Welcome to the Buffalo Torch Club, where you are invited to share your knowledge, experience and perspective with other professionals in a comfortable social setting.  We are a highly interactive organization where members participate and discuss stimulating subjects on a broad range of topics.

Our members are professionals with diverse view points.  Membership includes thought provoking presentations that facilitates the free exchange of questions, concepts, and views. Our club is part of the International Association of Torch Clubs, an international network of Torch Clubs in the United States and Canada.

Our club meets monthly from September through June each year.  Monthly meetings are held at the Rizotto Restaurant in Amherst , New York, generally on the first Wednesday of each month. This season’s newsletters, presentation supporting materials and recordings may be found here. This year’s programs include:

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023      “The Music of English”     Reed Taylor, Buffalo Torch Club

OCTOBER 4, 2023    “Speaking Solo: Turning Life’s Challenges into Opportunities”     
Sharon Cramer, Buffalo Torch Club

NOVEMBER 1, 2023     “Military Chaplaincy”
    Master Sgt. Linda Nosbisch, US Army (ret.)

DECEMBER 6, 2023
    “Taking Poetry Seriously.    Jack Peradotto, Buffalo Torch Club

JANUARY 3, 2024
    "The Church in the City".    Rev. Dr. Todd Leach, Sr. Pastor, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Buffalo

FEBRUARY 7, 2024     “Saving Our Schools through Social Work”.    Janie Carasick, Buffalo Torch Club

MARCH 6, 2024     “The Solar Eclipse on the Horizon”.    Mark Percy, Williamsville Central School District Planetarium

APRIL 3, 2024     “How the Age of the Earth Impacts Science”     Bert Murphy,Torch Club of St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada

MAY 1, 2024     “Inclusion for Down Syndrome Children”     Emily Mondschein, Executive Directo, Gigi’s Playhouse Down Syndrome Achievement Center, Buffalo, New York.   This is a joint meeting with the Rochester and Geneseo Torch Clubs and will be held at Terry Hills Country Club, Batavia, New York.

JUNE 20-23 –IATC CONVENTION (Celebrating our 100th anniversary!) — RICHMOND, VA