Griffin Family
Profession and company: 5 retired, 1 civil service, 1 pharmaceutical exec
How do you celebrate your Irishness? Food, drink, community
Name a hero you admire and why? Our Mom and Dad They instilled a love of all things Irish and taught us about giving back to the community
Something people would be surprised to know about me... I don't like public speaking.
Biography: Bill and Ellie (Milligan) Griffin raised Mary Beth, Peggy, Colette, Kathy, Bill, Maureen, TJ, Jim and Julie on Parkview Avenue in South Buffalo. They instilled in them a core set of beliefs and led by example. When opportunities arose, the nine often stepped up in leadership roles in small but meaningful ways; years of support for the Community Table soup kitchen, the annual parish lawn fete. An annual December pub crawl has turned into a toy and cash drive benefitting the needy. Since 2009, the siblings (with community support) have fundraised over a half million dollars for Roswell Park Cancer Institute.
