Partners

MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Thank you to all of our partners who help us further our mission.

Our Employer Partners

Be Your Own Hero is proud to team up with a large and diverse group of employer partners.

These partners assist in our mission by:

  • Providing employment opportunities for students
  • Attending our Skilled Trades Career Fair
  • Donating funds to help offset the cost of our programs and courses for participants

See our employer partners below and how we support each other in helping our students and young adults achieve their best career lives.

  • ADMAR Construction Equipment & Supplies
  • ALP Steel
  • ARC Building Partners
  • Associated Builders & Contractors (ABC)
  • Barry Steel Fabrication
  • Brawdy Construction
  • BRD Construction
  • Bricklayers Allied Craftworkers – Local 3
  • Buffalo Iron Corp.
  • Burgio & Campofelice Inc.
  • Cascades Containerboard Packaging – Lancaster
  • City Fence
  • Clarence Wall & Ceiling
  • Cold Spring Construction Co.
  • Concept Construction Corp.
  • CTS Contracting Inc.
  • Curbell Plastics Inc.
  • Ellicott Development Co.
  • Empire Building Diagnostics
  • Fieldbrook Foods
  • Frey Electric Company
  • Gypsum Systems
  • Hamburg Overhead Door Co.
  • Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers – Local 4
  • Ingalls Site Development Inc.
  • International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers – Local 41
  • International Union of Operating Engineers – Local 17
  • Ironworkers – Local 6
  • Iroquois Bar Corp.
  • Italian Marble
  • Javen Construction Co., Inc.
  • K-TECHnologies
  • Kimil Construction
  • Kulback’s Inc.
  • Lamparelli Construction
  • Lawley Insurance
  • LeChase Construction
  • Ledge Creek Development Inc.
  • Lehigh Construction Group
  • Liftech Equipment Companies
  • McGard
  • Midland Asphalt Materials Inc.
  • Milherst Construction
  • MJA Company
  • Modern Electrical Construction
  • Monofrax LLC
  • Mulvey Construction
  • Murray Roofing Company
  • Nature’s Way Environmental
  • Northeast Regional Carpenters – Local 276

  • Occhino Corp.

  • Oneida Limited

  • Otis Eastern Service, LLC
  • Painters & Allied Trades International Union – Local 4
  • Plasters & Cement Masons – Local 111
  • R&P Oak Hill
  • Rich Products
  • RiseUp
  • Sealing Devices
  • Sevenson Environmental
  • SM Hayes
  • Stockwell Construction
  • The Construction Exchange of Buffalo and WNY
  • The Goodwill
  • Tri-R Mechanical Services
  • UA Plumbers & Steamfitters – Local 2
  • United Materials
  • Upstate Steel/Upstate Rebar
  • Watson Bowman Acme Corp.
  • William C. Rott and Son

Our Educational Partners

Our educational partners are absolutely key in reaching out to the students in the school districts and colleges of New York State. While we are lucky to currently collaborate with the school districts below, Be Your Own Hero is always looking to increase our footprint and reach more and more students.

Please email matthew.cook@beyourownherous.org to become an educational partner today!

Thank you to those schools that signed up to attend our 2020 job fair:

  • Cattaraugus BOCES Career & Technical Center – Belmont
  • Chautauqua Carrier Educational Center
  • Erie 1 BOCES (Harkness Center)
  • Erie 1 BOCES (Kenton/Potter)
  • Erie 1 BOCES (Kenton)
  • Erie 2 BOCES – Chautauqua – Cattaraugus (Center at Ellicottville)
  • Erie 2 BOCES – Chautauqua- Cattaraugus (Hewes Educational Center)
  • Erie 2 BOCES – Chautauqua – Cattaraugus (Ormsby Educational Center)
  • Orleans / Niagara BOCES (Career & Tech. Center)
  • Orleans / Niagara BOCES (Niagara Technical Center)
  • Wyoming BOCES (Genesee Valley- Batavia)
  • McKinley High School
  • Charter School for Applied Technology
  • Hutchinson Central Technical High School
  • Cheektowaga High School
  • Alden High School
  • Jamestown High School
  • WNY P-TECH College and Career Academy
  • Kenmore West

  • The Service Collaborative of WNY, Inc.

  • South Park High School
  • Lockport High School
  • Fredonia Central School
  • Lake Shore HS
  • Health Sciences Charter School
  • Cuba-Rushford High School
  • The International Preparatory School at Grover
  • Orchard Park High School
  • Portsville
  • Erie 2 BOCES – P.J. LoGuidice Educational Center
  • Ellicottville Central School
  • Global Concepts Charter School
  • Gowanda Central High School
  • Iroquois Central High School
  • Buffalo Public Schools – Adult Education
  • Alfred State University
  • Erie Community College

Associations

Be Your Own Hero would like to sincerely thank and acknowledge the various associations across New York State that partner with us to help bring our Mission to fruition.

Make a Donation

Together, we really can make a difference!

At Be Your Own Hero, our mission is to serve as the bridge to employment for young adults.

Please help us ensure that our vision comes to fruition by donating and helping the workforce of today AND tomorrow get the head-start they deserve.