The Daily Bulletin Archive

Karen Bailey Jones, director, Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic, was elected to a three-year term on the board of directors of the Food Bank of Western New York. Founded in 1979, the Food Bank obtains food and support from public and private sources and efficiently redistributes these resources to affiliated charitable providers such as soup kitchens, pantries, and shelters. It distributes more than 1 million pounds of food each month to nearly 96,000 people (39 percent of whom are children and 15 percent of whom are seniors) through more than 360 member agencies in Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, and Niagara counties.