School Supplies Program
We’re wearing shorts, breaking out our sunglasses, and kids are starting to dream about vacation. It must be getting close to the end of the school year! While you and your family are planning lazy summer days, picnics, and exploring new places, we here at ROC are already t
ROC Ripples — 5.9.17
Look at what you’ve done this year! Imagine what we can do next year… A ROC Success Before Kelsey walked into ROC, her life had hit its lowest point. She and her husband were unemployed and living day-to-day. They didn’t have the basics we all take for granted
Celebrating Volunteers
Did you know that April is National Volunteer Month? ROC wouldn’t be possible without the hard work of our many volunteers. We have about 150 volunteers! They do everything from reading to kids to preparing Snack Packs to running the New Paths Redistribution Center –
Rural Outreach Center seeks volunteers during National Volunteer Month
Located in East Aurora, the Rural Outreach Center (ROC) provides numerous programs that help people help themselves. These programs include support groups for adults, children’s initiatives such as the successful snack pack and school reading readiness programs, and much more.
Rural Outreach Center receives donation from United Capital
The Rural Outreach Center (ROC) recently received a $2,750 donation from United Capital, a national wealth management firm with an office in Western New York. Through United Capital’s national “Help4Hearts” program, local offices generate $250 to donate toward a chari
Rural Outreach Center seeks social worker
The Rural Outreach Center (ROC), an East Aurora-based nonprofit organization dedicated to ending rural poverty in southern Erie County and surrounding areas and assisting, empowering and elevating individuals to self-sufficiency, is seeking a part-time social worker to join its d
Rural Outreach Center adds Susan Giovino as program director
The Rural Outreach Center, a nonprofit organization dedicated to assisting, empowering and elevating the impoverished rural population in southern Erie County and surrounding areas, has appointed East Aurora resident Susan Giovino to the position of program director. Giovino has
Rural Outreach Center to celebrate Single Parents’ Day
East Aurora’s Rural Outreach Center will celebrate national Single Parents’ Day on Saturday, March 18, will a special event from 10 a.m. to noon at the ROC, 730 Olean Road East Aurora. This “get-to-know-you” event at the ROC will celebrate the hard work single parents do
Preventing falls is the topic of Rural Outreach Center event
Did you know that falls are one of the most preventable causes of injury for older adults? In fact, one out of three adults will fall this year but only half of these individuals will mention it to their doctor. And, falling once greatly increases the risk of falling again. This
ROC Ripples — 1.9.17
Watch our new PSA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYyzzoN_iF0 A special thank you to Noah Cosimano-White and McCandless Marketing and Media for their hard work and support. *** Kelly is a young mom dedicated to giving her family a better life. She works 4 jobs and has partnere
