Our Mission:

G.R.O.U.P. Ministries is a nonprofit organization founded in 1993 providing resources and servicing the community to all; the lost, least, and the last!

~Arthur M. Boyd

What We Do

STREET OUTREACH

GROUP Ministries, Inc. in February 2024, began a partnership with the Erie County Department of Health to confront, head-on, the fight to reduce the number of fentanyl-related overdoses in the city of Buffalo. The task decided was to distribute the life-saving chemical Narcan, and fentanyl and xylazine testing strips. The Outreach Team also provides education and demonstrations on the proper use of the opioid antagonist, Narcan and fentanyl, and xylazine testing strips.

What is naloxone and how does it work?

Naloxone is an opioid antagonist. Instead of counterbalancing symptoms like Epinephrine (EpiPen) to overcome the effects of an extreme allergic reaction, naloxone blocks the brain’s uptake of opioids by replacing them. Think of your brain cells like a toddler’s shape sorter toy — the one with the different shaped holes and blocks. Naloxone comes along and replaces the opioid. It can boot it out or fill the hole before the heroin comes along.

Naloxone does not treat overdoses of non-opioid medications, and it does not have an effect on someone who has not taken opioids.²

Narcan Distributed For January 2025

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Our Team Members

Pastor Arthur H. Boyd

President

Michelle Boyd

Vice President

Kenneth L. Gaston, MA

Program Director

Jewel Livingston

Administrative Assistant

Jennifer Claypoole

Outreach Lead

A'Raeya Sunshine LaValley

Outreach

Willie Cunningham

Station Monitor

Narcan Purple Box Station Map

OUR HARM REDUCTION TOOL STATIONS

  1. Group Ministries Inc. –1333 Jefferson Avenue, Buffalo NY 
  2. One In Christ Temple- 940 Broadway Street, Buffalo NY
  3. Broadway & Playter Rooming House- 215 Playter Street, Buffalo NY
  4. Promise Land Baptist Church- 243 Mulberry Street, Buffalo NY
  5. Sammy’s Metro Deli & Grocery- Main Street & East Utica Street, Buffalo NY
  6. New Beginnings Church of God in Christ- 828 Genesee Street, Buffalo NY
  7. Elim Christian Fellowship- 70 Chalmers Avenue, Buffalo NY
  8. Firehouse 22- 1520 Broadway Street, Buffalo NY
  9. Cold Spring Bible Chapel- 100 Northland Street, Buffalo NY
  10. Imperial Market- Bailey & Kensington Plaza, Buffalo NY
  11. Plush & Company- B-Street & Filmore Avenue, Buffalo NY
  12. First Holy Baptist- 703 Fillmore Avenue, Buffalo NY
  13. Second Temple- East Delavan Avenue & Deerfield Avenue, Buffalo NY
  14. 310 Detroit Street, Buffalo NY
  15. At the corner of Edison Street & 1270 East Delavan, Buffalo NY

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G.R.O.U.P Ministries, INC

1333 Jefferson Avenue               Buffalo , New York 14208

G.R.O.U.P. Ministries Inc. is a nonprofit, tax-exempt charitable organization (tax ID number 16-1421247) under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Donations are tax-deductible as allowed by law.