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Huddle for Hunger

Huddle for Hunger

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About Huddle for Hunger: To combat hunger in our community, the Buffalo Bills Foundation and Wegmans are teaming up for their annual Huddle for Hunger initiative. This initiative aims to raise awareness of food insecurity in our region and support local hunger-fighting charities

Bills Foundation Focus: The Bills Foundation is focused on addressing hunger, increasing access to nutritious food for families, and supporting healthy eating in Western New York.

Bills Foundation Celebrates a Record-Breaking Huddle for Hunger Week for 2025!

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To combat hunger in our community, the Buffalo Bills Foundation and Wegmans teamed up for their annual Huddle for Hunger initiative.

In 2025, a record-breaking 65,100 pounds of food were donated to the 2025 Huddle for Hunger Community Food Drive to support FeedMore WNY and its nearly 400 hunger-relief partners throughout Erie, Niagara, Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties. This year's Huddle for Hunger totals exceeded the previous record by more than 27,000 pounds. The annual Huddle for Hunger Drive is made possible through the partnership of the Buffalo Bills Foundation and Wegmans.

Community Food Drive & Festival (Sept. 30)

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 65,107 pounds of food donated
  • 25,414 lbs. Collected at the stadium
  • 31,000 lbs. Donated by Lactalis
  • 345 lbs. Donated by Snapdragon
  • 1,786 lbs. Donated by Allen Farms
  • 6,562 lbs. Donated by Wegmans

The Buffalo Bills, Wegmans, local charities, and our incredible community joined forces at the Huddle for Hunger Food Drive at Highmark Stadium. Bills players collected donations to benefit FeedMore WNY and fight food insecurity across Western New York.

Jamestown vs. Bennett Food Drive (Oct. 3)

The Buffalo Bills hosted a Rivalries Week Celebration in Jamestown on Friday, October 3. The Bills Foundation in partnership with FeedMore WNY hosted a Huddle for Hunger food drive at the Jamestown vs. Bennett High School football game on Friday, October 3. Fans donated nonperishable food items and received a Buffalo Bills Rivalries tote bag at gate entry.

An additional 1,030 pounds of food was collected from Jamestown and Bennett fans.

The Buffalo Bills took part in the Jamestown vs. Bennett High School Homecoming football game on Friday, October 3, at Strider Field. The Buffalo Bills brought the excitement of NFL Rivalries Week to Jamestown, NY with a special appearance by Bills Legend Fred Jackson and Billy Buffalo. This gallery is presented by Wegmans.

Game Day vs. Patriots (Oct. 5)

HIGHLIGHTS

  • $171,656 dollars raised for the 20 Huddle for Hunger charities
  • $121,656 50/50 Game Day Raffle
  • $50,000 donation from Wegmans Meals 2 Go

Pregame Ceremonies:

  • The Bills Foundation recognized the top three participating high schools in the Huddle for Hunger Challenge pregame at the Buffalo Bills vs. New England Patriots game on Sunday, October 5. Students and staff from Frontier, Cattaraugus-Little Valley, and Alden High Schools received game balls and held the introduction banners.
  • Wegmans Food Markets announced the $50,000 donation from the Meals 2Go promotion to benefit the 20 Huddle for Hunger charities.

Community Visit to Grassroots Gardens (Oct. 7)

  • The Bills Foundation and Wegmans hosted a community visit at Buffalo Public School #61, a participant in the Grassroots Gardens WNY school garden program. Students rotated through stations alongside the Bills and Billy Buffalo to help plant seedlings, sample fresh fruits, and make smoothies on a smoothie bike.
  • Grassroots Gardens WNY, a Buffalo Bills Huddle for Hunger charity, is a collective of activists, gardeners, and neighbors, facilitating the creation and maintenance of community gardens and other public green spaces as a means of healing systemic harm and strengthening community connections.

To conclude the Huddle for Hunger campaign, the Buffalo Bills Foundation, Wegmans, and Grassroots Gardens of WNY made a special visit to Buffalo Public School #61.

The Winners of the 2025 Huddle for Hunger High School Challenge were:

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1st Place:

Frontier High School

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2nd Place:

Cattaraugus-Little Valley High School

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3rd Place:

Alden High School

50/50 Raffle

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Support the Buffalo Bills Foundation 50/50 Raffle for the 2025-2026 season

Participating Charities

A portion of the proceeds raised during the Buffalo Bills vs. New England Patriots 50/50 game day raffle benefited the following 2025 Huddle for Hunger charities:

Buffalo City Mission

Buffalo City Mission

The Buffalo City Mission exists to restore hope and dignity to the hurting and homeless through the transforming grace and mercy of Jesus Christ.

Buffalo Go Green

Buffalo Go Green

Buffalo Go Green, Inc. provides services and training to under-served populations throughout Western New York while helping to develop young minds to become leaders in Green Industries and Agriculture. They also fight food injustice and provide fresh produce, food and meals to the underserved population in our region.

Chautauqua County Rural Ministry

Chautauqua County Rural Ministry

The Chautauqua County Rural Ministry was created to have parents and children who are in foster care meet in a safe and appropriate environment, with the goal of strengthening familial bonds. The Rural Ministry offers food demonstrations and workshops within their program to inform people of healthier ways to eat and use a product they may not know how to use. The Rural Ministry provides the basic needs of food, clothing, and shelter to the less fortunate and those in crisis situations.

Community Missions of the Niagara Frontier

Community Missions of the Niagara Frontier

Community Missions provides integrated human services that meet people where they are and help them find and elevate their place in the world.

Connecting Communities in Action

Connecting Communities in Action

Connecting Communities in Action builds resilient communities by helping people achieve economic, physical, and emotional security. CCA serves individuals and families, the elderly, the disabled, and the disadvantaged in southwestern and central New York.

FeedMore WNY

FeedMore WNY

Through its food bank distribution center and partner hunger-relief agencies, as well as its home-delivered meal program and other targeted feeding programs, FeedMore WNY alleviates hunger and assists community members of all ages throughout Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie and Niagara counties.

Field & Fork Network

Field & Fork Network

Field and Fork Network connects communities to innovative solutions that foster a sustainable food system.

Food Shuttle of WNY

Food Shuttle of WNY

Food Shuttle of WNY is a 100% volunteer organization that transports surplus food from local grocery stores, restaurants, and bakeries to soup kitchens, shelters, and food pantries.

Friends of Night People

Friends of Night People

Friends of Night Peoples mission is to provide food and necessities to address the effects and impact of poverty.

Grassroots Gardens

Grassroots Gardens

Grassroots Gardens' mission is to share knowledge, power, and resources to grow healthy food, heal systemic harm, and strengthen neighborhood connections through community gardens.

Hearts for the Homeless

Hearts for the Homeless

Characterized by a profound spiritual motivation to share the Word of God, Hearts' staff and volunteers nourish the community physically and spiritually through various outreach programs and initiatives.

Heart, Love & Soul

Heart, Love & Soul

Heart, Love & Soul nourishes people in need – body, mind, & soul – in partnership with others.

Home Beneath Our Feet

Home Beneath Our Feet

Using a nature-focused curriculum, Home Beneath Our Feet seeds the development of children, youth, and adults through artistic, physical, financial, and personal initiatives to improve quality of life in our community.

Massachusetts Avenue Project

Massachusetts Avenue Project

The Massachusetts Avenue Projects mission is to nurture the growth of a diverse, accessible, and equitable local food system, promote economic opportunities, and empower youth through social change education.

Providence Farm Collective

Providence Farm Collective

Hearing the parallel needs and challenges experienced by other people who are refugees, immigrants, Black, Indigenous, and people of color, PFC was established in 2019 as a non-profit umbrella organization with a mission of cultivating farmer-led and community-rooted agriculture and food systems to actualize the rights of under-resourced peoples.

West Side Community Services

West Side Community Services

West Side Community Services focuses on prevention and guided by the values of equity, humility, and effectiveness and collaboration. WSCS offers education, arts, wellness, and prevention programs for young children, families, school-age kids and teens, adults, and senior citizens living on Buffalo's West Side. WSCS works to ensure the well-being of a vibrant and dynamic West Side by engaging, supporting, and connecting its residents.

Salvation Army

Salvation Army

The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part of the universal Christian Church. Its message is based on the Bible. Its ministry is motivated by the love of God. Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.

St. Luke’s Mission of Mercy

St. Luke's Mission of Mercy

At St. Luke's, they strive to meet needs and care for the poor and abandoned in our community by carrying out the Works of Mercy. ​Feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, shelter the homeless, clothe the naked, visit the sick, visit the imprisoned, bury the dead.

St. Susan Center

St. Susan Center

Our mission "In response to the Gospel, we freely offer meals, fellowship, dignity and respect to all who come through our doors" continues to be fulfilled through the hard work of our wonderful community.

Warming House

Warming House

The Warming House offers service and internship opportunities for St. Bonaventure students as it continues its mission to provide nourishment, fellowship and dignity to its guests.

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