Buffalo Bills Alumni Foundation
Alumni Weekend of Events Community Recipient

August 4, 2010

The Buffalo Bills Alumni Foundation President, Booker Edgerson, will hold a press conference on Thursday, August 12 at 10:00 a.m. ET, to announce that Buffalo Prep is this year's community recipient of the Alumni Weekend of Events fundraiser.
The press conference, to be held at Buffalo Prep on the University at Buffalo South Campus, will include representatives from the Buffalo Bills Alumni Foundation, Buffalo Prep Executive Director Marcia O'Neil-White and Buffalo Prep students. The Bills Alumni Foundation has the opportunity to give back to the community by targeting youth who share a commonality with many of their individual backgrounds The Foundation has donated over $1 million to local charities over the past twenty years.
Buffalo Prep was established in 1989 and prepares bright and motivated economically disadvantaged African American, Hispanic, and Native American Youth for success in local private and independent high schools and highly competitive colleges and universities. The goal is to provide students with the resources necessary to become life-long learners and agents of change in their communities.
The partnership between the Buffalo Bills Alumni Foundation and Buffalo Prep creates a synergy that provides value to both organizations.
About the Buffalo Bills Alumni Foundation
The Buffalo Bills Alumni Foundation was founded in 1960. It is comprised of past Buffalo Bills players, who left an imprint on society during their football careers and want to continue molding society in a positive manner.

Not only have they changed the game, but they have touched and shaped Buffalo as we know it today.

The Alumni Chapter is concerned with increasing awareness and knowledge of problems that we can help resolve, and we pursue this objective by bestowing grants to charities for meaningful intentions and activities. Our society is engulfed by poverty, deprived children and innumerable people battling with diseases and disorders among other things, and the foundation aspires to help alleviate the burden of these people.

Our intention is largely focused on creating a better environment for our youth, because as they mature they will lead us into the future. Some of our past recipients include: Make a Wish Foundation, Kids Escaping Drugs, Athletes in Action, the Seneca Diabetes Foundation, and the Kelly for Kids Foundation. We hope that our active involvement reciprocates all that the Western New York community has done for us.

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