The following links are designed to help you better understand how things work on The Batavian.

• Who and what can be posted to The Batavian
• Video: How to create a blog post on The Batavian
• Video: How to use the HTML editor on The Batavian
• Video: How to tag posts on The Batavian
• Video: How to post a photo on The Batavian

Visit TVFCU on Thursday, October 15^th when we will be giving you $10.00, just for telling us how you would use it to help someone else! Entries will be videoed.  Finalists will be selected and posted on-line for voting. The winner will be awarded $1000 to use in contributing toward their cause. Stop by October 15^th, when between 10am and 2pm, to tell us how you would “Pay it Forward”. Employees and their families are not eligible.

10 Jefferson Sq Batavia NY 14020
10am-2pm Thursday October 15^th 2009

I am really excited about this upcoming event in Batavia. Tonawanda Valley Federal Credit Union is going to Pay it Forward to the Batavia NY community with $10 CASH to each participant. I added a paragraph below to explain this event clearly!

You’ve heard people say, “a penny for your thoughts”.  Visit TVFCU on Thursday, October 15^th when we will be giving you 1,000 pennies - $10.00 - just for telling us how you would use it to help someone else!  All entries will be videoed.  Finalists will be selected from these entries and posted on-line for voting. The winner will be awarded $1000 to use however they wish in contributing toward their cause. Stop by October 15^th, when videoing will take place between 10 am and 2pm, to tell us how you would “Pay it Forward”. Employees and their families are not eligible.  For more details about TVFCU “Pay it Forward” and voting, visit TVFCUBatavia.com or see our Pay it Forward Video and Rules.

As to the question who can be post to The Batavian, the simple answer is: Anybody.

As to what you can post: Whatever you find interesting, or whatever you want to say.

We'll only promote to the home page posts we believe have a general interest to the audience of Genesee County.  We're pretty liberal about what we decide to put on the home page, but neither should you be disappointed if we don't promote it. The post will still appear in our own personal blog.

If you tag your post for certain sections we've created on The Batavian -- such as Nation and World, or the community links (like "Batavia" or "Byron"), or Sports, or Announcements, your post will appear in those sections immediately.

We're interested in what you find interesting. That might be a fire in your neighborhood or who recently got married.  Just about anything related to local life in Genesee County is a great idea for a post on The Batavian, and even your views on national politics or world events have a place (the Nation and World section) on The Batavian.