While students and administrators enjoyed some well-deserved time off during spring break, local businesses remained hard at work to ensure that the GMHS Dramatic Arts Program has a strong season next fall.
The Granby Fine Arts Booster (FAB), a newly launched 501(c)(3) organization, encouraged the community to take a break from cooking and enjoy dining out with two local restaurant partners: Drago’s Kitchen in Granby and Rush Bowls in Simsbury. Both establishments generously agreed to donate a percentage of their daily proceeds one day during spring break to the nonprofit. These donations will be used to help fund drama production expenses during the 2024-25 school year.
The organization received additional support in the form of a valuable and extremely fitting gift from a local community member. While working as a set construction volunteer during the GMHS production of A Christmas Carol in November, Mike Wagoner noticed that student set crew members were using a small and aging assortment of unreliable drills, hammers, and saws to build set pieces.
Wagoner saw an opportunity for impact and coordinated with his employer WinSupply, a construction materials supplier, to donate a spectacular array of Milwaukee tools and storage solutions. This state-of-the-art collection will be stored and insured by the Granby FAB, and used by the stage crew to build sets for GMHS Dramatic Arts productions.
This community support from WinSupply, Milwaukee Tool, Drago’s Kitchen and Rush Bowls is essential and deeply appreciated. Contributions from charitable individuals and businesses like these provide resources to sustain and enhance the GMHS Dramatic Arts Program and illustrate to students how businesses and organizations can collaborate to build a thriving local economy and unified community.
Submitted by the Granby Fine Arts Booster