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“Friday Nights in Gund” Series Receives Ensign-Bickford Foundation Gift
Westminster School has received a $25,000 gift from the Ensign-Bickford Foundation to help underwrite the school’s “Friday Nights in Gund,” a series of readings, lectures and concerts held at Westminster during the academic year. The series is in its fifth year at Westminster and features award-winning authors and musicians as well as accomplished student and faculty authors and performing artists.
The events are free and open to the public and are held in the Gund Reading Room of Armour Academic Center on selected Friday evenings. Presenters have included a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, novelists, poets, nonfiction writers, singer-songwriters, guitarists and musical groups. The one-hour evening presentations are followed by a dessert reception where students, faculty and guests have an opportunity to meet one another, discuss the performance, and talk with the authors or artists.
“Westminster is extremely grateful for the generous gift from the Ensign-Bickford Foundation,” said Headmaster Bill Philip. “We are delighted that two Simsbury institutions with long histories in the town and with each other will be partnering to bring outstanding cultural experiences to our community.”
The Ensign-Bickford Foundation has been the principal community involvement arm of Ensign-Bickford Industries Inc. (EBI) since 1952. Its chief purpose is to make philanthropic gifts on behalf of EBI to charitable organizations and educational institutions located in or near the communities where EBI has operations and where its employees reside or have affiliations.It is funded in total by contributions from EBI, which was founded in 1836.
“EBI and Westminster have a long and happy history together in Simsbury,” said Chief Executive Officer of EBI Caleb E. White. “Over the years, employees and shareholder children have attended Westminster and benefited from rich resources of the school. Coming on the end of Westminster’s 125th anniversary, we feel the ‘Friday Nights in Gund’ series is a stimulating and educational forum to again forge a connection between all the members of the local EBI family with the Westminster community.”
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