The Fund Run for Charities went off without a hitch this morning. The race started a few minutes after 8 pm due to a large number of registrants just before race time. The characters Grandpa Tortoise (Chris Simpson), Henrietta Hare (Mary Kathryn Dorr), The Fox Action News Reporter (Maria Miller), and Mayor Wolf (Jamie Hagood) all registered and ran with the pack in the 5K run to raise endowment money for local charities including Market House Theatre. The theatre raised over $4,500 in donations and received a match of almost $3,700 which went into our endowment account. MHT's current endowment stands at about $84,000 with the latest deposit.
This past week a committee of the board met to discuss donations to the theatre. We have been trying to work through how we currently record donations to the theatre. We have several different campaigns going on at the same time. Our membership campaign in the past has been a once a year drive in January for renewals and new members. Because people may give 2-3 times during the year in addition to their annual membership donation it is sometimes difficult to categorize what level membership a donor is. Over the course of the past couple of years more and more donors have asked not to be given any tangible personal benefits for membership so that they could receive the full tax deductibility for their donations. Because of this we have moved to trying to give donors information about benefits their donation accomplishes for the theatre. For example we spent over $4,000 for costumes for Anything Goes for 20 performers. That averages $200 per performer for costumes. So a $200-$250 donation will costume one actor for a musical. The committee has decided to have a new donor drive this fall and again next spring. Current donors will receive a renewal notice on the anniversary of their major contribution date. Hopefully this will allow us to increase the number of donors and to help current donors renew at a convenient time each year.
Sunday at 5:30 pm is the technical rehearsal/dress for The Tortoise and the Hare lunchbox theatre show. The first performance will be Monday morning at 11 am.
This week has lots going on at the theatre. Sunday mornings for the next couple of months MHT has rented our studio theatre to a new church which has been formed in Paducah. Monday -Saturday 11 am & 1 pm Lunchbox shows in the studio. Monday and Tuesday evening in the main stage rehearsals for MY Way. In the studio judging for the Paducah Poetry Jam. Monday evening in the classroom will be the improv class. Wednesday is a board meeting in the corner building. Thursday is dress rehearsal for the Poetry Jam in the main theatre. Friday evening is the Paducah Poetry. Saturday will be the Colgate Country Showdown in the Main Theatre.
I will post photos from the fundrun on Sunday.
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