BUFFALO STRONG: Neighbors help neighbors stay positive in Colden amid coronavirus outbreak

It's a small town.

The kind where everybody knows everybody.

But at this time of crisis, they're not seeing much of anyone anymore.

Yet the town of Colden is finding ways to support each other and to keep one another positive.

THE HEALTH CRISIS ISBRINGING OUT THEBEST IN PEOPLE.REPORTER OLIVIAPROIA SHOWS USHOW A SMALL TOWN INSKI COUNTRY ISSPREADING LOVE...AND EMBRACING THEBUFFALO STRONGSPIRIT.NAT SOUND: DOOROPENIT'S A TINY TOWN.NAT SOUND: HEY BERT!THE KIND WHEREEVERYBODY KNOWSEVERYBODY.SOT 00:02JULIE: COLDEN IS ASMALL TOWN.SOT 00:04JULIE: WE SEE THESAME PEOPLE EVERYDAY.

USUALLY SEVERALTIMES A DAY.BUT IN THIS TIME OFCRISIS.

THEY'RE NOTSEEING MUCH OFANYONE ANYMORE.SOT 00:05JULIE: RECENTLY IT'SBEEN HARD FOR USAND OUR COMMUNITYBECAUSE THERE'SJUST NOT THAT MUCHINTERACTIONANYMORE.JULIE FRONCKOWIAKOWNS THE COLDENMARKET AND CAFE.SHE FOUND HERSTORE COVERED INTHESE MESSAGESFROM THECOMMUNITY.SOT 00:04JULIE: YOU NEVERREALLY FEEL LIKEYOU'RE TACKLING THEWORLD'S PROBLEMSBY YOURSELF.RIGHT NOW, FOR JUSTTWO DOLLARS,THEY'LL DELIVERANYTHING FROM THESTORE.SOT 00:03JULIE: WE THROW INSOME TOILET PAPERAND IF WE HAVE ANYHAND SANITIZERS.THEY'RE ALSO GIVINGAWAY TWO FREEPIZZAS A DAY TOFAMILIES IN NEEDNOMINATED BY THECOMMUNITY.SOT 00:03PAT: COLDEN MARKETGAVE US FREE PIZZASYESTERDAY FOR OURVOLUNTEERS.PAT THOMAN IS THEEXECUTIVE DIRECTOROF BREAD OF LIFEOUTREACH CENTER.IT'S A FOOD BANK INCOLDEN SERVINGMULTIPLE TOWNS.THEY'RE FACING AGROWING NEED.SOT 00:06PAT: AT 150 FAMILIESSERVED.

WE RAN OUTOF FOOD.

WE HAD TOSHUT DOWN.BUT SHE SAYS THECOMMUNITY HAS BEENVERY RESPONSIVE.SOT 00:05PAT: WESTERN NEWYORK HAS ALWAYSBEEN SUCH A TAKECARE OF EACH OTHERTOWN.WHILE THEY ARESOCIAL DISTANCING,THE COVID 19OUTBREAK HAS ONLYBROUGHT THE PEOPLEOF COLDEN CLOSER.SOT 00:09JULIE: THIS TOWN HASALWAYS BEEN VERYCARING ANDSUPPORTIVE ANDFRIENDLY.

THIS MOREOR LESS JUSTUNDERSCORES IT.

IT'SNOTHING THATSURPRISES US.SOT 00:07PAT: WE APPRECIATEANY SUPPORT FROMTHE MEDIA ON GOODTHINGS HAPPENING.BECAUSE WE ALL NEEDTO HEAR THAT.IN COLDEN, OLIVIAPROIA.NAT SOUND: BYE BERT!7 EYEWITNESS NEWS.