THANK YOU to everyone who supported Niagara Frontier Radio Reading Service’s Summer Bash Celebrating Disability Pride Month!
The Summer Bash was held on Saturday, July 19, from 1 PM to 6 PM under the outdoor pavilion at Buffalo River Grove (formerly Fontana’s Grove), 2299 Clinton Street, near our Harlem Road studios on the West Seneca/Cheektowaga border.
Admission was only $40 for Buffalo Music Hall of Fame party band The Boys of Summer from 2 PM to 5 PM, outdoor games (basketball, badminton, corn hole, horse shoes, etc.), a McDonald’s BOGO sandwich coupon (first 200 attendees), a Perry’s ice cream sandwich, beer, soft drinks, coffee, and a 2-hour picnic buffet of Mineo & Sapio Italian sausage with peppers and onions, Sahlen’s hot dogs, hamburgers, cheeseburgers, watermelon, corn on the cob, and salt potatoes. Enjoy an additional cash bar and raffles (50/50s and prizes below), with a Buffalo Bills Tailgate Grand Prize. Informational materials from area organizations serving people with disabilities were on display at the accessible, family-friendly location with free parking and drop-off/pick-up lane.
Thank you to our sponsors: Mineo & Sapio for donating the Italian sausage for the event, TSG Management Group – McDonald’s for donating Buy One-Get One sandwich coupons good at any of their restaurants (first 200 attendees), Five Star Bank for donating $750, Perry’s Ice Cream for donating ice cream sandwiches for the event, Univera Healthcare for donating $500, Voya Financial for donating $500, West Herr Auto Group for donating $250, and Comet Flasher for donating traffic cones for the event.
We are very appreciative of the many raffle prizes donated from area businesses and cultural organizations. Thank you for all you do to support our community:
- Alton’s Restaurant – $25 gift certificate
- Anderson’s Frozen Custard – $45 in gift cards
- Buffalo Bills – branded sign language family basket (thank you NFRRS Board Member Frauke Stoffel)
- Buffalo Bisons – 4 game tickets
- Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens – family membership (2 adults and their children)
- Buffalo Games – large box of assorted puzzles & toys
- Buffalo Museum of Science – 4 guest admission passes
- Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra – 2 pairs of tickets
- Buffalo Sabres – pair of tickets (thank you NFRRS Executive Director Mike Benzin)
- Buffalo Zoo – family admission pass
- Chuck & Robin Nellis – large, lemonade-flavored summer gift package
- D’Youville Kavinoky Theatre – 2 season passes (8 tickets each pass)
- Five Star Bank – branded wine & cheese pack
- Ilio DiPaolo’s Restaurant & Banquet Facility – gift pack & $30 in gift certificates
- Marco’s Italian Restaurant – $25 gift certificate
- Nino’s Pizza – $25 gift certificate
- Pasquale’s Italian Restaurants – $30 gift card
- Paula’s Donuts – coupons for 3 dozen donuts
- Rosina Food Products – coupons for entrees, meatballs & pasta
- Santora’s Pizza Pub & Grill – $50 in gift cards
- The Market in the Square – $50 in gift cards
- Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site – 2 general admissions
- The Polish Villa – $25 gift certificate
- Univera – 2 large, branded summer packages (thank you NFRRS Board Member Eric McElwain)
- Wegmans – $100 gift card (thank you NFRRS Board Member Eric McElwain)
All proceeds will support Niagara Frontier Radio Reading Service, a 24/7 nonprofit radio station whose team of volunteers read nearly 80 national and local newspapers, magazines, and best-selling books for our neighbors across the Western New York-Rochester-Southern Ontario region who are blind or living with another vision, mobility, or learning disability that makes reading a challenge, such as macular degeneration, Parkinson’s disease, paralysis, brain or spinal injury, muscular dystrophy, dyslexia, or autism. We do this to help ensure everyone has equal access to the news and knowledge they need to live and thrive as informed, engaged, and independent members of their community.
Thank you for supporting our work during Disability Pride Month!
