This Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 80+ Elmwood Franklin School students and parents gave back to the community by participating in our second annual Day of Service to benefit Meals on Wheels. Students from preschool to eighth grade and their parents delivered meals to homebound seniors and disabled individuals in the Buffalo area in the Meals on Wheels program. 

Thank you to Meals on Wheels for WNY for this opportunity to live our mission and to Buffalo Seminary and Nichols School for the use of their buses.

Elmwood Franklin School students went Bald for Bucks to raise funds for Roswell Park Cancer Institute and show solidarity with all patients battling cancer. 43 students cut, shaved, or styled their hair and raised more than $17,000 for cutting-edge research and innovative patient-care programs! A big thanks to stylists Brendan and Rebecca from Chez Ann Salon and Lynn and Caitlyn from Diva Studio for volunteering their time and talents.

100+ Elmwood Franklin School students and parents participated in this year's MLK Day of Service by delivering meals for Meals on Wheels for WNY. Students and parents met at EFS for orientation in The Johnston Theatre led by Lauren Gousey, a representative from Meals on Wheels, before boarding one of eight 14-passenger buses to pick up meals and route assignments. Then EFS students from preschool to eighth grade and their parents delivered meals and smiles to homebound seniors and disabled individuals in the Buffalo area.

Thank you to Meals on Wheels for WNY for this opportunity to live our mission and to Canisius High School, Buffalo Seminary, and Nichols School for the use of their buses.

Elmwood Franklin School is Goin’ Bald for Bucks to raise funds for Roswell Park Cancer Institute. Students and teachers are collecting donations to benefit cutting-edge cancer research programs and compassionate care programs for the more than 31,000 patients who receive treatment at Roswell Park every year. 

All students, faculty, staff, and EFS community members are welcome to join Elmwood Franklin’s team and go Bald for Bucks. Our event will be held on Tuesday, March 15 during an all-school assembly in the Johnston Theatre. Students will shave the heads of their participating teachers and teachers will shave the heads of participating students. Participants may also donate their hair to the Pantene Beautiful Lengths program to be used to make free, real-hair wigs for women with cancer. Donated hair must be at least 8 inches long. 

In its ten years, Goin’ Bald for Bucks has raised more than $4 million, and more than 85 schools and organizations across New York State participate in the program every year