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Would you like to help us out with a project?
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HELP US CONVERT THIS THEATRE TO DIGITAL PROJECTION (Please read the REASON FOR THIS CAMPAIGN (below)
before making any donations)
If you care to donate money to help us go "digital"
--please use the donate button below. This is thru Paypal and you do not need to have a Paypal account to use this service.
All donations are appreciated. Please leave your email address so that we can thank you for your assistance in this regard.
March 20, 2012- UPDATE ON FUNDS RAISED: $
226.50 towards our goal! Thanks to: Suzanne Dreger, Tiffany Bowen, Artist Touch Photography, Bennett Stock
Exchange, Brittany Strite, Teresa Storey-Day, Tim Neal, Mary Blake, John Noonan for being our first contributors towards converting
this theatre to digital!
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REASON FOR THIS CAMPAIGN
Did you know that all theatres must be digital in the next few years? Unfortunately,
if we don't convert we will be "out of business". While we embrace converting to digital
and the various benefits we can get from this technology--conversion to digital is a daunting task for drive-in theatres;
small town theatres; mom and pop theatres and art houses. Unfortunately, many independent theatres have not been
able to take advantage of studio financing (called VPF's) (Virtual Print Fees) to convert to digital like many of the major
theatre chains have been able utilize to convert their theatres-- therefore, it means that we
have to rely on our own resources and help from others to accomplish this task.
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Converting this theatre to digital will cost us: Approximately- $140,000.
As you can see-- the cost of this equipment is almost the cost of a home in some parts of the US. You could argue
that this is a business expense and capital improvement that we should undertake--and we plan to do so--but with profit
margins slim in the drive-in theatre business (that is why there are no longer 4,000 drive-ins operating in the US
and now down to 366) --it is hard to tack on another $140,000 worth of debt, without worrying how you plan to accomplish
this "improvement".
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Most of the cost to convert this theatre to digital will be financed by the theatre leaseholders/owners.
However, we can't do this project all by ourselves-- and here is how you can help---
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1) Please patronize our theatre concession stand! The studios
make most of the money on ticket sales-leaving us with only the concession sales to help keep this theatre viable--with the
cost of digital now on the horizon-- it is even more vital that we have strong concession sales! 2) Over this year, we will offer numerous items (t-shirts, cups, unique collectables, etc.) that will be for
sale to our patrons. We hope you will purchase some of those items. Profits from the sale of items will
be deposited into our digital projection fund. 3) If you choose
to make a $15 or more donation towards our digital fund-- we will record your name and include it in a special trailer that
we will have made up in 2013-- that we will show at the beginning of each night's program-that will tell the story of how
our patrons helped make digital possible at The Family Drive-In Theatre! 4) Watch
for other announcements during the year on other ways you can help us out and get something back in return!
Thanks for reading this page
and for caring! Together, we can keep "Magical Movie Moments- Under The Stars" for the best patrons in the
world!
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