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US Army Airborne Ranger Vet Jason tossed out the first pitch at a recent Bison’s game. The team gave WNY Heroes 200 to distribute to local heroes who had a great time with their immediate family members.

Pawsitive for Heroes Night was another huge success. 27 Veterans showed up. Many currently in our program, others considering coming into our program, along with our trainers. Huge thank you to Mercy Flight who did a flyover for us. The pilot also happens to be one of our trainers haha! Huge shout out and thank you to our dog food sponsor Purina for providing all the dog food for our service dogs. Thank you to our other sponsor DUFFS Eastern Hills Mall for the giveaways. Many new faces and we absolutely look forward bringing you into our program and making a life change for you.

“The General” is an ode to Josh Allen, our community leader and QB savior! This jersey tee mixes his Wyoming Cowboys font with a nickname that is sure to stick; Just ask Diggs.

A General, senior army officer, is someone who commands large units and who plans their operations in the field. Sound familiar?

Our goal with this design is to help give this nickname some real wings and to also help raise awareness for those who have actually served for our country in the military.

For the first time ever, a portion of our proceeds from the sales of these tees will go towards @wnyheroes.

One more reason to attend this year’s gala! Doug Allen will be singing the National Anthem. The color guard will be present and a Veteran will be awarded the “Veteran of the Year Award” in person on Nov. 5th at Antonio’s in Niagara Falls. Tickets go on sale soon! Only $100 for Veterans & $125 for other guests. Raffles, drinks, food & more. Hope to see you there.

A HUGE shoutout to Hidden Valley Animal Adventure and Effortlessly healthy for your amazing accommodations and yummy healthy lunch! So much fun was had by all! A huge thank you to our Veterans and their families for your dedicated service to this country!

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.

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!

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!!!

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

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 

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!

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.

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!

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.

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.

Aug. 7th was National Purple
Heart Day! On behalf of WNYHeroes and the Veterans we serve, thank you for your service and commitment to our grateful nation.

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.

This AWESOME NEW up and coming service dog “Cody” is going to be doing amazing things. Cody came to us through our friends at the City of Buffalo SPCA. I have had some time to work with him and his temperament, demeanor, EVERYTHING about this guy is amazing. We have very exciting news coming next week about this guy and a few others. This has been in the works since 2018 and will be the first in #WNY to actually take place. We are ever so excited about our partners in this program. Stay tuned for more and you can follow Cody on his journey.