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Veteran Profile: Capt. Amber Beyer

Veteran Profile: Capt. Amber Beyer

Captain Amber Beyer is a certified mental health instructor for law enforcement & specialist in crisis intervention. Captain Beyer formed and oversees the Buffalo Police Department’s Behavioral Health Team. She’s also a former US Army Sgt. and an Iraq War Veteran. Capt. Beyer has assisted with WNY Heroes food distribution and participated in our peer-to-peer program. What an incredible role model and hero.

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Charcuterie Boards for Heroes

Charcuterie Boards for Heroes

Join us either in person or virtually on Sept. 24th from 6-9pm for a charcuterie board class like no other! You will not only receive everything you need to put this (personalized)board together-THANK YOU to our friends from Nickel City, but you can take part in raffles, vendors, cash bar and giving to an organization that supports the men and women that have served our country……WNY Heroes! This is a delicious and fun way of giving back like only WNY knows how!

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Hand-Up for Vets w/ Dress Downs

Hand-Up for Vets w/ Dress Downs

Does your workplace do “Dress Down” days & love local Veterans like we do!?! Why not ask for those related donations to got to WNY Heroes!?! It’s an easy, socially distant way to say “Thanks for your service.” We’d love to let our 10k followers know about your generosity. The sacrifices made by heroes like Casey & John must not be forgotten. Thanks!!!

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Little Heroes T’s Now Available

Little Heroes T’s Now Available

Look at these Little Heroes off to be little campers at summer camp in style! Have a great week boys!
*if your interested in these shirts please call 716-630-5020

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Important Announcement!!!

Important Announcement!!!

Food Distribution will now take place every other Sunday. Future dates include 8/29, 9/12, 9/26, 10/10, 10/24, 11/7, 11/21, 12/5, & 12/19 

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Meet Hero!

Meet Hero!

This awesome, so AWESOME NEW 8 week old Rottweiler puppy has just been donated to our program Pawsitive for Heroes and will become a service dog for a Veteran. His parents (Tammy & Jay Latham from Holland, NY) wanted to do something to help us. Sooooo they donated Hero! We will continue to post and keep WNY up to date to Heroes outcome!

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We’re in Good Hands!

We’re in Good Hands!

Thanks so much to our friends at Allstate Insurance for their $10k for Operation BOOTS. This peer-to-peer program offers Veterans the chance to meet others who’ve “been there & done that” at various venues in a non-therapeutic setting.

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Together We Thrive!

Together We Thrive!

It’s not just HSBC’s slogan. They back it up. This time, they backed it up with a $15k donation toward our Operation Feed Veterans program. Thanks to them, thousands of Veterans and their immediate family members have one less thing to worry about: Food!

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BOOTS Gets A BOOST!

BOOTS Gets A BOOST!

We cannot say thank you enough to Assembly Woman Monica Wallace for supporting our Operation BOOTS program with a $25,000 donation!! Peer-to-peer support amongst Veterans is so important and so needed. Thank you Monica for believing in us and helping us continue to help local Veterans and their families. Thank you for being our hero.

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Ultimate Sacrifice Remembered

Ultimate Sacrifice Remembered

WNYHeroes was honored to attend today’s memorial dedication ceremony, remembering BM2 Scott Chism & SN Chris Ferreby. They died serving their country while on a law enforcement patrol in the Niagara River.

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Niagara Co. Jail

Niagara Co. Jail

Whelp, it happened today and SOOOO EXCITED! This has been in the works, developing and laying out the program since 2018. We are officially launched this morning & I’m so excited to have Niagara County Sheriffs partner with us, in collaboration with our friends at Niagara County SPCA. Our Pawsitive for Heroes program is NOW in the jail. The dogs will live in the jail, in the cells 24/7 with the incarcerated individuals (Veterans). With the help of one of our amazing trainers John Knoph, we will be in the jail constantly training. Every 10mos, the dogs will be pulled and handed to Veterans in #WNY who are medically referred to our program. We will be launching in two other state facilities in the coming months. Those locations will be announced then.

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