Restoration Society, Inc. is a peer run mental health recovery organization.
Restoration Society Inc., founded in 1973, is a private not-for-profit agency that provides rehabilitation services to adults diagnosed with significant long-term mental illnesses who may have secondary problems with chemical substance abuse. The agency focuses on assisting Western New Yorkers in developing skills and obtaining resources needed to get their lives back on track. We offer homeless d
Restoration Society Inc., founded in 1973, is a private not-for-profit agency that provides rehabilitation services to adults diagnosed with significant long-term mental illnesses who may have secondary problems with chemical substance abuse. The agency focuses on assisting Western New Yorkers in developing skills and obtaining resources needed to get their lives back on track. We offer homeless d
Operating as usual
Recovery does not happen like magic. It happens through intent, choice, effort, support, and hope. Recovery is one step at a time. Good morning, friend. We are so glad you are awake and willing to put your feet on the ground. We are with you.
2/6/23 - URGENT: Restoration Society, Inc. Code Blue Buffalo shelters and Harbor House Resource Center are in immediate need of travel size body wash, shampoo (especially lice shampoo), wash cloths, rubbing alcohol). Any manufacturers, distributors, and other businesses that have access to quantities of these items are kindly asked to consider making quantity donations of these products. Our need is immediate. PLEASE reach out to David Merlo, Managing Director at (716) 380-0630 or [email protected]. Thank you.
Our mental health workforce should reflect the population it serves, and right now, Black individuals are extremely underrepresented. If we truly want to improve the mental health of Black adults as well as children, we need to get busy.
Only 2 percent of psychiatrists in the U.S. are Black.
About 900 people, including children and families, are homeless on any given night in Erie County, according to homeless outreach workers. Given the ferocity and duration of the recent blizzard, advocates for the homeless expressed a sense of relief the death toll wasn’t higher, especially among the region’s most vulnerable populations – those living unsheltered and on the streets. However, That does not override the sadness over the lives that were lost due to the storm.
Given the ferocity and duration of the blizzard, advocates for the homeless expressed a sense of relief the death toll wasn’t higher, especially among the region’s most vulnerable populations – those living unsheltered and on the streets.
ART EXHIBIT
Opening Sunday February 5th through March 2nd.
Princessa’s Studio and Art Gallery
1271 Hertel Avenue Buffalo
Black Doll Exhibit: “We are Beautiful: An Evolution of Black Dolls”
Through April 1, 2023 at Frank Merriweather Branch Library, 1324 Jefferson Avenue
FREE
in our Buffalo Community, we STILL NEED clean/laundered winter clothing for guests of our Code Blue Buffalo shelters - especially men's clothing, shoes/boots, coats. Our shelters serve Buffalo's homeless community. THIS HAS BEEN AN ESPECIALLY CHALLENGING WINTER. PLEASE HELP.
Drop off bagged or boxed donations of laundered clothing to Empowerment Academy 327 Elm Street at Genesee, Buffalo, NY 14203 Monday-Friday 9-7pm. Questions? Please call (716) 884-5216, extension 498. Thank you in advance!!!!!
Yesterday we picked up a generous donation of socks, cold weather items, and personal care kits collected by the compassionate employees of Columbus McKinnon Corporation in Getzville. The timing could not have been more perfect, as we were about to enter an epic arctic cold snap today - severe weather that will most certainly impact the wellbeing of the hundreds of unhoused people of Buffalo we serve (yes, homelessness is a significant issue in our city).
Thank you Emily Konisky, Central Customer Service Supervisor, and colleagues, for reaching out to us and for rallying your troops! Columbus McKinnon is a 150-year-old, Buffalo-born corporation. Though their reach is global, we are grateful that their heart and soul rests in our community. Thank you friends.
Creative Arts Workshops All February “BOTANICAL ARTS"
Wednesdays 5-7pm at:
Clubhouse Buffalo
66 Englewood Ave, Buffalo NY 14214
Contact us at: 716-492-8656 [email protected]
FREE and open to all highschool youth and young adults.
Sponsored by Accessible Academics
Hosted by Restoration Society, Inc.
Clubhouse Buffalo is funded through NYS OASAS
New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services (NYAPRS) WESTERN NY FORUM: COLA AND COERCION
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9th 10AM - 1 PM
DOWNTOWN BUFFALO LIBRARY
1 LAFAYETTE SQUARE, BUFFALO, NY
NYAPRS is hosting a regional forum to discuss and shape our advocacy priorities for the upcoming 2023 budget and legislative sessions. Come learn more about the state’s mental health system and share your thoughts on what is needed. We will also discuss and prepare for our upcoming Annual Legislative Day on February 28th.
All attendants will be entered into a raffle to win a scholarship to
our Annual NYAPRS Conference!
Join mental health workers and consumers in Albany February 28th, 2023, to advocate for:
- sustaining a qualified mental health workforce
- non-coercive policies and programs
- criminal just reforms
Information and registration: [email protected]
Support from those who believe in your capacity to grow helps to increase courage. Restoration Society, Inc. employs people who are recovery-oriented, person-centered, trauma-informed, strength-based, and hope-filled.
Governor Hochul will release her SFY 2023-24 Executive Budget next Wednesday, February 1st. NYAPRS is one of 12 statewide advocacy organizations who are working collaboratively to educate the Hochul Administration and Legislature on the need for an 8.5% COLA and $500 million rate adjustment for hard pressed community based mental health and addiction recovery focused services across New York State.
We are calling on all of you to use the link below today, Friday, January 27th to urge the Governor to include these recommendation in her proposed budget.
We hope you will take a moment out of your busy schedule for this last minute push! Please feel free to forward to your staff, friends and community members.
Thank you in advance for your efforts!
Click here to complete your information and submit a letter to Governor Hochul: https://naminys.quorum.us/campaign/44478/
Recovery means changing our lives, not just our biochemistry. Restoration Society, Inc. programs address peoples’ lives - daily living, life roles, meaningful engagement in our world. “Treatment” (medication, psychotherapy, etc.), may be important for recovery. But treatment without strength-based, person-centered, trauma-informed, recovery-oriented supports often leaves a person disempowered, unengaged, and feeling hopeless. Recovery is much more than treatment.
Affirm dignity by listening, supporting, respecting. All of our programs at Restoration Society, Inc. support the dignity of choice. "Person-first" means focusing on the individual's values and preferences when planning goals, and not on their mental health "illness" (mental health condition). We incorporate a person-first approach in our ACE Employment Services by following a Supported Employment Model, which supports a person in choosing, getting, and keeping a competitive job, based in the individual's self-determined criteria. Our Housing Solutions program helps people to find safe, affordable housing in the communities THEY choose. Learn more about us at www.RSIWNY.org
A Job a Paycheck and a Date on a Friday Night - Recovery means something different to everyone. Restoration Society, Inc. seeks to support all people recovering from mental health conditions to attain their personally determined goals. ACE Employment Services helps people to choose, get, and keep jobs that are competitive, integrated, and meaningful. Empowerment Academy is a place where people can meet other people along their own recovery journeys and find support to set and achieve personally important goals. Home Community Based Services (HCBS) and Community Oriented Recovery and Empowerment (CORE) provides NYS Certified Peer Specialists to support people in identifying and achieving personally important goals related to living successful and satisfying lives in the community. Learn more at www.RSIWNY.org
They hire the best person for the job, regardless of criminal history. They have witnessed first-hand that someone’s past does not define their future, and that sometimes giving someone a chance is all they need to become a “Good Seed”.
One third of this bread company's employees have a criminal background. The employer believes in giving people a second chance.
Won't you join our "Conspiracy of Hope"? (Pat Deegan). This is who we are as an organization.
This is an important reminder that illnesses do not recover. People do.
We are in need of a large capacity commercial clothes dryer for our Code Blue Buffalo shelters that serve our unhoused neighbors in Buffalo (similar to the one pictured below). If you have one, or know of one, please message us or email to [email protected]. Any leads would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Thank you Aspire Center for Learning for your kind donation of hats, gloves, and socks to be given to guests of our Code Blue Buffalo shelters and Harbor House Resource Center. Nancy and staff of Aspire supported their program participants in organizing and promoting the donation drive, as well as gathering, sorting, and packaging the items received. Your contribution will warm the hands, feet, heads, and hearts of recipients. Thank you for your during this cold cold season.
This Buffalo barber turned his shop into a shelter from the deadly . Thank you Craig Elston, owner of C&C Fabulous CUTZ for being a great neighbor.
Craig Elston, the owner of C & C Cutz barbershop in the city, opened his venue's door, and sharing it on Facebook to help those stranded in deadly conditions...
Eliminating services does not eliminate the people who need services. During the Restoration Society provided shelter to over 200 people each night. Where would these people have gone during this historic storm? Lives were saved.
Blow back from Revere, Massachusetts residents over a proposal to use the city's senior center as an overnight warming shelter draws a fiery response from City Councilor Marc Silvestri. CNN Affiliate WCVB reports.
We are hiring. Perhaps this is you? Mental Health Community Oriented Recovery & Empowerment Coordinator
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Easy 1-Click Apply (RESTORATION SOCIETY, INC.) Mental Health Community Oriented Recovery & Empowerment Coordinator job in Buffalo, NY. View job description, responsibilities and qualifications. See if you qualify!
Buffalo Community, we are in need of clean/laundered winter clothing for guests of our Code Blue Buffalo shelters - especially men's clothing, shoes/boots, coats. Our shelters serve Buffalo's homeless community.
Drop off bagged or boxed donations of laundered clothing to Empowerment Academy 327 Elm Street at Genesee, Buffalo, NY 14203 Monday-Friday 9-7pm. Questions? Please call (716) 884-5216, extension 498. Thank you in advance!!!!!
We are grateful for the constant dedication of the Buffalo Fire Department. They too, are human beings, impacted by the trauma of their daily work. Yet they persist in fulfilling their duties. Thank you Buffalo Fire Department for your dedication throughout .
First responders bear weight of trauma.
Today we said goodbye to Terrell. For over 30+ years he was part of our Restoration Society, Inc. community. The stories shared today brought him to life again in our minds and hearts. As much as Terrell loved to “dis” the Bills (he was a steadfast Dolphins fan), we confidently know that this was simply his way of being present and connected with those he chose to surround himself with in this life. We miss his passion, his humor, his opposing viewpoints, and his beautiful blue eyes.
After a heartwarming service facilitated by our friend Antonio, and lots of tearful-but-fond memories, we ceremoniously released balloons to the wind (in the colors of the Miami Dolphins, of course). Thank you Terrell for gracing us with your life. May your spirit persist in our community (when you are not hovering over Miami). Peace and gratitude, friend. Go Bills!
ATTENTION ARTISTS
We are now accepting artwork submissions for our bus design until Monday, January 9. This year's theme is “Black Inventors”, and artists are encouraged to be creative and inspiring with this opportunity to highlight black excellence in our community. For more info, visit: metro.nfta.com/blackhistory
The Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor Commission Board and Cultural Anchors invite the community to participate in a Community Blanket Drive and MLK Day of Service events and activities
“This year, we are even more energized as we prepare for the MLK Jr. Day of Service to provide a larger helping hand of support to our community. There has been so much suffering, so the Corridor team has an extended list of service projects and activities to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., stated Terry Alford, Executive Director of the Michigan African American Heritage Corridor Commission.
Timeline photos
is at it again, delivering hot, delicious, and nutritious meals to guests of our shelters. Thank you WCK for responding with love, compassion, and hope.
Code Blue Buffalo update for Friday December 30,2023
Libraries play an invaluable role in fighting homelessness. In Buffalo, Restoration Society, Inc. has an outreach office located at the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library - Central Library to serve unhoused people by linking them to housing referrals, counseling, and other services. We are so grateful for our collaborative relationship with Central Library. Message us to learn more.
Libraries are a haven for homeless people providing invaluable tools and resources like internet access, restrooms, and outlets for charging phones.
Thanks to World Central Kitchen we received 600 delicious hot meals for guests of our shelters as well as participants of Empowerment Academy. Thank you friends and neighbors. Your generosity makes a huge difference in the daily lives of the people we support.
Empowerment Academy, ACE Employment, and Restoration Society, Inc. Services at 327 Elm Street, Buffalo are now reopened as of Thursday December 29, 2022. We look forward to supporting you.
When you read about Godie there’s always the sentence that states she “spent almost 30-years homeless” or “lived on the streets for nearly thirty years.” The “nearly” and “almost” make it sound cosy—make it all sound like an heroic failure—as if she didn’t quite succeed in living rough for the full thirty years—as in the way we say—she nearly came first in the race or she almost won the lottery. One night sleeping rough on the streets is hell enough for anyone—especially in those cold Chicago winters where the temperature can drop to -30 in the windchill and the radio broadcasts give advice on breathing in through the mouth and out through the nose to prevent nosebleeds.
Lee Godie (1908-1994) was an outsider artist who spent three decades living rough on the streets of Chicago—with the occasional respite in a flophouse when she had cash. When you read about Godie there’s always the sentence that states she “spent almost 30-years homeless” or “lived on t....
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