Broadview Networks Provides Financial and Volunteer Support to Meals On Wheels of Buffalo and Erie County; Donation Will Benefit Oct. 21 "Wheel-A-Thon" Fund-Raiser.High-Tech & Local Editors BUFFALO, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 21, 2000 Meals on Wheels n. 1. A program that delivers hot meals to persons, such as the elderly or disabled, who are confined to their homes and unable to cook for themselves; also, the meals thus delivered. Such programs are usually conducted by governmental or charitable organizations. of Buffalo and Erie County Erie County is the name of several counties in the United States:
A dozen Buffalo employees of the integrated communications provider delivered for Meals on Wheels of Buffalo and Erie County, serving recipients on Buffalo's West Side - as they do each Thursday. In addition today, Vern M. Kennedy, president, chief executive officer and chairman of Broadview Networks, provided a second helping. He gave a $1,000 donation to Terrence M. Gilbride, chairman of the board of Meals on Wheels, before joining volunteers who fanned out from the West Side Community Center to make their rounds. The contribution was offered through the Broadview Community Partnership, a program by which the company has provided more than $75,000 to some 800 customer-selected nonprofit organizations Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. . The funding represents a portion of residential long-distance revenues. Meals on Wheels will use its financial gift to help defray de·fray tr.v. de·frayed, de·fray·ing, de·frays To undertake the payment of (costs or expenses); pay. [French défrayer, from Old French desfrayer : des-, costs of its Wheel-A-Thon, an annual fund-raising event scheduled for Oct. 21 in Delaware Park
"Broadview Networks has set a standard of support that we hope other companies will follow," Gilbride said. "By contributing financial assistance and volunteering on a regular basis, Broadview Networks is making it possible for us to serve those who rely on Meals on Wheels for nutritional and emotional support." "We are delighted to be working in partnership with Meals on Wheels of Buffalo and Erie County," Kennedy said. "It's a pleasure to support an organization that makes a valuable difference for thousands of people in a community that is very important to us." Broadview Networks is a network-based electronically integrated communications provider of data, Internet and voice services to small and medium-sized businesses and communications-intensive residential customers in the northeastern United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . For more information, visit the Broadview Networks website at www.broadviewnet.com. Meals on Wheels of Buffalo and Erie County, Inc. is a volunteer-based organization founded in 1969 which provides nutritious meals and a variety of support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services with the goal of helping people maintain an independent lifestyle. The agency delivers approximately 825,000 meals annually thanks to the efforts of 1,600 volunteers. Broadview Networks and the Broadview Networks logo are trademarks of Broadview Networks, Inc. Broadview Networks, Inc.(c)2000 NOTE: Please contact Laura Abbott for digital or print photo. |
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