Miracle Theatre’s latest venture hit milestones and set records.
From March 27th to April 26th, Miracle Theatre put on productions of Here on the Flight Path and Lunenburg, raising funds to establish a Prince George Seniors Emergency Fund.
“We pretty much had an infomercial, where we talked to people about our concern about some of the very elderly people in our community who are really struggling to cover their basic costs every month,” said Director Ted Price.
“For food, for rent, for medication, for basic household goods and necessities.”
In total, the productions raised $209,433.40 for the fund, the largest single contribution Miracle Theatre has made to the community to date.
That total also brought Miracle Theatre past the million dollar milestone raised since they started. ($1,064,713)
“It feels good, when we started, our very first effort raised $42,000 for the Salvation Army Foodbank, and we were really pleased with that, it was a children’s program they had at the food bank,” Price said.
“That was great, but we didn’t ever anticipate that it would multiply and multiply in terms of how much we could raise, and we thought we might have a chance of breaking past a million, but we certainly didn’t expect to pass it by $64,000.”
Vice-Chair of the Prince George Council of Seniors Betty Bekkering said the new fund will give them sustainability.
“As a non-profit organization, we have to keep trying to find money everywhere,” she said.
“We know that with this in the background and as an endowment, we’ll be able to access some of the funds we need urgently.”
Price added he’s starting to think about what’s next for Miracle Theatre, but they’re still in recovery mode from the last endeavor.
“I have a very long shortlist of plays I would love to do, that I know I will never get through them all, so there’s always that long shortlist sitting in the background and you’re always mulling that over,” he said.
“With regards to what’s the next cause we might like to support, we’re always thinking about that. People approach us quite regularly with something they would like us to get behind and what their situation is, we’re always open to that. It’s something that’s lurking in the background but isn’t at the front of our brains right now.”
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