Deadline to Submit Ford Friendship Express Applications is March 1, 2011
BUFFALO, N.Y. – The Ford Dealers of Western New York are reminding area nonprofit organizations that the March 1st deadline is quickly approaching for eligible groups to apply for a new van through the 2011 Ford Friendship Express program. Now in its 16th year, the program has already awarded 62 vans valued at more than $1 million.
In 2010, Homespace, Inc. and the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Northtowns took home new Ford vans. Additional past recipients include: Computers for Children, Kids Escaping Drugs, SABAH, Meals on Wheels of Buffalo and Erie County, Friends of the Night People, St. Luke’s Mission of Mercy, Camp Good Days & Special Times, Student Union at SUNY at Buffalo, Goodwill Industries of Western New York, Rural Transit Service, American Red Cross, The Buffalo Zoo and more.