Last May, the WGA went on strike. Over the next five months, the Writers Guild Foundation staffed the Universal Studios Barham picket line and met so many dedicated and inspiring picketers there, including Brian Nelson, a long-time guild member and a strike captain at the Barham gate.

A few months after the strike ended, Brian made a generous donation to the Foundation during our year-end fundraising appeal. In his own words, Brian shares how the strike helped reconnect him with the Foundation and why our library is so important to keeping the history of screenwriting alive.

One screenplay here at WGF that we keep going back to is Groundhog Day (written by Danny Rubin and Harold Ramis), which tells the story of a man living the same day over and over and over again. Coincidentally, here at WGF we have WGFriends, our monthly giving program where donors set up an automated, recurring gift and donate over and over and over again.

Monthly giving is an easy, yet impactful way to support the Writers Guild Foundation. Our WGFriends provide financial stability and ensure WGF’s success with each and every gift. This Groundhog Day, we’d like to give them an extra special “thank you” and share some of their favorite scripts.

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