We sent out e-mails to encourage people to come in and help. And I know some folks were not available--because they were not on Spring Break or they were out of town, or had plans. But for those who responded and came in and rolled up their sleeves --I have a tremendous amount of gratitude for their willingness to give their time to help YPC.
They have demonstrated by their actions that they really understand the "whole " picture.
And what I mean by that is an organization like YPC cannot exist without the help of their community. We are a small but very BIG theatre. We do great things--but those great things cannot happen without the support of those who are involved in our community. Everybody wants to be in a show--but that amazing show cannot happen unless certain--sometimes mundane...sometime stuff that nobody really wants to do... happens.
We need our space to be clean and organized so we know where stuff is when we need it. We need thank you's written to people who have given time or finicial support, so they know how grateful we are for their support. We need people to usher, do box office, stuff envelopes, give rides, be in shows like Cattle Call or other Corporate shows, iron customes, paint sets, transport stuff to and fro, take out garbage, clean out the refridgerator, bring in food to share, volunteer to help facilitate our fundraising events, serve on our Board of Directors . And that is only a partial list of the help we need-- to be who and what we are!
It takes a villiage , a tribe of folks who believe in what we do enough that they will pull up their sleeves and do what they can, when they can so that YPC can thrive and continue to serve young artists and young audiences.
Sooo--for every person who has heeded the calls of help --I thank you!! I thank you for seeing the "whole picture"! I thank you for understanding how important ALL tasks at hand help create the amazing company we are!
A special "shout-out" to Harry, Sadie, Maren, Stephanie, Sulia, Tobias, Lizzie (hopefully I did not forget anybody) who came in and rolled up their sleeves and did a terrific job of getting stuff cleaned up, put back, put away, smelly laundry...clean.
It was a necessary job--not as fun as coming in and doing a rehearsal--but equally if not more important. I have much gratitude for their helping hands.
At the end of a very long and productive day--we got done all that we needed to do.
And the "whole picture" --looks a whole lot better!