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What local non-profit places do you support like theaters and museums?

May 25th, 2020 at 01:53 pm

I was listening to a podcast on my run this morning and they were talking about visiting and supporting your local science museum.

It got me thinking that currently, we really aren't supporting any local non-profit cultural, entertainment, or educational ventures. Over the years, we have had memberships at various places like a botanical garden, a community theater, an art museum, etc. I think once the whole COVID thing settles down, we need to get back to doing that.

I'm going to speak to DW about this. I'd like us to subscribe to the community theater again. We both love theater and enjoyed when we were kind of "forced" to go see the shows there because we had already paid for them.

I don't know that we want to do the botanical garden again but maybe one of the many museums in Philly. DW has gone to one particular museum a few times with a friend who has a membership. Maybe we can join one of the others and take her along in return.

I know it's not the most altruistic sort of charity since we get something out of it ourselves, but it's a way to help a good cause and provide some activity and entertainment for us at the same time.

4 Responses to “What local non-profit places do you support like theaters and museums?”

  1. Dido Says:
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    I regularly support 2 National Public Radio stations since I listen to those a lot. I also support the local arts center that has films, concerts, rotating art gallery shows, etc. (For that membership at a more upper tier level, I get *4* membership cards, and I give 3 away to my 3 closest friends in the area every year as a holiday gift. The card gets you discounts on tickets as well as earlier booking for concerts.) I support the local historic society since I really enjoy visiting their sites (my town was founded pre-Revolution; Washington really *did* sleep here). Then I have a few other non-profit organizations I regularly support: the congregation I belong to (of course), Green America (to support pro-environmental business), Compassion & Choices (right to die for terminally ill); and some health oriented causes for diseases that have either affected my family or friends.

  2. lurker Says:
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    Support your local AZA accredited zoo! It's not just about keep animals for people to look at, they are saving species from extinction.

  3. Greenleaf Says:
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    This isn't exactly the same, but I consider subscribing to a newspaper that does actual investigative journalism to be supporting an important cultural/educational endeavor, even though you can get the fast food version of news online for free. A WSJ subscription isn't cheap, but I feel the quality is much higher than other newspapers and that this kind of press (the kind that actually gathers evidence instead of just writing news stories about things people tweeted) helps keep other parts of society honest.

    Have you considered joining your local Elks Club or another community organization like that? They tend to have activities but also do community projects.

  4. disneysteve Says:
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    I did join the PA Horticultural Society this year. DD and I go to the Philadelphia Flower Show every year. We aren't the least bit interested in gardening but love the show. As it turned out, membership, which includes 2 show tickets, was actually a bit cheaper than just buying 2 tickets, so it was a no-brainer.

    We do very much support our synagogue every year. We also donate regularly to other charities that are important to us (not local ones specifically). It's the arts and culture stuff I was thinking about, so the theaters and museums mainly.

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