WNY Heroes News & Announcements

All we can say is WOW! Thank
to WPIG 7 Mountains Media for stepping up and creating a WNYHeroes day of giving. Thanks to all the sponsors for getting behind our Pawsitive for Heroes program. Your amazing support will allow us to continue providing service dogs to Veterans who need them. All made possible because of you!

Wow!!! The amazing Eric Jones strikes again!!!! We are more than honored you chose our organization again!
Please stop by and borrow the sand carving tool to carve the initials of a fallen hero into the sand bed at the base of the sculpture, flags are provided to be moved and temporarily placed beside your carve…do not touch sculpture, thank you.
PLEASE donate on site or through the Cuba Chamber of Commerce to WNY Heroes Inc. God Bless! Location: Empire City Farms (block barn) Cuba NY.

Many thanks to De Dees Dairy for their awesome and continuous support towards our Pawsitive for Heroes service dog program. Your summer long support will allow us to keep supporting Veterans who are medically referred for our services/programs.

A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR FEMALE VETERAN ROCKSTARS AND Satya Yoga A Board Above Buffalo Macrame.

Are you place of business? Please consider displaying our decals in your window or front door. Help us spread the word and show your support for Veterans and those who need service dogs and that they ARE welcomed in your establishment.

We cannot say thank you enough to the Vietnam Veteran who called and donated this awesome scooter. The next day WNY Heroes received a call from VVA Chapter 77. A Vietnam Vet reached out in need of a scooter. WNY Heroes picked the chair up in Hamburg, NY. Now this Marine Sgt. is “wheels up” and moving!

Listen to Program Director, Lynn Magistrale’s invitation to all Veterans to join Operation BOOTS today!

Kyle Alejandro and his service dog Sully are a part of both our Pawsitive for Heroes program and our Peer to Peer support program. Kyle and Sully set on their very first adventure together to drive across the country. Kyle would have NEVER thought about doing this before receiving Sully. As you see, Kyle also wears the men’s group belt till our next dinner. His duties is to wear that belt everywhere he goes and explain the purpose behind the belt and it’s meaning. Sully has really made a huge difference for Kyle and for that, we say thank you to our sponsors for believing in us and helping us change another Veterans life.

Food distribution will be changed to Sundays starting May 9th and we hope to keep everything running smoothly! Thank you all for your service and working with us to make this program so successful!

Thank you Delta Sonic Lancaster and all of our sponsors for your support keeping our van on the road! Because of you, we can continue meeting the needs of our local Heroes.

While the food distribution was taking place at WNYHeroes home front we had some troops on a ruck march for hunger. Thanks goes out to Amvets post 72 and all the amazing volunteers who came out to ruck for hunger! We can’t thank you enough! A HUGE HUGE Shoutout to Scott Mack for putting this all together and making this happen! THANK YOU!

Ralph Gard Ralph Gardner aka PADRE 💜 is in need of some prayer. For the sake of his privacy and his families privacy we just wanted to share that he’s been having medical issues (non covid) and could use our love and support. Padre is always at our office with a smile (behind that mask) and offering love and friendship to us all during our food distributions and was always the first to volunteer for any of our events before covid. Hurry up and heal Padre. We miss you already.

Thanks to the Easter Bunny for a special appearance along with our fury friends from Spirit Wind Farm (417-6277). Our amazing volunteers take time out of their Saturdays to pass out food to anyone with proof of service. We can never thank them enough. “I volunteer because it’s fun. They make you want to keep coming back. They take care of their volunteers and make sure you know you’re appreciated”. -Volunteer

What an awesome night with our Operation BOOTS Peer-to-Peer support dinner. This month the belt goes to Veteran Kyle Alejandro. Congratulations Kyle and thank you for your service. It was great to see everyone again, listen to the laughs, meet many new Veterans for the first time and more. Watching everyone share stories and chat with new individuals. We had giveaways for those who’s first time attending. We also had the exchanging of the belt. The belt was held by Veteran John Beyer. Thank you Big Ditch Brewing Company for having us in again.

Veteran Service Rep (and Navy Veteran) Rob Stutz is now back in our office 5 days a week effective immediately. You still will have to call for an appointment. Unfortunately, we cannot accept walk-ins. Rob has submitted over 753 Claims/Supporting Evidence to the VA, of which 401 were new claims since last March. Thank you Rob for your commitment to Veterans in WNY.