Our Sponsors
Join us on Thursday, December 10th for
It’s a Wonderful Life and help us raise money for the Family Emergency Fund.
The Family Emergency Fund helps at-risk families meet needs when no one else can. To help families keep their homes and jobs, this fund enables Associated Ministries to respond to emergency needs such as offering safety from family violence, costs surrounding death and dying, transportation to job locations, temporary child care for the working parent, medical expenses, and other real and urgent needs faced by families struggling to make ends meet.
To many of us, these expenditures are small or at least not substantial enough to put us in debt. Yet to individuals and families living in poverty, these expenses are impossible to meet without assistance and can put families at risk of becoming homeless or unemployed.
Date, Time & Location
Thursday, December 10, 2009
5:30 p.m. - Reception and Screening
- Suggested Donation of $50
Location - Blue Mouse Theatre
2611 North Proctor St., Tacoma
Information and Registration:
Call Michele Cotton, 253-383-3056, ext. 107 or email her at michelec@associatedministries.org
The final scene of "It's a Wonderful Life", recreated by actors.
History
In 2003, Associated Ministries inaugurated a new holiday tradition. The agency began presenting benefit showings of the holiday film classic, It's a Wonderful Life, to support the Family Emergency Fund. The black and white 1946 movie, directed by Frank Capra, is shown at the Blue Mouse Theatre in Tacoma's Proctor District.
Starring Jimmy Stewart, Donna Reed, and Lionel Barrymore, It's a Wonderful Life is a wonderful tribute both to the power individuals have to change communities for the better and to the power of community to help individuals in need.
Proceeds from the film screening benefit Associated Ministries' Family Emergency Fund, which helps meet the urgent needs of at-risk families. This fund enables Associated Ministries to help families keep their homes and jobs by responding to emergency needs such as safety from family violence, costs surrounding death and dying, transportation to job locations, temporary child care for the working parent, medical expenses, and other real and urgent needs faced by families struggling to make ends meet. To many of us, these expenditures are small or at least not substantial enough to put us in debt. Yet to individuals and families living in poverty, these expenses are impossible to meet without assistance and can put families at risk of becoming homeless or unemployed.
As the film critic Roger Ebert said, It's a Wonderful Life is “a celebration of the lives and dreams of America's ordinary citizens, who tried the best they could to do the right thing by themselves and their neighbors.”
Directions
Blue Mouse Theatre
2611 N. Proctor
Tacoma, WA 98407
How You Can Help
You can help Pierce County families and Associated Ministries by acting now.
• Buy tickets to the afternoon showing of It's a Wonderful Life.
• Donate directly to the Family Emergency Fund.
• Donate to Associated Ministries and help not only those served by the Family Emergency Fund, but many others in need, too.