Thanks for Giving! (and Happy Thanksgiving!)

When I was walking out of the Tarrytown Music Hall after Cast E's performance of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat the other day, I snapped this picture with our coat donation bin full to the brim! Thank you so much for your generosity!

Our acting coach and director Julie Schwartz is organizing Random Farms' winter coat drive to contribute to New York Cares' Annual Coat Drive.  In a normal year, 90% of homeless adults need a new, warm coat each winter because they have no place to keep one over the summer months. But this year, it's not just homeless people who need our help; thousands of New Yorkers have been displaced and left out in the cold or in shelters as a result of the storm, creating unprecedented demand for warm coats.

Coats of all sizes are needed, including baby, child, and adult.  Although the bin pictured above was at the musical hall (and will be there again on 11/26 for the final performance of "Joseph"), we have a bin set up on the counter at the RFKT studio for donations during rehearsal hours, showcase auditions and Headshot Day. It will also be at Yorktown Stage during Jellybeans performances of "Hansel and Gretel." 

If you are not currently involved in a production, you can also e-mail julie@randomfarms.com to find out when the studio will be open to accept your donation.  We will be collecting coats through Thursday, December 20th. If you spot a great deal at a Back Friday sale or unearth last year's outgrown coats among the holiday decorations, please bring them in.

If you'd like more information on the New York Cares Coat Drive, please visit the New York Cares website at http://newyorkcares.org/volunteer/holiday_volunteering/coat_drive/index.php.

Thank you to all who have already donated! We appreciate your support all throughout the year, and we're so grateful you're a part of the Random Farms Kids Theater family. Happy Thanksgiving to one and all.