Join fellow Amherst Alumni, Families, and Friends for our 2026 Meat Raffle. 🎟️🥩
The Amherst Central Alumni Foundation, Inc., is hosting our second Meat Raffle on Saturday, May 2nd, 2026, at the Marygold Manor, 770 Maryvale Drive, Cheektowaga, NY 14225
The doors open at 6:00 PM, and the first spin is at 7:00 PM.
One of the grants funded by the Amherst Central Alumni Foundation in the fall of 2025 helped establish a clothing closet at Windermere Elementary School to support students in need. This project was made possible through the generosity of Amherst alumni who contribute to our grant program.
From the Windy’s Clothing Closet team:
Here is a peek into our new clothing closet, which moved from Windermere Boulevard Elementary school to a church down the street! Thank you for the totes, shelving, and other materials that are arriving! We could not have done it without the support of Amherst Alumni members and leadership!
All are welcome, including all Alumni, retired and current faculty and staff, past and present members of the BOE, anyone who lives in the district, friends of the district, and anyone who loves to have fun singing
First rehearsal is Monday, September 29th, from 7pm to 830pm
We are meeting in Room 188 in the high school (music wing park in the Berryman lot and enter through the music wing door)
For more information or any questions, please contact the Alumni Office 716-362-8259
The Amherst Central Alumni Foundation, Inc is proud to announce that seven alumni, including two posthumously, have been selected to receive its prestigious 2025 Distinguished AlumniAward and will be honored at a reception on October 23rd at Sean Patrick’s Emerald Island Banquet room. Among the recipients are Rev. Stephen Biegner ’89 for his outstanding contributions to the WNY community as Pastor of St. Paul’s Lutheran church and as the founder of the Daily Bread food truck; Archibald Dean ’55 for his contributions as an international businessman and author of a best-selling guidebook; Jeremy Jacobs and Margaret Davis Jacobs ’58 for Jeremy’s contributions as a global leader in hospitality as Chairman of Delaware North Companies, and Jeremy and Margaret for their decades of philanthropy; Julie Pace ’00 for her contributions as an American journalist and her positive impact as Executive Editor and Senior Vice President of the Associated Press; Dr. David Dean ’48 (posthumously) for his outstanding contributions to cardiology as Chief Cardiologist at the Buffalo Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center and, also for the medical innovations he pioneered and research papers he published; Douglas Volgenau ’55 (posthumously) for his distinguished career in the military as Rear Admiral of the United States Navy and for his continued support of the Amherst Central Alumni Foundation, Inc.
The Amherst Central Alumni Foundation, Inc is proud to announce the recipients of the alumni’s 2025Educator Emeritus Award. This award is bestowed upon an educator who is held in the highest regard for his or her contributions while at service at Amherst. It is designed to embrace all staff, grades pre-K-12, whether at the High School, Middle School, Harlem Road Elementary School, Eggert Road Elementary School, Smallwood Drive Elementary School or Windermere Blvd. Elementary School. This year’s recipients are Dr. Dale Bosworth, Middle School art teacher; Joanna Ransom, third grade teacher at Smallwood Drive Elementary School; Steven Thomas, High School music teacher; David Maul (posthumously), principal of Windermere Drive Elementary school; and Carolyn Russell(posthumously), high school Aide and member of the Amherst Central Alumni Choral.
A reception will be held on Thursday, October 23rd at 5:30-7:30pm at Sean Patrick’s Emerald Isle Banquet room at 3480 Millersport Hwy., Getzville, NY 14068. For more information or to make a reservation, please visit our website at www.amherstalumni.org or contact the alumni office at 716-362-8259. Tickets are $40.
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