THE SEASON OF GIVING

 

A FACEBOOK post from the Surflight Theatre in Beach Haven NJ led me to some ideas for supporting theatres at Christmas time.

I have previously suggested purchasing gift certificates from your local community or regional theatre to use for future subscriptions and productions.  But Surflight has some other options.

One way is by shopping at SmileAmazon.  When you join SmileAmazon you can designate a charity – like OceanProfessional Theatre Company Inc (aka Surflight Theatre) – and Amazon will donate 0.5% of eligible purchases to the charitable organization, with no fees and no extra cost.  Or you can donate products to your charity selected from a list of items needed provided by the charity.  Over 1 Million charities have registered with this service.

Another way is with “naming opportunities”.  You can buy a brick - 3 lines of 15 characters each per brick.  Or name a seat in the theatre - 40 characters per plaque.

Your local theatre may also offer similar naming opportunities.  A few years ago, I purchased 2 personalized bricks for the sidewalk of the Ritz Theatre in Hawley, home of the Ritz Company Playhouse. 

BFN