We’re a rag-tag team of over 100 volunteers named Kathy’s Happy Helpers, after our founder, Kathy E. Our two-year-old group collects home goods, then cleans and furnishes apartments for refugees. Under the direction of several Buffalo resettlement agencies, we prepare for the “strangers” that Jesus commanded us to care for, and like our name says, we do it happily ..read more

Buffalo and Orchard Park Friends Meetings are collaborating with Friends Peace Teams North America to start a new Buffalo Justice and Peace Library! The hope is to organize community volunteers to nurture personal relationships across diverse communities in Buffalo, as we are one of the most segregated cities in the United States. Sharing skills and knowledge goes a long way in creating just, peaceful communities and families ..read more

Four Friends from Buffalo Meeting attended the Powell House event February 2-4, 2024: Friends Decision-Making and Clerking: Participating in Meetings for Business With Joy & Confidence.  ..read more

In late January, seventeen Friends from Buffalo and Orchard Park Meetings met on a mild day in a Church of the Wild experience to connect with nature. Held at Sue Tannehill’s home on Tonawanda Creek, participants listened and communed with each other and the other-than-human beings in the environment. Fellowship followed with a potluck indoors ..read more

The common bond and shared experience of communities that share space and time and value is important to understand and document.  Both the Quakers and the Network of Religious Communities (NRC) are solidly led by a progressive middle class.  ..read more

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