Peter & Elizabeth Tower Foundation

The Tower Foundation's Executive Director, Tracy Van Patten Sawicki, outlines the Foundation's response to COVID-19, as of April 2, 2020. https://vimeo.com/403825260

Most of us can't help in the emergency room or manufacture masks or ventilators, but if you are looking for a way to help and are able, please consider a contri...bution to the WNY COVID-19 Community Response Fund to help those organizations that are helping our community. Learn more and donate at http://wnyresponds.org/ Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Patrick P. Lee Foundation Health Foundation for Western and Central New York United Way of Buffalo & Erie County Buffalo Sabres Buffalo Bills Peter & Elizabeth Tower Foundation Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation Cullen Foundation See more

These 17 comics won't wipe out depression or anxiety, but they do offer solid advice for small steps and different perspectives that can help out when you're in their grip. https://www.boredpanda.com/encouraging-comics-mental-healt/

This September we invited a team of advisors from Western New York to review and provide input on a round of grant requests. Who were these advisors? People we actually hope to reach through our grantmaking in one of our fields: young people with intellectual disabilities. Here's a video telling a little bit of that story. https://vimeo.com/376911164 (Thank you to all of our incredible Advisors and to our friends at Empower and People Inc. for helping us make this happen.)

Here are some ideas for making this holiday season a little smoother for Autistic kids. https://www.azfamily.com//article_e9662080-1932-11ea-802e-