New York
Annual Events
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Each year, kids in each of our states we oversee receive Nike shoes and other items.
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The Buffalo Bills take a break from the football field for a game of defense vs. offense in the baseball diamond. Bills fans for all over come to cheer on their favorite athletes each May and to support Imagine.
In 2022, the Imagine for Youth Foundation donated $100,000 of the proceeds to The Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, to help families of the victims of the tragic shooting that took place a day before the game.
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Imagine for Youth thanks teachers for their support and dedication to their students by clearing their Amazon wishlists in an annual giveaway.
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Imagine supported King Urban Life Center’s Family Fun Fridays, which started in June 2023 and happens monthly until the end of the year.
Imagine for Youth has also committed to assisting this incredible community program in 2024.
Family Fun Fridays attract an average of 50-60 families to King Urban Life Center for food, games, entertainment and community resources.
Events Per Year
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Imagine helped support the Lackawanna Police Department’s Shop with a Cop event! 3 Target shopping trips supported 77 kids.
Each child received $150 to spend on themselves, with one stipulation — they had to buy one small gift for someone special. One family received $400 in groceries.
The events were also supported by the Nick Dlugosz Memorial Golf Tournament, Target of Orchard Park and other sponsors.
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This book bag giveaway was held in collaboration with Target (Orchard Park location), the Lackawanna Police Department and The Teacher’s Desk.
They also collaborated with Pancho’s Army and the Yemen Soccer Club. More than 600 bookbags, school supplies and sporting equipment will be distributed to the Lackawanna community.
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In partnership with the Buffalo Bills, The Salvation Army of Buffalo, Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Western New York and Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, we provided backpacks full of school supplies for 65 kids from the Salvation Army of Buffalo.
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Date: August, 2019
Imagine donated $5,000 to Touchdown for Teachers in Buffalo, NY.
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Date: August, 2019
Imagine donated 200 backpacks full of supplies to Buffalo schools.
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Date: November, 2017
Invited 100+ inner city kids to eat Thanksgiving Dinner at New Era Field.
Putt putt, balloon artist, DJ, and lots of food were available for the kids.
NFL guests included Jordan Mathews, Micah Hyde, Kyle Williams, Colt Anderson, and Joe Webb.
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Location: Northwest Buffalo Community Center, Buffalo, NY
Date: August, 2017
168 kids received a new backpack full of school supplies and pizza party.
NFL guests included Micah Hyde, Jordan Poyer, Marcus Sayles, Kevon Seymour, and B.T. Sanders.
