It brings together community leaders to learn how to carry out a community-based playground building project. One is for support of the Web-Based Reporting System and the second covers a variety of training and technical assistance services to Corporation programs. The West Seneca Youth Bureau was established in 1970 to provide youth programs that emphasize community service. The Bureau has expanded from its home base in the Buffalo suburb of West Seneca to engage youth throughout the Buffalo area and western New York. They recruited more than 3,100 community volunteers to help run parenting workshops, provide services to seniors, and establish family literacy programs.
Members support programs addressing substance abuse and violence.
Students completing her class serve as assistant teachers and the class's computer art will be featured at Squeakywheel . In addition to her service at the Bureau, she volunteers with several other community organizations. Sometimes patience is required to develop something special. It took time to find the right place to test it, but a pilot program is now underway at Compass House, a drop-in center and residence for 15 homeless youth. Seiko talks with the residents about violence and the issues happening in their lives.