YMCA Buffalo Niagara and FeedMore WNY team up to combat hunger

In an effort to combat hunger and food insecurity in the Buffalo region, YMCA Buffalo Niagara and FeedMore WNY have announced they are teaming up to collect non-perishable food donations during the holiday season.

Items will be collected at YMCA branches throughout November. In addition, participants in the YMCA Turkey Trot are being urged to drop off non-perishable donations when they pick up their race packets from Nov. 20 through Nov. 22 at the Independent Health Family Branch YMCA, 150 Tech Drive, Amherst. Donation bins will also be set out on the day of the Thanksgiving Day race at the Delaware Family YMCA and inside the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center.

Other Buffalo donation locations include the Delaware Family YMCA, 2564 Delaware Ave.; the YMCA Buffalo Niagara Association Office, 301 Cayuga Road; and the William-Emslie Family YMCA, 585 William St. 

Donations can also be made at the Lockport Family YMCA, 5833 Snyder Drive, Lockport; the Southtowns Family YMCA, 1620 Southwestern Blvd. West Seneca; and the Ken-Ton Family YMCA, 535 Belmont Ave., Kenmore.