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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Erie County and Media Sponsor, Kiss 98.5 are excited to honor Amber Small as this week’s Women Who Move the City Wednesday Honoree! Amber serves as the Executive Director of the Parkside Community Association (PCA). In this role she is an advocate for 2,500 residents, working to enhance their quality of life through crime prevention, traffic calming, fair housing advocacy and more. Amber happily shares that she could not have asked for a better job because everyday she gets to go to work and help her neighbors. Amber and her significant other, Matthew Pelkey, even recently purchased a home in the neighborhood because of the strong sense of community! Outside of her work with the PCA, Amber serves on the…

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Erie County and Media Sponsor, Kiss 98.5 are excited to honor Breanna Pugh as this week’s Women Who Move the City Wednesday Honoree! Breanna, a Marketing Manager at Ivoclar Vivadent in Amherst, dedicates countless hours of her free time to supporting local charities. As a member of B Team Buffalo, a group that focuses on improving the city of Buffalo and surrounding communities through volunteer opportunities, she has helped on projects with multiple community organizations. This year, Breanna served as a committee member for the B Team’s City of Light project. This committee organizes teams of volunteers to decorate the streets and houses in a Buffalo neighborhood during the winter holidays. The group also hosts a winter carnival, providing the…

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Erie County and Media Sponsor, Kiss 98.5 are excited to honor Cindi McEachon as this week’s Women Who Move the City Wednesday Honoree! Cindi’s nomination for the Women Who Move the City award clearly demonstrated her passion and dedication to our community is contagious and that she has an innate ability to inspire those around her to not only give back but also, be better versions of themselves. Over the years, Cindi’s focused her volunteer efforts toward improving the lives of and empowering young girls throughout Western New York. Through her service as a Board Member for Homespace LLC, which provides a safe and nurturing transitional living environment with supportive services for single parent families that prepares them to achieve and maintain their independence, Cindi gives her…

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Erie County and Media Sponsor, Kiss 98.5 are excited to honor Alex Dockstader as this week’s Women Who Move the City Wednesday Honoree! Alex Dockstader, a Microsoft Channel Specialist at Ingram Micro Inc., exemplifies selflessness and has a strong passion for encouraging others. Weekly she shares her time as a Special Olympics Swim Coach, helping kids improve their swimming skills but also their confidence, drive, and passion. Whether it’s staying after practice to review what was taught that day or providing reassurance and encouragement, Alex is dedicated to her swimmers. It’s this commitment that gives these amazing athletes the confidence to succeed to the best of their abilities and like Alex, a former collegiate swimmer, a love for the sport!…

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Erie County and Media Sponsor, Kiss 98.5 are excited to honor Julie Signorille as our first Women Who Move the City Wednesday Honoree! Julie currently serves on Big Brothers Big Sisters of Erie County’s Board of Directors and is active in making connections for Big Brothers Big Sisters throughout the community. She is always looking to forge partnerships and seeking opportunities that enhance the quality of mentoring the program provides to children facing adversity. Julie is also a member of the WNY Women’s Foundation Board of Directors and Co-Chair of the Family Sustaining Jobs Committee. This committee strives to reduce barriers to single, female heads of households’ seeking education and employment. A current initiative of the committee includes a partnership…

We are excited to share that our Women Who Move the City (WWMTC) Committee has selected the 2015 WWMTC Honorees. Congratulations to Alex Dockstader, Cindi McEachon, Megan McNally, Breanna Pugh, Julie Signorille and Amber Small! Each Wednesday between March 18th – April 22nd check back here or our Facebook page to learn more about each of these outstanding women in a weekly highlight.  Also listen to Kiss 98.5 each Wednesday leading up to the event for our WWMTC host and emcee Janet Snyder’s weekly recognition of each honoree. Women Who Move the City will take place on Wednesday, April 30th from 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm at Hotel at the Lafayette.  Attendees will enjoy cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and a one of a kind shopping and…

Our 2nd Women Who Move the City event on April 30th at Hotel Lafayette from 5:30pm – 8:30 pm will recognize our female volunteers, as well as women who volunteer throughout the Western New York Area. This is a night to celebrate women who are positively impacting the lives of others and making a difference in our community. Attendees will also enjoy one of a kind shopping experience, demonstrations and food tastings from local businesses. We are excited to be honoring outstanding women who are positively impacting the lives of others and making a difference in our community.  Do you know a woman who is making strides and impacting our community? Why not nominate* her!  Click here  for the nomination criteria and more about the…

Friends, we hope you will enjoy our latest Special Edition of the Big News containing our 2013 Financial Report.[ddownload id=”3740″] Also featured are updates on this year’s fundraising events, information about new partnerships and a list of our matches reaching anniversary milestones in their friendships. This edition’s cover photo & match highlight shares the special friendship between Big Sister Kayleigh and Little Sister Crystal. Big Sister Kayleigh shared,“Becoming a Big, you not only have the opportunity to change a child’s life, but watch them change yours. I have grown so much as a person in the last 3 years and a lot of that has to do with Crystal.”