s State
Giving program to help feed underprivileged men, women and children through the Emergency Food
Service Program. The money will be used to help purchase food, kitchen supplies and other tools
needed to assist in meal preparation and service. With this grant, Buffalo City Mission has now received
more than $638,000 in 2015 funding to help the homeless.
“We are extremely grateful for this generous donation from the Walmart Foundation,” said Buffalo City
Mission Executive Director and CEO Stuart L. Harper. “Through this grant, we are able to continue
serving hot, nutritious meals and supplies to those in need, and advance our ongoing mission to serve
the impoverished families in our community.”
The grant represents the second year of funding from the Walmart Foundation, whose donations have
enabled the Buffalo City Mission to provide meals to its 2,500 residents. In the last year, Buffalo City
Mission has provided over 215,000 meals to its residents as well as to an estimated 3,000 impoverished
individuals.
“We’re proud to contribute to local groups like the Buffalo City Mission, which is dedicated to helping
the most vulnerable members of society,” said Walmart Director of Public Affairs and Government
Relations Jason Klipa. “This is truly selfless work that makes a real difference in a community. The
Walmart foundation is committed to funding programs like this all over the country.”
The Emergency Food Service provides three meals a day, 365 days a year, to hungry men, women and
children in the City of Buffalo. The Homeless Coalition of Western New York’s State of Homelessness
Report indicates that over 84 percent of the homeless population in Buffalo is homeless for the first or
second time due to dramatic interruptions in job status or health.
About Buffalo City Mission
The Buffalo City Mission, founded in 1917, is a not-for-profit organization that provides preventative,
emergency and long-term recovery services to thousands of people who are homeless or impoverished.
The Mission includes: Women and Children’s Shelter (Cornerstone Manor); the Men’s Community
Center; the Mission Vehicle Donation Program; and their Dick Road thrift store location to better serve
our community. For more information, please visit www.buffalocitymission.org or call 716-854-8181.
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