ACTion 09 builds a primary school in Cambodia

Thanks to our wonderful Insurance Provider World Nomads, Dramatic Adventure has been given the opportunity to donate a portion of our travel insurance cost to help with a Cambodian School Project.

The Footprints Network is an alliance of online e-commerce companies making a difference with a solution that supports sustainable poverty alleviation community programs.  Their project to build a primary school in Tial village, Cambodia will cover:

Implementation and monitoring the build of a 3-room school plus teacher’s house, a set of solar-panels and water tank.

Because of the huge number of artists we’re taking with us on this project, we have been able to donate $400 towards this worthy cause!

Please consider World Nomads the next time YOU travel, you can donate up to $7 per person towards Footprints.  As we know very well at DAT, a little bit sure does go a long way!

Contact us for more info

In Kind Donations Needed for ACTion: Ecuador

Complete with updates.

We must collect everything for the 2009 project by THURSDAY June 18th.

If you’re in the NYC area, please join us for the Guest Bartending night at Deacon Brodies (http://www.murphguide.com/bars/deaconbrodies.htm) on June 18th from 6-9pm where we will be raising money for last minute donations needs as well as collecting any in-kind donations we still need to take down.

We’d love to see you there!

“Love is not a feeling.  No matter how much you feel, love means nothing when unrelated to action.  Love is action.” ~ Anne Bogart (from her book “And then, you act: Making art in an unpredictable world”… I highly recommend picking up a copy!)

So Artists, let’s start taking ACTION now!
Here’s a list of donation needs.  If you have any of these items or know someone or some company that would be interested in donating any of the following items… then please let me know.

Below is the full list of what we need to bring to these communities.  So, let’s knock out the easy ones first.  Everyone can donate a few pairs of socks, 2 DVDs, some neosporin or tylenol, and an old digital camera. So, get that together and let me know what you have… we will be updating you all with the list of donations as they grow.  Then, let’s start shootin’ down some of these bigger items, like a LCD projector, etc..  Ask around, you never know who has something lying around gathering dust.

This is the list of things we still need.

QUILOTOA COMMUNITY CENTER
DVD Library (we would like to bring a year’s supply… 52 “entertainment” films and 52 “educational” films in Spanish or with Spanish subtitles… if we each are responsible for 1 entertainment DVD and 1 educational DVD, then we will have more than enough for the community center)
Medical Supplies (bandages, ointments, first aid kits, old cosmetic bags (6″x8″ approximately) to make first aid kits, etc.)

ESMERALDAS ARTS SCHOOL
Digital Cameras and memory cards (as many as possible… old, new, it doesn’t matter)
Art and Music Supplies (listed below)

Electronic Drums

Yamaha Electronic Organs

Pianos

Saxophones

Clarinets

Violin

Trombones

Trumpets

Flute

Bass, electric and acoustic guitars

Rattle Pader

Guiro

Xylophones

DVD equipment

Amplifiers

Film Machine

Amplifiers speaker boxes

Microphones (wireless headset)

Digital Projector

Compressors

Flat and round brushes

Airbrushes

Oven Ceramics

LA SELVA – EL PILCHE COMMUNITY
Medical Supplies
Toothbrushes and toothpaste
Mud Boots or Gators (mostly children’s sizes)
SOCKS!!!  Lots of socks (mostly children’s sizes) School Supplies

NOTE
If you have any other items (or access to other items) that are not on this list, but that you think might be great for these various communities… please let me know, I’m sure we can add it to the pile!

Thanks Team!

~Jesse Baxter

Artistic Director

Dramatic Adventure Theatre

This is what we’ve taken so far!!

Camera Equiptment

Memory Cards (20, assorted sizes)

Digital Camera (9)

Community Center

Dry Erase Board/Projection Screen (or a dry erase board and a projection screen)
LCD Projector (and mount)
Surround Sound Speakers (or something comparable)
DVD Player

Hand held photo printer

First Aid Materials

Assorted sized bandaids (12 boxes)

Cotton balls (1 bag)

Hydrogen Peroxide (3 bottles)

Rubbing alcohol (2 bottles)

“Secure-Flex” Wrap (1- 3 in.x 2.5 yard roll)

Miscellaneous Medical Supplies (17 people working on it!!)

School Supplies

jumbo crayons ( 4 boxes)

pencil sets (7 sets)

lined paper packages (3 sets)

Books

Art books

Photography books

ESL Books

Art Supplies

Paint

Casting Plaster

DVD’s

8MM (Eight Millimeter)

American Dreamz

The Big Bounce

The Brothers McMullen

The Clearing

Death to Smoochy

Hairspray (2007)

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (movie #2)

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (movie #4)

Jumanji

The Moses Code- the movie

Paycheck

Quicksand

Smile

Topsy- Turvy

West Side Story

MANY MORE

Documentaries

Planet Earth Collection

Unknown Titled Educational (3 DVD’s)

MANY MORE

Clothing

Boys Shorts (2 pairs)

Boys Shirts (2)

Boys Shoes (0 pairs!)

Boys Socks ( 12 pairs)

Girls Shirts (2)

Girls Shoes (2 pairs)

Girls Socks (15 pairs)

MANY MORE

Hygiene Supplies

Toothbrushes (50)

Regular sized toothpaste tubes (10)

Miscellaneous Colgate Donation

MANY MORE

VOICES FROM ZIMBABWE: my name is Foster

Dramatic Adventure Theatre (dramaticadventure . com) recently traveled with a team of theatre artists to empower the voices of children in a place where there voices are often forgotten; ZIMBABWE. DAT developed a full length play through many workshops with locals, of which 90% of it is written by the children themselves. This is our friend Clive…one of the voices that contributed to the process and who learned much from the experience. Enjoy!

Managing Director, Mary K, is a published author!

Book Cover

The Managing Director of Dramatic Adventure Theatre, Mary K. Redington, has been collaborating with 43 other women to publish the book Conscious Choices: An Evolutionary Woman’s Guide to Life.

The 44 women each wrote a story about a life lesson they’ve experienced along their journey.

Here are what some other authors have said about this book:

“The courage and honesty in each woman’s story is a great example of how wonderful, amazing, stupendous, inspiring, and butt-kicking we women are.”~SHELLY RACHANOW, author What Would You Do If YOU Ran the World?

“These are the compelling voices of our mothers, sisters, daughters and wives. If enlightened co-creation is the key to the survival of humanity, these women are the leading lights.”~LEVAR BURTON, Actor/Activist

If you’re interested in purchasing the book, it’s available here on Amazon.com.

Mary will also be featured in the new book, What Would You Do If YOU Ran the World? by Shelly Rachanow, details coming soon.

CONTACT DAT

ACTion: Ecuador – INFO.

Dramatic Adventure Theatre’s artistic director, Jesse Baxter, and managing director, Mary K. Redington, share a little bit about what ACTion: Ecuador will be for the artists involved!

Non-Profit Donation How To

TO THE ACTION:ECUADOR PARTICIPANTS.

YES, you can collect non-profit donations through DAT in your name!

Here’s what to do:

CHECKS:
Must be paid to the order of THE FIELD with DRAMATIC ADVENTURE THEATRE/ YOUR NAME in the memo line.
Have them send their checks to you, then send them to DAT in a large chunk
Dramatic Adventure Theatre
Attn: Mary K. Redington
608 W. 140th St., 44
New York, NY 10031

CREDIT CARDS:
Please send people here: http://www.dramaticadventure.com/donate.html
Have them follow the online directors, but during step A. have them write YOUR NAME instead of “Jesse Baxter” (this step is VERY important, as it’s the only way we’ll know the donation is for you)

*KEEP IN MIND* The credit card donations include a fee, for example- If you get a $50 Credit Card Donation, you will only recieve $47.  If you need to recieve credit card donations, but it doesn’t matter if they’re tax deductable or not, I would suggest creating a “Chip In” account through paypal.  You will select a widget that you can place on your facebook, myspace, and other websites you have.

Questions?  Email Mary at maryk@dramaticadventure.com .

Please visit the party page while we prepare for ACTion!

We apologize to our non- ACTion:Ecuador friends, we are getting ready to embark on our next journey to Ecuador and we are focused on helping our artists prepare for the trip. Please enjoy the videos and visit the Party Page for some some DAT:Ecuador Project Games and activities.

NOTES FROM THE ROAD: Cadillac Ranch

Dramatic Adventure Theatre's artistic & managing directors offer an update on ACTion: Ecuador's progress as they tour the US. This stop: Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo, Texas (via Austin, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Irvine, and Los Angeles).

Fundraising Letter Tips

Here are some tips for the ACTion:Ecuador Fundraising Letter:

~ Make it personal. Unless you’re writing to a company or a philanthropist, chances are you’re asking your family members.  Write a little note to them, tell them whats going on in your life and make it interesting.  Nothing going on besides this?  Find something else, “My sister, Liz, got straight A’s this semester, this is what I’m doing…”.

~ Send it in the mail. Emails are great, but this is something a little more formal.  Take the time to mail it, and maybe they’ll take the time to look up the website and make a donation.

~ Don’t just copy/paste. Feel free to use any or all of the information from the form letter, but make sure you read it all of the way through and fix what needs to be added or deleted.

These are all the tips for now, because I want to get this up for everyone.  If there are questions please let me know.

Please feel free to comment and add your own suggestions!

Click Here for the Letter

NOTES FROM THE ROAD: Buckle Up

Dramatic Adventure Theatre's artistic & managing directors offer an update on ACTion: Ecuador's progress as they tour the US. This stop: New Orleans.