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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, just celebrated the birth of their brand new baby girl with a huge gift to charity. They vow to donate 99 percent of their Facebook shares to the future of mankind.

A new survey says America is the second most charitable country in the world this year, second only by the people of Myanmar. Obviously charities raise a LOT of their money at this time of year. Unfortunately it's also open season for SCAMMERS...

It's set for Saturday August 29th, 2015 at Mickey Rats/Captain Kidds, Angola on the Lake. It's your chance to help underprivileged kids of Buffalo enjoy the 'kids of kingdom' summer program. Enjoy an Italian buffet dinner, draft beer, a basket auction and hot dogs on the grill all day and much more.

It's set for Tuesday August 18th, 2015 at the Donald Spoth Farm in Amherst and this all you can eat event will really help feed the hungry of Buffalo, New York. The 2015 Great Corn Roast is from 3pm to 8pm at 2715 Tonawanda Creek Road between Campbell & Hopkins and children under 12 are free!

In Memory of Jordan Benedyczak, the annual Jordan's Journey fundraiser will take place at The Knights of Columbus, 755 Erie Ave. N. Tonawanda on Saturday March 28, 2015 from 5:00 – 10:00pm.

On December 22nd, this year, nearly 7,000 children in New York will have a brighter Christmas because of you. Please donate to the Salvation Army On Line Red Kettle Campaign that assists the Christmas Bureau program and help thousands of New York children.

Join the new 96.1 Joy FM and the Northeastern Kidney Foundation this Sunday at Delaware Park.

Tragedies like the Boston Marathon bombing are horrific, but they also bring people together.

Til the season for giving.  So many different things to give to.  How do you decide?

I have had the great pleasure of getting to know the folks at the Response To Love Center at St. Adelbert's Parish in Buffalo. I have seen and assisted in my small way to the work that happens there. I have witnessed the love and warmth that flows from it's staff, volunteers and those they assist. However, the "warmth" part is a problem as their furnace/boiler is in need of repair. Read

When you say the word “Hospice,” most people think of care for someone dying from a terminal disease like cancer. But Hospice Buffalo is so much more.

Maybe it's because I'm Downtown late at night and early in the morning, coming to or going home from work here at The New 96.1-Joy FM. I seem to get asked a lot for spare change, or a buck or two for coffee or a sandwich.