Welcome to Friends of Hampden EMS School 55
Sponsor the 2025 Bull & Oyster Roast!
Our Bull & Oyster Roast fundraiser was a great success in 2024- we had over 250 guests, and people are still mentioning it! Our sponsors were prominently featured in our social media and advertising, and were promoted in the months leading up and during the event.
This is your opportunity to sponsor the 2025 Bull & Oyster Roast!
Our flyer has exciting options for sponsorships!
Reach out to friendsofhampden55@gmail.com for info!
Extending the impact.
Through our small grants program, teachers have diversified learning during the kids’ school days. We’ve funded walkabouts, expanded classroom reading nooks, brought after-school clubs to life, purchased art supplies and harvested plants that the kids have grown from seeds.
Creating a community.
School days provide a safe haven and slice of normalcy for kids during this challenging time in our shared history. Though our community life is far from normal right now, Friends of Hampden 55 has a rich history of fundraising through flamingos (Flock Party, anyone?), fun and fitness.
Inventing the future.
We help Hampden EMS School 55 to provide a foundational experience. Kids leave the school prepared to be good students, great citizens and future leaders, connected to our city and our neighborhood long after their Mustang days are behind them.
We are an engaged and inclusive group of parents, alumni, boosters and neighbors who work to extend the impact of this much-loved community school.
We see our role as rooted in advocacy — for our school, the children it serves and the community we all love here in Hampden.
Past Events
Our mission.
Rooted in a shared commitment to community, Friends of Hampden School #55 is an all-volunteer nonprofit organization.
We are proud to help Hampden Elementary Middle School 55 offer programming that public funding alone cannot, like enrichment & experiences.
Our work.
One of our most impactful projects was the outdoor classroom- a learning feature that Friends of Hampden 55 helped to sponsor and build! Learn more here.
Creative school parents also designed and painted our school’s distinctive mural, created with love by these artists and our kids!
Finally, we work as one team to maintain our playground, which provides hours of active fun for not just our students, but for children and grandchildren throughout greater Hampden.
