MWF’s Coraline fundraiser
In sponsorship and fundraising news this week, we see the winding up of the very successful Danny Katz campaign – big thanks to all who donated – and the beginning of organising our next initiative, which is a film night.
This event will be held at Cinema Nova on Tuesday 21 July, we will be ready to sell tickets very soon, and will begin promoting the event through our e-news and website.
So far what I can tell you is that the film we have chosen is the dark fairytale Coraline. The film is based on the book by cult author Neil Gaiman, directed by stop-motion animation expert Henry Selick, and voiced by Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Jennifer Saunders and Dawn French, among other luminaries.
The special treats attached to this event are an introduction to the film by award winning illustrator Shaun Tan, and a glass of lovely wine and a chance to mingle afterwards. For this we ask you to pay $25, and all proceeds from this event will go towards our 2009 Schools’ Program.
Stay tuned for more details and how/when to purchase tickets (they’ll be sold through our own box office) which will be in my blog next week and also on our website.
Start spreading the word to anyone who’d like to see Coraline before the rest of Melbourne gets the chance!
Nina
Development Manager
Posted on 2 July 2009, in MWF events, MWF Sponsors, MWF staff musings and tagged Coraline, Danny Katz, Neil Gaiman. Bookmark the permalink. 2 Comments.
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I’ve just realised I’ll be seeing Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders only DAYS before the screening! This just keeps getting better! I’m so very excited! (You can tell by all the exclamation marks!)
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