Rural Outreach Center seeks School Readiness Program volunteers
Can you give 30 minutes a week to change a child’s future? The Rural Outreach Center (ROC) in East Aurora is in search of dedicated volunteers to assist with their School Readiness Program. A volunteer training session has been scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26
Western New York community needs to address the ‘invisible poor’
Larry Bierl tragically froze to death in Amherst recently. It could just have easily happened in rural Western New York. Coverage of Larry’s death, and the related issue of how those experiencing homelessness were dealing with the extreme cold, included repeated media announcem
ROC to host workshops on social services and housing rights
The Rural Outreach Center (ROC), a nonprofit organization offering a wide variety of social services for those living in Western New York’s rural communities, will host two upcoming workshops titled Navigating the Department of Social Services and Know Your Housing Rights. The
ROC Ripples — 2.6.19
This success story is all because of you! Carl had been doing quite well. He had a small, profitable home remodeling business. He was happily married with a child and owned his own home. But then his wife left him and he couldn’t cope with his grief. Carl suddenly be
