Margaret L. Wendt Foundation awards $50,000 grant to Salvation Army's Hope on Main

The Margaret L. Wendt Foundation press release

The Margaret L. Wendt Foundation, a philanthropic leader in the Buffalo community, has announced a generous grant of $50,000 to support The Salvation Army’s Hope on Main emergency shelter project. This significant investment will assist The Salvation Army with replacing its family shelter with a new, modern, safe facility for the care of families experiencing homelessness.

The Salvation Army is in the process of constructing the new, three-story, 80-bed emergency family shelter at 954 Main St. The new shelter is located on a separate parcel of The Salvation Army’s Buffalo campus (960 Main St.), so there has been no displacement of families served by the current shelter during construction. The new shelter is approximately 50% complete with a targeted opening date of August/September.

“We extend our sincere thanks to the Margaret L. Wendt Foundation for their generous support of phase 1, the Hope on Main family shelter” said Maj. Annette Lock, director of The Salvation Army. “Their investment is helping to establish a strong foundation for this project, ensuring that families in our community have access to safe shelter and compassionate care.”

The Margaret L. Wendt Foundation is a private, grant-making entity founded in 1956 and dedicated to charitable and public-service purposes in the Western New York area.

For more information about The Salvation Army’s Hope on Main emergency family shelter or to make a donation to Hope on Main, visit salarmy.us/HopeOnMain.

More about The Salvation Army: The Salvation Army, an evangelical part of the universal Christian church, has been supporting anyone in need in Jesus’ name without discrimination for more than 150 years in the U.S. Nearly 30 million Americans receive assistance from The Salvation Army each year through a range of social services: providing food for the hungry, relief for disaster victims, assistance for the disabled, outreach to the elderly and ill, clothing and shelter to the homeless and opportunities for underprivileged children. For more information, go to www.salvationarmyusa.org.