The Georgia Theatre Company released results this week from its seventh annual “Film & Food for a Cause” fundraiser, which representatives from the company said garnered more than $90,000 for charities across Georgia.
Liberty Stadium Cinemas participated in the Sept. 19 event and raised $6,453. For $10, customers received a movie ticket, popcorn and a soft drink from the concession stand and a packet of coupons from participating area restaurants.
The theater donated 100 percent of the ticket and concession proceeds, including advance ticket sales, to charity, general manager Robert Williams Jr. said.
The money will be split evenly between Prevent Child Abuse, Army Community Services on Fort Stewart and United Way of the Coastal Empire, said Leah Poole, executive director of United Way of the Coastal Empire.
“I think that this says a lot about our community as a whole and the commitment of the Georgia Theatre Company in particular,” Poole said. “They do not have to do this and it is just ingrained in the ethics of their company to give back.”
On Tuesday afternoon, Williams and representatives from each beneficiary gathered in the theater’s lobby for a check presentation ceremony and photographs.
“Whatever we can give back to the community, I think is great,” the theater manager said to the group of seven. “Last year was a better year because the economy was better. We’re going do it again next year.”
Every year, the Georgia Theatre Company theaters partner with local restaurants on Sept. 19 to raise funds for local United Way agencies, according to the company’s website.
Georgia Theatre Company advertising and promotion manager Ansley Scoville said the company strives to continuously support community organizations through the event.
“We feel it is important to give back to the communities that support our business 365 days a year. Especially in a slower economy we are grateful to have jobs and provide a service by giving folks the opportunity to escape reality for a few hours when they come to the movies,” Scoville said in an e-mail.
Fourteen movie theaters and 31 restaurants in nine counties, including Liberty, participated in “Film & Food for a Cause,” according to a Georgia Theatre Company news release.
Hinesville area sponsors included Liberty Stadium Cinemas, Chili’s, McDonald’s, Papa John’s Pizza, Vann’s and Liberty Printing. This was the fourth year United Way participated in the fundraiser, Poole said.
Director Donna Finney of Army Community Services said her group participated in the fundraiser for the first time this year.
ACS helps soldiers and their families get adjusted to military life through finance, parenting, and support classes because the military is such a “mobile lifestyle,” Finney said.
“We were just thrilled,” she said of the theater’s donation. “We’re a family … we like to take care of our own. But we can’t do it on our own.”
The director said the funds will be used to supply struggling families on base with food vouchers and for purchasing items to aid volunteers in running programs while the soldiers are gone.
“I’d like to thank everybody who went to the movies and we will make sure we use that money very wisely because we know how hard they worked to earn it,” Finney said. “We are so grateful.”
Liberty Stadium Cinemas participated in the Sept. 19 event and raised $6,453. For $10, customers received a movie ticket, popcorn and a soft drink from the concession stand and a packet of coupons from participating area restaurants.
The theater donated 100 percent of the ticket and concession proceeds, including advance ticket sales, to charity, general manager Robert Williams Jr. said.
The money will be split evenly between Prevent Child Abuse, Army Community Services on Fort Stewart and United Way of the Coastal Empire, said Leah Poole, executive director of United Way of the Coastal Empire.
“I think that this says a lot about our community as a whole and the commitment of the Georgia Theatre Company in particular,” Poole said. “They do not have to do this and it is just ingrained in the ethics of their company to give back.”
On Tuesday afternoon, Williams and representatives from each beneficiary gathered in the theater’s lobby for a check presentation ceremony and photographs.
“Whatever we can give back to the community, I think is great,” the theater manager said to the group of seven. “Last year was a better year because the economy was better. We’re going do it again next year.”
Every year, the Georgia Theatre Company theaters partner with local restaurants on Sept. 19 to raise funds for local United Way agencies, according to the company’s website.
Georgia Theatre Company advertising and promotion manager Ansley Scoville said the company strives to continuously support community organizations through the event.
“We feel it is important to give back to the communities that support our business 365 days a year. Especially in a slower economy we are grateful to have jobs and provide a service by giving folks the opportunity to escape reality for a few hours when they come to the movies,” Scoville said in an e-mail.
Fourteen movie theaters and 31 restaurants in nine counties, including Liberty, participated in “Film & Food for a Cause,” according to a Georgia Theatre Company news release.
Hinesville area sponsors included Liberty Stadium Cinemas, Chili’s, McDonald’s, Papa John’s Pizza, Vann’s and Liberty Printing. This was the fourth year United Way participated in the fundraiser, Poole said.
Director Donna Finney of Army Community Services said her group participated in the fundraiser for the first time this year.
ACS helps soldiers and their families get adjusted to military life through finance, parenting, and support classes because the military is such a “mobile lifestyle,” Finney said.
“We were just thrilled,” she said of the theater’s donation. “We’re a family … we like to take care of our own. But we can’t do it on our own.”
The director said the funds will be used to supply struggling families on base with food vouchers and for purchasing items to aid volunteers in running programs while the soldiers are gone.
“I’d like to thank everybody who went to the movies and we will make sure we use that money very wisely because we know how hard they worked to earn it,” Finney said. “We are so grateful.”