ROC Ripples — 5.18.18
Sometimes the ripples turn into tsunamis — read below! Please take a moment to adjust your own cap and gown, because due to your generosity one member of the ROC family has just graduated from college. THANK YOU! Your support of ROC made it all possible, so let’s take a momen
ROC to hire VISTA member to help launch employment training program
The Rural Outreach Center (ROC), a nonprofit organization in East Aurora that is changing the lives of those living in rural poverty every day, is partnering with Serve New York and AmeriCorps VISTA to hire a full-time VISTA member. The VISTA member will be focused on helping the
Rural Outreach Center to host session on navigating social services
The Rural Outreach Center (ROC), located at 730 Olean Road in East Aurora, will host a free Navigating Social Services seminar and question-and-answer period from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, March 22. Guest speaker at the event will be Minnie James from the Erie County Department of
ROC announces new Code Blue site at South Wales Community Center
The Rural Outreach Center (ROC) in East Aurora and the South Wales Community Center have joined forces to offer a new rural Code Blue site beginning on Monday, Feb. 19 and extending through Saturday, March 31, 2018. The Code Blue site will be located in the South Wales Community
Living with Diabetes sessions to be held at the Rural Outreach Center
Those living with diabetes know it is a challenging condition that must be monitored closely. This includes blood work, medications, food choices, exercise routines, fluid intake and planning ahead to maintain good health. Come and join a group of people who want to learn more ab
Rural Outreach Center to launch second annual ‘ROC Resolutions’ community challenge
Imagine having less than $7 a day to spend on food, living in a house that only heated to 60 degrees, not having reliable transportation or not owning appropriate winter clothing. For more than 200,000 Western New Yorkers, this is their daily routine. And for the second consecuti
Bank of America hosts nonprofit leaders
ROC Executive Director Frank Cerny recently joined other community nonprofit leaders at the Bank of America Buffalo Community Partner Breakfast. We’re proud to have been awarded a grant from Bank of America. Through their support, we’re expanding economic opportunities and so
Executive director of Rural Outreach Center to speak at Erie County Poverty Forum
Frank Cerny, executive director of the Rural Outreach Center in East Aurora, will be among several speakers taking part in a Poverty Forum from 10 a.m. to noon Friday, Dec. 15, in Room 403 of Hayes Hall on the UB South Campus. The event will be presented by the Erie County Povert
Rural Outreach Center wins SOPHi Award for Community Impact
The Rural Outreach Center (ROC) in East Aurora, a nonprofit organization dedicated to assisting, empowering and elevating the impoverished rural population in southern Erie County and surrounding areas, received a SOPHi Award for Community Impact on Oct. 13 from the Population He
Annual ROCtober event to benefit Rural Outreach Center
The Rural Outreach Center (ROC), a nonprofit organization dedicated to fighting rural poverty, will host its fourth annual “ROCtober” event from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 15, at Elm Street Bakery, 72 Elm St., East Aurora. The event will feature food by Elm Street Bakery, wine
