Social Service Orgs. Invited to Distribute First Night Akron Admission Buttons
First Night® Akron's Community Outreach Program provides free admission buttons for this New Year's Eve celebration of the arts to local social service organizations to distribute to their low income, elderly and disabled clients. Downtown Akron Partnership (DAP) invites organizations interested in taking part in the Community Outreach Program to call 330-374-7690 for more information.
Follow-up information will be mailed to organizations in mid-October and all requests for buttons must be returned by Monday, November 15. Admission buttons provided through this program are sponsored by local foundations and buttons are allocated based on the number of requests and the number of sponsored buttons available. Buttons will be available to organizations in early December.
"First Night Community Outreach gives individuals and families faced with daily challenges, and who cannot afford the cost, an opportunity to experience an evening of diverse arts entertainment," said Lisa Knapp, DAP communications director.
Now in its 15th year, First Night Akron is a New Year's Eve celebration unlike any other. This family-friendly, alcohol-free celebration of the arts brings the community together to experience a brief moment in time while creating lasting New Year's Eve memories. Indoor entertainment features more than 90 performances and projects in a diverse display of music, dance, theater, visual and interactive arts throughout Downtown Akron on Friday, December 31.
Admission buttons allow access to all First Night venues, entertainment and activities that evening. Buttons for those ages 10 and over are normally priced at $10. Children nine and under do not need an admission button to attend First Night Akron. For more information, visit www.firstnightakron.org.
First Night Akron is a program of Downtown Akron Partnership. Founding partners are the City of Akron and the Akron Beacon Journal.
Thank you to our generous First Night sponsors: (As of 10/14/2010)
Platinum Site Sponsors: Acme Fresh Markets, Akron Beacon Journal, Akron Community Foundation, Kenneth L. Calhoun, a KeyBank Trust, City of Akron, County of Summit, FirstMerit Bank, GAR Foundation, The John A. McAlonan Fund and Time Warner Cable. Gold Stage Sponsors: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, John S. Knight Center and METRO Regional Transit Authority. The Ohio Arts Council helped fund this program with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans. Silver Project Sponsors: Labels & Letters, PNC Bank, OMNOVA Solutions Foundation, Robert O. & Annamae Orr Family Foundation, Roetzel & Andress LPA and The Welty Family Foundation. Bronze Activity Sponsors: A. Schulman, Bridgestone Americas Trust Fund, Brouse McDowell, LPA, Cohen & Company, CPAs, County of Summit Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services ADM Board, Eliokem, Inc., GOJO Industries, Inc., Meggitt Aircraft Braking Systems Corporation, R.C. Musson & Katharine M. Musson Charitable Foundation and Charles E. and Mabel M. Ritchie Foundation. Special Friends: Glenn R. and Alice V. Boggess Memorial Foundation, The Maynard Family Foundation, New Leaf Design and Studio Martone.
