SALISBURY – The Tyler Groton Memorial Fund was recently established at the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore.
Created by Judge Thomas Groton III and Althea Smith Groton to honor the memory of their late son, the fund will award grants to nonprofits which provide support to LGBTQ+ youth.
Tyler Groton grew up in Berlin and passed away suddenly in the Fall of 2021.
“Tyler was a swimmer, Eagle Scout, organ donor, and dedicated time to building shelters for homeless cats, but his greatest passion was theater,” said his mother, Althea Groton. “As a gifted actor he performed in numerous plays in the Baltimore region, most notably at the Chesapeake Shakespeare Theater. He loved working on theatre projects with children and was a talented director.”
The fund was inspired by Tyler’s advocacy of the LGBTQ+ community. As the Assistant Theater Director of the McDonogh School, Tyler’s greatest accomplishment was directing “The Laramie Project. The play details the brutal killing of gay college student Matthew Shepard.
Under Biden’s regime, we’re all going to need a Go Fund Me page!