Amherst Education Foundation

05/29/2026

Join us on Saturday, June 6th, for our 6th Annual Mini-Golf Event! Come play anytime between 10am-1pm. It will be a day of family fun and a time for the community to come together to support our public schools. Sign up and or buy raffle tickets (you don't have to attend to win) at https://ti.to/amherst-education-foundation/aef-mini-golf-2026
Tickets: $50 for a group of 4-5 people.
Raffle Tickets: $1 for 1 or $8 for 10.
All proceeds go towards funding grants to teachers and staff in the Amherst-area public schools.
Thank you to all our sponsors for making the event possible:
Underwriters: Amherst College; Easthampton Saving Bank (bankESB); Regional Economic Models; Umass Isenberg School of Management
Round Sponsor: Amherst Innovative Living, LLC
Hole Sponsors; Amherst Business Improvement District; Amherst Office Park; Amity Street Dental; Encharter Insurance; Congressmen Jim McGovern; Florence Bank; Greenfield Northampton Cooperative Bank; Greenfield Savings Bank; Integrity Development & Construction Inc.; Jones Properties; Kuhn Riddle Architects; Northampton Area Pediatrics; State Representative Mindy Domb; Stern Financial; Senator Jo Comerford; William Raveis Amherst & NorthamptonSee less

05/21/2026

Come play MiniGolf on Saturday, June 6, from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at Western Mass Family Golf in Hadley and support Amherst-area schools. Link in bio to register and/or to buy raffle tickets. You don’t need to attend to win a fabulous prize. Proceeds go towards funding grants to schools in Amherst, Pelham, Shutesbury, and Leverett.

05/12/2026

The Amherst History Center is excited to announce the opening of a new temporary exhibit!

A Wider Lens: An Intergenerational Arts Partnership is an exhibit created by Amherst Regional High School students in collaboartion with Amherst-area elders. ARHS students welcomed elders to their library to collect oral history and to take a series of black and white photos to further intergenerational connections in our town.

ARHS student paintings and photographs will be on display at the Amherst History Center from May 7 to May 16. A community reception will also take place on May 14 from 6-7 PM. This event will be free and open to the public!

The Amherst History Center at 45 Boltwood Walk will have additional open hours for the week of the exhibit:
Tuesday, May 12: 1-4PM
Wednesday, May 13: 1-4PM
Thursday, May 14: 1-4PM
Friday, May 15: 1-4PM
Saturday, May 16: 11-3PM

The exhibit was funded by the Amherst Educational Foundation. We hope to see you there!

05/11/2026

AEF had the honor of receiving $450 from Easthampton Savings Bank on Friday as part of their Accounts for a Cause program. When you open a new checking account at ESB, you get to select where bankESB will make a $50 donation. Thank you to bankESB and to the community members who chose AEF!

As we continue our spring campaign, we look forward to hearing from you! Donate today: https://www.amhersteducationfoundation.org/

05/06/2026

Did you know that it is Teacher Appreciation Week? Honor the teachers in your life through AEF's Stars in Our Schools Program. Make a donation today at https://www.amhersteducationfoundation.org/stars and we will send a personalized note of gratitude to the teachers of your choice. It's a win-win...honor a teacher and support Amherst-area schools through your donation.

05/01/2026

04/14/2026

Today, we highlight our last 2025-2026 grant project, the Crocker Farm Bike Club led by project manager, Judah Hughes. We look forward to announcing our 2026-2027 Excellence Grant Awards soon! Stay tuned!

04/10/2026

Today we highlight the AEF-funded project, Neurodiversity in Play, led by Dr. Emily Dannen, Physical Therapist, in the Amherst Early Education Center. Thanks to AEF funding, the Center has the furniture and equipment it needs to create a sensory learning environment.

04/09/2026

We continue to highlight some of the amazing work going on in Amherst-area schools because of our donors' generous commitment to AEF. We hope you are enjoying these updates about the grants we awarded last year for the 2025-26 school year. Today, we highlight the project, Teaching James, led by ARHS English teacher Chris Herland.

04/07/2026

As promised, we are highlighting some of the amazing work being done in Amherst-area Public Schools because of your contributions. Whether you attend the fall Trivia Bee or our spring MiniGolf event, honor teachers and staff through Stars in Our Schools, or contribute to our fundraising campaigns, your donations are making a real difference for students. We hope you enjoy these updates about the grants we awarded last year for the 2025-26 school year. Today, we highlight the project, Woven Together, led by Wildwood Art teacher, Laura Evonne Steinman.