Give 716 Fundraising Day

Created as a joint effort between the Buffalo Bills Foundation and the Buffalo Sabres Foundation in response to the urgent needs our nonprofit community is facing as a whole, Give 716 is the WNY community’s premier online giving event. This event provides an easy and fun way for our entire community to unite in support of local nonprofits.

We humbly ask that you support Explore & More during the fundraising period that starts at 7:16pm on July 15 and runs through 11:59pm on July 16.

This year, Explore & More is focusing its Give 716 campaign efforts on educational programming and museum operations.

At Explore & More, we pride ourselves on being an inclusive museum that provides opportunity for all children.

Since our Canalside location opened in 2019, we’ve worked hard to make our exhibits and play spaces accessible, including our Indoor Playground (which was made possible through a past Give 716 campaign), the wheelchair lift in our Community Treehouse, and sensory-friendly rooms throughout the museum.

To help make everyone’s visit as enjoyable and engaging as possible, we have developed customized visual, social, communicative, sensory, and behavioral supports. Guests will find these supports throughout the museum – from our sensory backpacks to universal changing tables to call-ahead accommodations.

This year, we are asking for your support to further our educational programs and services that benefit the educational development of young Western New Yorkers.

We host Au-Some Evenings once a month during the school year, providing a free night at the museum for children with autism and sensory processing needs, their friends and family. It gives them an opportunity to play and learn together in an understanding and supportive environment, while building their own community.

The museum’s staff has been recognized by the Buffalo Common Council during National Diversity Employment Awareness Month, and we pride ourselves on being an inclusive space, welcoming of all individuals of all abilities into our museum to learn, play, grow, and work!

Thank you for your support!