For over 35 years The Samaritan Center in downtown Syracuse has provided hot nutritious meals to men, women, children and elders in need 365 days a year with no questions asked. Last year they provided over 118,000 meals for families and individuals in need in our community. There is a special fundraiser coming up next week called The Pour to benefit the Samaritan Center. Development Director Karen Belgrader has more on the organization and how to get tickets. http://www.samcenter.org

The Samaritan Center is one of the many places that the Volunteer Lawyer’s Project of Onondaga County assist those for free who can’t afford legal counsel. They are holding a fundraiser this week to help fund their immigration project which provides free legal services for immigrant and refugee families. Sally Curran is the Executive Director for OnVLP and Herve Comeau is an immigration staff attorney. http://onvlp.org

The Friends of Central Library launch their Gifford Lecture series this month with authors from all walks of life. Peggy Fabic is on the board and fills us in on this month’s visiting author.http://FOCLSyracuse.org

Family Times September Back to School Issue is out and Deborah Cavanagh is a Family Times columnist with two children, one who has special needs. Her column this month is how to start off the school year right. http://facebook.com/familytimes