Outgoing SMBA board members Andrea Marcavitch (President) and Rachel Eckley (Treasurer) stand with their graduating daughters Beatrice and Maddie who are both choir students. (Left to right: Rachel Eckley, Maddie Eckley, Beatrice Marcavitch and Andrea Marcavitch)
Another year at Suffield High School is coming to a close and the Suffield Music Booster Association (SMBA) is wrapping up their second year supporting enrichment opportunities for our high school band and choir. We’re proud to say that we raised almost $6,000 this year and were able to provide support in several ways throughout the year. We organized our first ever raffle, raising roughly $2,500, and donated $3,150 towards the high school music trip to Boston. In November, we hosted the North Central Connecticut Conference (NCCC) and organized and served dinner to approximately 215 band and choir students, teachers and volunteers. Throughout the year we organized roughly 20 fundraising events and have plans in the works to host a pizza party to recognize the 13 seniors who are graduating and host the second end-of-year picnic at Sunrise Park. SMBA is committed not only to the student’s musical growth but also to help build community within the music program.
We’re happy to announce that we have a new website, www.suffieldsmba.org, and a Facebook page (search “Suffield Music Booster Association, Inc.”). These are easy ways to learn more about our organization – watch videos of concerts and trips, find dates of upcoming events and meetings, read minutes, learn how to get involved and/or make a donation. Any questions can be emailed to suffieldmusicboosters@gmail.com.
In closing, we wanted to thank all the parents who volunteered and the community members who bought raffle tickets. We’ve been able to witness how generous our community is, especially for our kids. We are thankful to work with Music Directors – Corey Killian (band) and Anthony Ferreira (choir) – who work tirelessly building the program creating amazing music and opportunities while also becoming dads this year – a big thank you to their families as well.
And finally, a big thank you to Andrea Marcavitch, President, and Rachel Eckley, Treasurer, two of our founding board members whose terms are up on June 30, as their daughters are graduating. They have been critical to the success of SMBA and have made a huge impact. We are incredibly thankful for their countless hours, commitment and willingness to start an organization from scratch. We cannot thank them enough!
Have a great summer everyone and SMBA looks forward to seeing you at Suffield on the Green in September.