Explore Buffalo’s popular Winter Speakers Series will continue from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 12, in First Presbyterian Church, 1 Symphony Circle, Buffalo. The cost of the event is just $10, or free for Explore Buffalo’s Explorer Pass holders!

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Learning, Caring & Curing: Medical History in Buffalo
Since the mid-1800s, Buffalo has developed quality clinical care, educational and medical research facilities. With the new John R. Oishei Children’s Hospital and the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences continuing this tradition on the expanding Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, this presentation takes a look back at the evolution of the medical school, hospitals and research facilities within the city. Highlights of Buffalo’s history of medical excellence, innovations and inventions will be showcased.

Imagine having only $6.36 a day to spend on food, living in a house that only heated up to 60 degrees, not having reliable transportation, or not owning a winter coat or boots. For more than 200,000 Western New Yorkers, this is daily life.  

The Rural Outreach Center (ROC), which serves the southern communities of Western New York, is raising awareness about the challenges of living in poverty through a new community-wide campaign during the month of January 2017 called “ROC Resolutions.” During each week of the month, the spotlight will shine on a different obstacle often encountered by those living in poverty. Week one (Jan. 2-8) will focus on food, while week two (Jan. 9-15) will focus on utilities, week three (Jan. 16-22) on transportation, and week four (Jan. 23-30) on clothing.

The Suneel’s Light Foundation, a local non-profit dedicated to raising funds for research that will lead to the treatment and a cure for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), while increasing public awareness of the genetic disease, is proud to announce that the fourth annual Suneel’s Celebrity Gala will be held on October 29th, from 6 p.m. until 10:30 p.m. in the elegant grand ballroom of Salvatore’s Italian Gardens, 6461 Transit Road, Depew. The “Dancing with the Stars” inspired event will feature six, well-known, local celebrities from across Western New York showcasing their dancing prowess in a head-to-head competition. Tickets for Suneel’s Celebrity Gala are $175 per person or $325 a couple.