Wednesday, September 27, 2023

South High Friends of Fine Arts Membership Drive!

DGS Friends of Fine Arts Membership Drive!


 

Greetings Downers Grove South Fine Arts Community Members,


Thank you for your time. I’m happy to announce that today marks the beginning of our 2023 Friends of Fine Arts Membership Drive. This is extra special because it’s a return to action after a couple of years off.  On behalf of our president Ms. Ann Andreshak and all involved, we welcome you to FOFA!  


The Friends of Fine Arts are a volunteer organization of parents, educators and community members supporting and promoting the Fine Arts at Downers Grove South High School. If you have a student in the Arts, you are automatically a member. However it would be incredible for you to become a contributing member. Your membership and contributions go a long way in ensuring that every students has access to quality experiences in the Arts:


Through gifts and service, DGS FOFA is dedicated to:

  • Providing private lesson scholarships as well as music and art summer grants to every student we can, to increase access for all.

  • Enlightening classroom experiences through guest clinicians, artists, entrepreneurs, and conductors.

  • Purchasing equipment for Fine Arts instruction that extends beyond the district’s financial obligation.

  • Supporting Fine Arts events with publicity, volunteers, and hospitality.

  • Advocating and communicating Fine Arts activities and student achievement in the Arts to the broader artistic community.


MEMBERSHIP

Our membership drive begins today with a lofty goal of at least 100 new contributing members. Again the primary purpose is to increase access for EVERY student.  We have much to do and your support is greatly appreciated. You can become a contributor by:




  • For paper and mailing, attached is a copy of the FOFA Membership Form as a PDF that includes a QR Code to the webstore.


Once completed, please take all of this a big step further by:

  • Passing this information along to friends and family. All are welcome. 

  • Consider being present and helping at events by filling out this  Volunteer Interest Form



If you have questions about membership or about FOFA in general, reach out to me at any time. Thank you again for your consideration and we look forward to an amazing drive.  


Sincerely,


Ms. Ann Andreshak - Friends of Fine Arts President

Jerry Lowrey - Fine Arts Department Chair


Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Marching Mustang Seniors Celebrated at Senior Night!

   Congratulations to our Senior Color Guard Members and Marching Mustangs!!

         Row 1:   

Erick Kenyeri, Mason Mungerson, Miranda Szwed, Ender Glass, Klaudia Stzafa, Gwen Kerfin, Patrick Maier

          Row 2:

Briana Zeigler, Declan Edman, Even Henderson,  Kelly McCarthy, Lucas Edie, Dean Murphy, Drake Polanek

Monday, September 11, 2023

DGS Music Bowl Welcomes New Sponsors and Is Seeking More!!

 A HUGE shout out to the Village of Bolingbrook, SmartMove Team Realtor Cathy Mead, Packy Webb Ford of Downers Grove, and Quinlian and Fabish Music Company for sponsoring the 2023 Downers Grove South Music Bowl on Saturday, October 7th!  Thank You, Thank You, Thank You for supporting music in our community!!!

Please know we are still on the lookout for businesses to sponsor the event or advertise in our digital program. If your company would like to support music in our community and get some targeted advertisement to over 4,000 people in the Chicagoland area, please click below to learn all about becoming a sponsor or advertiser. If this is not a good fit for your business, but you still want to help, you can make a donation to the program by clicking below! Thanks for taking the time to read this and please share it with anyone you know that might be interested in becoming a sponsor or advertiser.