Scientology Volunteer Ministers Combating Violence in the City of Buffalo

Throughout this summer the Scientology Volunteer Ministers in Buffalo have worked with other churches and community groups to make Buffalo a model city.

The Scientology Volunteer Ministers of the Church of Scientology of Buffalo are working with other community groups and churches to make Buffalo a model city.

Determined to reduce the rate of violent crime in their city, Scientology Volunteer Ministers of Buffalo have passed out thousands of copies of a special edition of The Way to Happiness, these were provided by Soul legend, Isaac Hayes.

Although homicides are down 30% from the peak in 1994, the crime rate in Buffalo is still 70% higher than the national average, and local residents are three times more likely to become victims of violent crime than people in other US cities.

In an all-out effort to eliminate crime in Buffalo, New York, the Church has teamed up with the New Life Harvest Ministries as partners in the "Stop the Violence" initiative.

Many thousands of copies of a special edition of The Way to Happiness, provided by Soul legend, Isaac Hayes, have been distributed around the city.

The Way to Happiness is a non-religious moral code based entirely on common sense. This booklet is part of the secret behind the great success of the Criminon program, which has a 60 to 80% reduction in recidivism rate among graduates of the program.

All summer long the Scientology Volunteer Ministers have set up their big yellow tent in neighborhoods around town, where they also provide one-on-one help, seminars and books to help Buffalonians improve conditions in their lives.

The Executive Director of the Church of Scientology of Buffalo has signed onto the Stop the Violence coalition of the New Life Harvest to eradicate crime in the city.

Thousands of copies of The Way to Happiness, a non-religious moral code based entirely on common sense, have been passed out to Buffalonians.

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