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Get Involved

Green Springville, Grow with Springville ([email protected]), Springville Center for the Arts, the Erie Cattaraugus Rail Trail, the Finger Lakes Trail - just a small set of local organizations that would be glad for your support and time.

Events

3/25, 7 pm - Town Hall with Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz, Concord Senior Center, 40 Commerce Drive in Springville.

4/1, 6:30 pm - Indivisible East Aurora, Aurora Theater. Our friends to the north hold a general meeting. email [email protected] to be connected to that group.

4/5, 11 am-1pm - Hands Off Rally, Niagara Square, Buffalo. Rally to protect your favorite causes - Social Security, postal service, climate, women’s rights, voting rights, rule of law, Medicaid, education, and on and on and one.

4/26, all day - Green Springville and Tree the Village.

5/31, 10am - NYS Citizens Preparedness Corps, Concord Senior Center. Free. Registration link available in April.

News

📺 WENY news story on visits to Rep. Nick Langworthy’s office.

Erie County - first lawsuit against federal government over funding freeze

To Do

📱 5 Calls - Download the app to your phone; enter your ZIP code; follow the prompts to call local and DC offices for U.S. Senators and your local Congressional rep.

📮 Postcards - Explore the Postcards for Democrats web site and support Democratic candidates in swing states. Get together with a few friends to write your postcards together!

😊 Meet a Neighbor: How well do you know your neighbors? Start small but make a point to find one new acquaintance in your area this week!

🗳️ Go to a government meeting. These are open to the public and people rarely attend. See your government at work and pay attention to the decisions they’re making.

• The Town of Concord Board meets the 2nd Thursday of each month at 7:00 pm with a work session preceding as needed.  If you would like to be on the agenda for a Town Board meeting, please contact the Supervisor's Office at (716) 592-4946.

• Sardinia Town Council Meets the 2nd Thursday of the Month 6:30 pm at the Sardinia Town Hall. 12320 Savage Road, Sardinia, NY 14134, 716-496-8900.

• Village of Springville: Meetings are held on the second floor at 65 Franklin Street. Meetings are normally the first and third Monday of the Month at 7:00pm. There are changes during the summer and with Holidays so check the Calendar of Events for the official dates.

• Springville-Griffith Institute Board of Education

• (email [email protected] to add other meeting info to this section)

Inspiration

“Find your joy and happiness.” Nancy M. National and international news is overwhelming. It’s grinding everyone down. The metaphor that you should “put on your own oxygen mask before helping others with theirs” is really important to remember. Take care of you, recharge your batteries in whatever way that means - unplug from social media, bake a batch of cookies, go for a walk. And don’t apologize for it.

Are you sick of hearing “there’s nothing I can do about everything that’s happening”? There’s plenty you can do - big or small, just try to do SOMETHING each day.

• Participate in local Buy Nothing groups

• Donate to Little Free Pantries or your local food pantry

• Maintain little free libraries or start your own

• Support or join a volunteer fire department

• Participate in a seed exchange, like the one at Hulbert Library in the Town of Concord

• Help people with phone calls and forms - like Social Security, health appointments and insurance paperwork

• Give neighbors rides, assist with basic needs

• Provide a meal to a struggling family or neighbor - see lasagnalove

• Offer babysitting or respite care - especially during meetings

• Teach a skill or coordinate a training - sewing, gardening, cooking, car repair, how to fix a toilet or bike.