Seth Pomeroy Holcombe and Lucy Eaton Holcombe were longtime residents of North Granby. Both were active in their community, enthusiastically supporting the culture and history of the town they loved. Seth and Lucy served on many boards and committees, and shared a passion for Morgan horses, giving a home to many horses over the years and founding the Granby Horse Council. To continue their lifetime of giving back, the Holcombe’s established the Pomeroy-Brace Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving to support organizations serving the residents of Granby.
This spring the fund provided 14 grants totaling more than $280,000 to local nonprofit organizations. Among those receiving grants is The Connecticut Invention Convention Inc. (CIC) whose $15,000 grant will be used to expand the existing Granby Middle School based program to engage Granby Parks and Recreation after-school and summer program participants.
The program will run from June 26 to Aug. 11 and offer seven weeks of programming with approximately 12 different inventors (Grades 1–5) participating each week. The program will be integrated into the overall programming of the department’s Salmon Brook Park Day Camp to help bring an educational component to the camp and address summer learning loss in the community. Participating students will be eligible to compete for spaces in the CIC’s Summer Finals competition that will be held at the Connecticut Science Center on Aug. 26. The CIC will be distributing prizes and experiences to recognize student creativity and perseverance.
In addition to The Connecticut Invention Connection, the following organizations were awarded Pomeroy-Brace grants: $14,000 to Ancient Healing Paths, Inc., $10,000 to Citizens for a Better Granby, $14,000 to Community Health Resources, Inc., $28,000 to Families United Serving and Embracing, $20,000 to Granby Grange #5, $19,000 to Granby Racial Reconciliation, $28,000 to Hartford Public Library, $28,000 to Holcomb Farm, $14,000 to New England Air Museum, $28,000 to Salmon Brook Historical Society, Inc., $28,000 to Friends of Granby Public Libraries, $27,000 to Town of Granby Parks and Recreation Department, $10,000 to Valley Pre School.