We suspect many of you are new visitors from the greater central Pennsylvania community. Thank you so much for taking the time to visit!
Because $200,00 seems an enormous sum, we might take a minute to think about money. Your support via word of mouth, and online is greatly appreciated, but pledges are vital too.
To put it all into perspective:
$1 – The cost of 100 pieces of Penny Candy at Levann’s Newsstand. It’s also the cost of one song on iTunes.
$25 – I live in New York City, so this is the cost of two tickets to the movies. But according to the National Association of Theatre Owners, the average ticket price in 2009 was $7.50. So $25 would get you two movies, popcorn and a soda. Or five movie rentals on iTunes.
$50 – an iPod shuffle.
$100 – the cost of a flight from Austin TX to San Francisco, CA on Jetblue. Or an iPhone.
$500 – A Television.
$1000 – A nice computer.
$5000 – A used car.
$200,000 – A movie theatre.
How much does it take?
200,000 people need to donate $1.
100,000 people need to donate $2.
50,000 people would need to donate $4.
25,000 people would need to donate $8.
10,000 people would need to donate $20
5,000 people would need to donate $40.
2255 people (the population of Watsontown in 2000) would need to donate $88.69.
For those small amounts, not even in triple digits, we could save a historic movie theatre. We could give the community something back. You wouldn’t need to go to the Mall anymore. We could help Watsontown flourish again by bringing the Downtown back!
Let’s save this theatre. Let’s make it a hub. And besides…
Who doesn’t like the movies?
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