Local Businesses Spring to Support Granby Fine Arts Booster

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 Granby FAB 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 of 2023, Mike Wagoner noticed that the student set crew was using a small and aging assortment of unreliable drills, hammers, and saws to build set pieces. Mike 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 not only provide resources to sustain and enhance the GMHS Dramatic Arts Program, but also illustrate to our students how businesses and organizations can collaborate to build a thriving local economy and unified community.

Published in the May 2024 Edition of The Granby Drummer