NFTA Collects 1,300 Pounds of Food Thanks to the “Giving and Grooving” Bus

The Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority announced the impressive results of its food drive that garnered 1302 pounds of food to help those served by the Food Bank of WNY. 

The NFTA launched its mobile “Giving’ and Grooving” Metro stuff-a-bus outreach program on Tuesday, August 1. The theme was in honor of the NFTA’s 50-year anniversary. The Giving and Grooving bus moved around town on a mission to collect as many canned goods and non-perishables as possible.  

“Hunger unfortunately remains a serious problem throughout Western New York, affecting not just our inner cities but our rural and suburban communities as well.  We are grateful to our friends at the NFTA, the Erie County Fair and Upstate Farms for holding this food drive to help the Food Bank of WNY provide nutritious food to our neighbors in need,” said Marylou Borowiak, president & CEO for the Food Bank of WNY.”

“We are thrilled to help the Food Bank of WNY, and do what we do best, utilize our public transportation for the good of our community.” Kimberley Minkel, executive director, NFTA.

The Food Bank of WNY is the primary hunger-relief organization in Western New York, providing nutritious food and support to as many as 135,000 individuals in any given month throughout Erie, Niagara, Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties.