{"id":39992,"date":"2011-12-19T17:32:46","date_gmt":"2011-12-19T21:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/?p=39992"},"modified":"2016-06-24T12:55:39","modified_gmt":"2016-06-24T12:55:39","slug":"voip-supply-triples-holiday-season-donations-to-buffalo-city-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/voip-supply-triples-holiday-season-donations-to-buffalo-city-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"VoIP Supply Triples Holiday Season Donations to Buffalo City Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Buffalo City Mission\" href=\"https:\/\/www.buffalocitymission.org\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.buffalocitymission.org\/images\/content\/pagebuilder\/12162.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"98\" \/><\/a>Helping the <a title=\"Buffalo City Mission\" href=\"https:\/\/www.buffalocitymission.org\/\">Buffalo City Mission<\/a> fill emply plates this holiday season, VoIP Supply donated 3,000\u00a0dinners, and called on local competitors to\u00a0do the same.<\/p>\n<p>Just a few weeks ago VoIP Supply made a 1,000\u00a0<a title=\"Thanksgiving Dinner Donation\" href=\"\/blog\/voip-insider\/thanksgiving-donation\/\" onclick=\"ga('send', 'event', 'voip-insider-blog-post', 'click', 'Thanksgiving dinner donation');\">Thanksgiving dinner donation<\/a> and now with Christmas rapidly approaching, an additional 2,000 dinners were gifted to the Buffalo City Mission to feed needy families.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Benjamin Sayers\" href=\"http:\/\/benjaminsayers.com\/\">Benjamin Sayers<\/a>, CEO and owner of VoIP Supply, is personally splitting this donation with the company:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe just can\u2019t bear the thought of thousands of families not being able to enjoy a holiday meal,\u201d said Sayers. \u201cBecause VoIP Supply is thriving, we feel an obligation to give back to our community. We are sure that other Buffalo area companies feel the same, and urge them to match or exceed our commitment this year.\u201d\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a title=\"Stuart Harper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.buffalocitymission.org\/original\/learn\">Stuart Harper<\/a>, Executive Director of Buffalo City mission, comments on how the\u00a0effects of the\u00a0recent economy\u00a0are encompassing\u00a0a\u00a0brand new swath of\u00a0people who are\u00a0struggling or worse,\u00a0homeless:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cEverywhere we turn, we\u2019re seeing how the economy is having a dramatic impact on the number of individuals who need our help,\u201d said Harper. \u201cWith 58% of the homeless population experiencing homelessness for the first time, the generosity of VoIP Supply is a true blessing. For their donation has helped provide 3,000 meals during this holiday season for those of whom we serve.\u201d\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Make A Donation!<\/h2>\n<p>Help the Buffalo City Mission fill empty plates during this holiday season. To make a donation, please visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buffalocitymission.org\/\">https:\/\/www.buffalocitymission.org\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Volunteer!<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright\" style=\"border: orange 2px solid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.buffalocitymission.org\/images\/content\/pagebuilder\/ham.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas Hambone Express\" width=\"192\" height=\"144\" \/>The Volunteer Department at the Buffalo City Mission is now accepting volunteers to generously\u00a0assist with their Christmas Hambone Express.<\/p>\n<p>There are several ways that you can either help prepare and\/or deliver meals to needy folks on Christmas\u00a0Day,\u00a0Sunday, Dember 25, 2011 between 8am and 2pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Helping the Buffalo City Mission fill emply plates this holiday season, VoIP Supply donated 3,000\u00a0dinners, and called on local competitors to\u00a0do the same. Just a few weeks ago VoIP Supply made a 1,000\u00a0Thanksgiving dinner donation and now with Christmas rapidly approaching, an additional 2,000 dinners were gifted to the Buffalo City Mission to feed needy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1026],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39992"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":187863,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39992\/revisions\/187863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}