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We're Closed!Sun, Nov 3, 2024130 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14202Please be aware that field trips are back and weekdays may be busier than usual!
We're Closed!Sun, Nov 3, 2024130 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14202Please be aware that field trips are back and weekdays may be busier than usual!
We're Closed!Sun, Nov 3, 2024130 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14202Please be aware that field trips are back and weekdays may be busier than usual!
We're Closed!Sun, Nov 3, 2024130 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14202Please be aware that field trips are back and weekdays may be busier than usual!
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Toiletry Drive to benefit Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station

November 6 @ 10:00 am 4:00 pm

Leading up to Veterans Day, and starting Friday, November 1, Explore & More and MOD-PAC Folding Cartons and Stock Packaging will hold a Toiletry Drive. Donated items will be distributed to Service Members assigned to the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station in preparation for future deployments.

Items can be dropped off at the museum during normal museum hours. Leading up to Veterans Day, Explore & More will be open November 1-2, November 6-9, and November 11 from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. each day.

MOD-PAC Corp., located at 1801 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14207, will also serve as a drop off site Mondays through Fridays from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.

Highly needed items include:

  • • Bar soap
  • • Shampoo
  • • Deodorant
  • • Toothpaste
  • • Feminine hygiene products
  • • Dental flossers picks
  • • Q-Tips
  • • Foot/baby powders (feet get sores from heat)
  • • Travel size laundry soap
  • • Dryer sheets (sometimes a shortage)
  • • Wipes
  • • Dude wipes
  • • Lysol wipes (cleaning living area)

Items can be ordered via Amazon Wishlist by clicking this link

“Explore & More is a great place for families to learn and play together and MOD-PAC is proud to sponsor their Veteran’s Day Weekend!” said Daniel Keane, President and CEO of MOD-PAC. “We are grateful for the veterans of our country who sacrifice so much for our freedom, and it is our privilege to help coordinate a toiletry drive for the Friends of Family Support Association which benefits servicemembers of the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station.”

“It’s wonderful to collaborate with MOD-PAC on such an important venture,” said Explore & More’s President & CEO Michelle Urbanczyk. “Not only will children be able to learn more about Veterans Day through fun activities in the museum, but they’ll better understand the nature of helping others through this toiletry drive that directly benefits our soldiers who are stationed locally.”

Explore & More and MOD-PAC are also honored to offer FREE admission for retired and active-duty members of our armed forces on Saturday, November 9 and on Veterans Day (Monday, November 11, 2024).

Please note that adults seeking admission must be accompanied by a child.

On Veterans Day, the museum will host various activities and programs inspired by the dedication and bravery of military personnel. Explore & More staff and visiting families will also assemble wheelchair blankets that will be donated to the Buffalo VA Medical Center.