More good news about the Easter season opening at the Broadway Market on 03/31 at Noon… Sister Johnice and Dick Fronczak are great Broadway Fillmore Alive people and true friends to the area.
The Broadway Market is hosting the Easter Holiday Kickoff 2006 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at noon on Friday, March 31, 2006. Led by Executive Director Dick Fronczak and the Broadway Market Board of Directors, the focus is on a response to people on Buffalo’s East Side. Once again WGRZ Weatherman Kevin O’Connell will be the Master of Ceremonies. The list of invited guests includes political officials, community activists, church leaders and representatives from many local grassroots organizations and agencies. Everyone is invited to join this great event!
This year’s event is in celebration of 20 years of service of the Response to Love Center. It is in this center that people are fed, clothed and educated. In the dining room over 16,000 meals are served throughout the year and the food pantry provided in excess of 22,000 pounds of food. Clothing and house wares are sold at bargain prices in the thrift shops. The GED and computer training classes finished the first year of operation in August 2005, wit a number of students receiving their diplomas, two of whom have commenced studies at Erie Community College.
Although there have been serious cutbacks in funding, Sister Mary Johnice, Felician Sister and Director of the Center, remains optimistic. Believing in the Mission God has given her, Sister Johnice declared “That with God on our side and the willing hands and hearts of the Felician Sisters Team, Mercy Sister, volunteers, youth groups, we will continue our ministry to the people on the East Side.”
