This past Sunday, it was an East Side vs. West Side football game in the snow at Buffalo ReUse HQ on Northampton Street.

Upon arrival, players were decorated with war paint by the lovely Caesandra from Buffalo ReUse.

Once we were painted up, the teams were set up and we went into gridiron battle. In an effort to not get anyone killed nor look like sissies playing two handed touch, we chose to play “wrap up” football. A “wrap up” tackle supposedly halts the forward progress of the individual driving towards the end zone. In practice, it looked a lot more like this:

This coming Sunday, Buffalo ReUse will host the first annual SNOW BOWL in the field across from their warehouse at 298 Northampton Street. Since we host the Official BuffaloReUse blog, we’ll be volunteering our beefy blocking and tackling services for Team ReUse.

ReUse has thrown out the challenge to other volunteer groups including PUSH Buffalo, Urban Roots and Habitat For Humanity. We’ll see who shows up to take the challenge. It’s a cool idea to raise awareness for local organizations and have a great time, something ReUse is well known for…