WIVB Channel 4, April 9, 2011, Saturday

WIVB Channel 4

April 9, 2011, Saturday

WIVB Channel 4

Volunteers ready homes for summer

ILR's Art Wheaton leads Western New York Apollo Alliance weatherization of 50 Buffalo homes.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) - A group of volunteers are helping dozens of Buffalo residents prepare their homes for the summer months.

More than 60 volunteers from Daemen College, UB, ECC, and PUSH Buffalo are helping fix up homes in the Seneca-Babcock neighborhood.

They're finding ways to make the houses more energy efficient.

The teams are also installing carbon monoxide detectors.

Organizer Art Wheaton said, "The Seneca-Babcock is one of the older neighborhoods in Buffalo. A lot of the homes are over a hundred years old and are in dire need of some work and some help. Some of the homeowners try to keep up but others don't have the money to try to do it or the knowledge or the expertise."

Saturday's green initiative is organized by the Western New York Apollo Alliance.

About 50 homes will be weatherized.


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