West Seneca, N.Y. (WBEN) – In the several days after the lake effect snow machine stopped churning over Western New York, cleanup efforts continued throughout the region, especially in places like West Seneca, where more than 80 inches of snow fell in less than a week’s time.
Among those helping local residents with cleanup efforts was Eight Days of Hope, the Christian nonprofit organization that helps serve communities in need after natural and human disasters. One of their Satellite locations happens to be right here in Buffalo.
While most of the volunteers helping to clear out snow-covered driveways or roofs are from Western New York, sometimes the call for help extends elsewhere throughout the country. This includes Dustin Sullivan, who serves as Eight Days of Hope’s Rapid Response Director out of their Tupelo, Mississippi headquarters.
“This is a tremendous amount of snow. I’ve never seen anything like this in my life,” said Sullivan in an interview with WBEN. “I think this part of West Seneca, they received something like seven feet of snow within a week, which just crazy for me being down South to even comprehend. But we’re just here trying to serve as many homeowners so we can for the few days that we’re here by taking snow and ice off with their roofs and, of course, clearing their driveways for them.”