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Christy
Prakel, President of the HOPE Foundation, presents check to
Julie Strait (back, far right),
Executive Director of Darke County
Center for the Arts and its Board of Directors.
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HOPE Foundation Funds
Family Theater Programming
Darke County Center for the Arts...
Darke County Center for the Arts is pleased to have recently received a
contribution from the HOPE Foundation of Darke County, supporting
Family Theater Series programming in the 2009/2010 season. HOPE
Foundation administers the Jean Louise Thieme Children’s Theater
Fund. A lifelong interest in and support for the arts led Jean
Louise Thieme to establish a Children’s Theater Fund in 1987 for the
purpose of “assuring that the children of this rural county shall
always have the opportunity to experience high quality professional
programming.”
Funds from this donation are used by Darke County Center for the Arts
to help underwrite the cost of bringing high quality artistic
performances to Greenville. Programs are selected for young
children and their families to entertain, inspire creativity, educate,
and encourage appreciation of cultural diversity. According to
Julie Strait, “DCCA is proud to be able to keep ticket prices low
thanks to donations received from the HOPE Foundation and other
community supporters.”
DCCA’s 2010-2011 Family Theater Series will include ArtsPower’s The
Rainbow Fish; Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia will present Frederick,
Swimming and Inch by Inch; and Leland Faulkner, a professional
shadowgraph artist, skilled mime and master conjurer, will amaze the
audience with his World of Wonders!
Series tickets, including all three performances, are $12; individual
show tickets are $5 each. Contact DCCA at 937-547-0908 or
dcca@centerforarts.net to order tickets or stop by the DCCA office on
the third floor of the Greenville Public Library. Office hours
are Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 10 am – 12 noon and 12:30 - 3:30
pm.
The HOPE Foundation (Helping Other People Excel) is the Darke County
Community Foundation. The Foundation is dedicated to improving
the quality of life in Darke County by helping donors meet their
charitable objectives and helping support non-profit organizations like
the Darke County Center for the Arts. For further information on
the HOPE Foundation, call 548-HOPE. The office is located at 201
W. Main St. in Greenville.
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