The City Mission of Buffalo

Did you know that the City Mission of Buffalo started in 1917?

I’ve always known of the City Mission of Buffalo as a place the homeless can go for
meals. That is how it started – as a soup kitchen. However, due to all the economic hardships
over the years, providing only food and shelter to people in hardship is simply not enough.

Today, the City Mission of Buffalo offers long-term recovery programs, counseling,
work, and life skills training education assistance, and health care services for homeless men,
women, and families committed to turning their lives around. The City Mission of Buffalo offers
outreach programs to prevent homelessness for individuals and families in the low-income
community.

I am grateful to know that we have such a comprehensive outreach program within the
Buffalo community. On any one night, 2,500 – 4,000 people are homeless in the City of Buffalo.
These can go as high as 7,500 people. These figures don’t even include the suburban
communities. Buffalo ranks as approximately the 70th largest city in the United States. That is
eye-opening when you think about how many homeless people are in this country.

There is a very sad stigma attached to homelessness. Society tends to look down on the
homeless as if they are bad people. In the last three years, we’ve lived through a pandemic and
are hovering over a possible recession. People lost their jobs and suffered from depression,
divorce, abuse, addiction, and mental illness.

No child says “I want to be homeless when I grow up”. Life can change on a dime for
any of us. How is it that we, as human beings, can be so judgmental? We all know some level of
dysfunction in our own lives or somewhere down the line in our own families.

A Necessary Evolution is presenting this information on the ANE website to educate
readers, and encourage empathy, compassion, and positive change within the Buffalo community
and the world. All positive change must begin within each of us. As we understand the causes
and needs of others and we choose to step up and help, we grow as compassionate individuals
and collectively as compassionate communities. This is how we change the world for the better.

Won’t you consider joining me to support the City Mission of Buffalo? If you can make
a donation, please click on the donation tab at the top of the ANE website.

Thank you for your support and for taking steps to make a difference for positive change
in the world and in your own life as well.

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References
Home – Buffalo City Mission – helping the homeless in Western New York. Buffalo City
Mission. (2023, February 17). Retrieved March 12, 2023, from
https://www.buffalocitymission.org/

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