Erie County, NY – Erie County Clerk Chris Jacobs will be hosting an open-to-the-public blood drive with Unyts, WNY’s only organ, eye, tissue and community blood center, on Saturday, May 11th from 9am-2pm at the Erie County Auto Bureau located at 2122 George Urban Blvd. in Cheektowaga.

“Giving the gift of life through a blood donation is critically important,” Jacobs said.  “By giving blood, you are helping to make sure there is blood available for your friends and neighbors in their time of need. I would also like to encourage the community to enroll on the New York State Registry as an organ and tissue donor and help the more than 117,000 currently waiting for a transplant.”

BUFFALO, NY – The Buffalo Niagara Partnership will host Power Up! Women Building Their Business Communities and Personal Brands from 2:00 – 6:00 p.m., June 21, 2013 at Artisan Kitchens and Bath, 200 Amherst Street, Buffalo, NY 14207.  This event is designed to educate, inspire and connect female professionals in the Buffalo Niagara region. 

“With Power Up! the Partnership is able to bring together women professionals of every age, every industry and every level of success,” said Lindsey Dotson, events manager at the Buffalo Niagara Partnership.  “Education through connecting is one of the most important things we do.”

Power Up! will feature keynote speaker Jacquie Walker of News Channel 4 and a panel of established and emerging leaders contributing to local business, industry and community.  The event will conclude with cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and structured networking with successful women professionals.

More than 25 National Grid executives and employees assisted Tifft Nature Preserve ecological technicians and staff employees in the planting of more than 115 new trees at Tifft Nature Preserve in efforts to replace invasive trees with ecologically friendly species. The day of tree planting is just one example of the commitment National Grid has in Western New York to be an environmentally responsible and good corporate citizen.

National Grid’s tree planting volunteerism was in conjunction with Tifft Nature Preserve’s tree regeneration project which is being funded by a $300,000 grant from the Greenway Ecological Standing Committee (GESC).  The Committee is affiliated with the Niagara River Greenways Fund, established by the New York Power Authority as part of the re-licensing of the Niagara Power Project.