UNIVERSITY MALL THEATRES "Save Our Butts!"
A project in Fairfax, VA by Daniel Collings000days
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If you help put in new seats you'll...SAVE OUR BUTTS!!!
Backers: 2705
Average Pledge Per Backer: $49
Funded: $131,758 of $100,000
Dates: Aug 1st -> Aug 31st (30 days)
Project By: Daniel Collings
Backers: 2705
Average Pledge Per Backer: $49
Funded: $131,758 of $100,000
Dates: Aug 1st -> Aug 31st (30 days)
Project By: Daniel Collings
$131,758
current pledge level
Last Updated: August 31 @ 00:02 -0400 GMT
131%
of goal
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Latest News
OVER $127K!!! - STILL 6 HOURS TO GO!!! 
August 30th - via: kickstarter.com
Folks - this is totally AWESOME!!! We can't wait to start "re-building" our little Theatre for y'all! Personally - I will forever be in your debt!! I promise (especially for those of you far away) - I will keep you in the loop - with pictures... (Read More)
OVER $121K - TOMORROW - IS OUR LAST DAY!!!
August 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Yes folks - WE GOOFED! The "Save Our Butts!" Campaign ENDS at MIDNIGHT - this Saturday - that's TOMORROW!!! We're just wondering one thing here at the Theatre - how much "noise" can (Two Thousand Four Hundred Ninety-eight) folks make on the... (Read More)
OVER $119K - AND WE STILL HAVE 2 DAYS!!!
August 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Wednesday's "Pledge Club" meeting was awesome! Everyone agreed that we should have a celebration "party" when the pledge drive is over!! So (in lieu of a meeting next Wednesday) we are going to have a "party" - to be announced at a later date!!!... (Read More)
OVER $116K - AND WE STILL HAVE 3 DAYS!!!
August 27th - via: kickstarter.com
We hope to see y'all at tonight's "Pledge Club" meeting! Hopefully we can get the projector to play our own "Save Our Butts!" content!!! (The meeting will be from 6:30 - 7:00 at University Mall Theatres!) (Read More)
TO INFINITY - AND BEYOND!!!
August 25th - via: kickstarter.com
We have already raised over $111K!!! This is phenomenal - but keep it coming - there is so much more that we can do!!! I just found out that an international movie super-star has mentioned our cause on their Facebook page! Folks - the way you have... (Read More)
OUR "STRETCH GOALS" VIDEO - IS UP!!!
August 24th - via: kickstarter.com
We can't find words to thank y'all enough! This has been such an amazing journey!! We hope you enjoy the new video - "Save Our Butts!" part 2!!! (I had to stop filming at one point because Mark - "got something in his eye") (Read More)
OVER $110K!!! MARK THANKS Y'ALL PERSONALLY!!!
August 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey Folks - sorry for the "intermission" - Mark and I have been busy making (by popular demand) a "Thank You"/"Stretch Goals" video! We hope you understand that this one will be quite unscripted and raw!! We never thought we'd be making one so... (Read More)
OVER $104K!!! THIS IS ABSOLUTELY CRAZY!!!
August 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Folks - first we want to thank all of you - our 2158 backers - for all of your love, help, time - and Money! We couldn't have done it without you!! BIG HUGS - to all of YOU!!! Now, it seems many of you have suggested we do a "stretch goal" -... (Read More)
WE MADE IT!!! BUT HOW FAR CAN WE GO?
August 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Folks - this is a great day in Kickstartland! We made it!!! We want to give a special THANK YOU to the "unsung heroes" who put money in the jar on the counter - those were the very dollars that put us over the top!!! Now - keep it coming - let's see... (Read More)
Can we make it to $100K by midnight tonight???
August 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Folks - today has been truly amazing! The sheer number of pledges has been astounding!! Today's "Pledge Club" meeting was so much fun - thank you all for making it simply the most awesome thing ever!!! We are posting a picture from tonight's... (Read More)
Fairfax theater seeks new seats with ‘Save Our Butts’ campaign on Kickstarter
August 20th - via: washingtonpost.com
WASHINGTON, DC - The University Mall Theatres, the last 'dollar theater' in the DC area, is trying to raise $100,000 to improve the moviegoing experience. (Read More)
$83K in 18 DAYS!!! ($17K TO GO!)
August 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Folks - words cannot express how wonderful we think all of y'all are! We're going to host a very special "Pledge Club" meeting this Wednesday!! Mark and I are going to appropriate one of the auditoriums and we're all going to take a group photo... (Read More)
What does it mean to be a "Champion" to us?
August 19th - via: kickstarter.com
What is a "Champion" you say? This is the title we give our worker bees (employees) - they are our "Champions" - in many more ways than one! Besides the fact that these folks work their butts off for us every day - a couple decades worth of them... (Read More)
$79.5K in 17 DAYS!!! ($20.5 TO GO!)
August 18th - via: kickstarter.com
We can see the finish line on the Horizon! Just a little further folks - we can do it!!! (Read More)
TRUE "Save Our Butts" STORY #8: My friend Martha
August 18th - via: kickstarter.com
My friend Martha sent us the most wonderful little letter along with her donation! Not a public comment, not an email, a text, or even a "tweet" - just a personal note of encouragement!!! Martha, and her husband Ed, have been watching movies at our... (Read More)
$75K in 16 DAYS!!! ($25K TO GO!)
August 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Folks - y'all are THE BEST!!! We are blown away by all your support!! Mark and I can't wait to thank you (in person) at the meeting this Wednesday! For those of you (The Fairfax Film Club) interested in the art of filmmaking - I'm going to set up my... (Read More)
$73.5K - in 15 DAYS!!! ($26.5K TO GO!)
August 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Kickstartlandians rule!!! We're almost 75% of the way there - and we still have fourteen days to go!! We have some very special stuff planned for next week's "Pledge Club" meeting!!! If you haven't been to one yet - you don't know what you're... (Read More)
ALMOST $71K - CAN WE MAKE IT TO $75K THIS WEEKEND???
August 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Folks - this is FANTASTIC! Your support is so inspiring - we feel like doing an "Ellen" dance!!! (Read More)
ALMOST $70K - in 14 DAYS!!! ($30K TO GO!)
August 15th - via: kickstarter.com
My fellow Kickstartlandians - today has been a great day! We have had a huge surge in pledges - please keep it up!!! (There's something happening here...) (Read More)
TRUE "Save Our Butts" STORY #7: Me
August 14th - via: kickstarter.com
My name is Daniel Collings. I was conceived in Moscow, Russia! Shortly thereafter - my Mother gave birth to me in Helsinki, Finland - in a midwifery!!! I was there for a short while - then it was back to Moscow for a few years - I don't... (Read More)
CAN WE MAKE $67K BY MIDNIGHT?
August 14th - via: kickstarter.com
We are getting closer every hour! Can we pass the TWO THIRDS mark by Midnight tonight??? (Read More)
TRUE "Save Our Butts" STORY #6: My friend J.
August 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Months of planning - weeks of writing - days of preparing - then came the "great night" that we were going to stay up all night - shooting our Kickstarter video! All of a sudden, everyone who thought they could - couldn't!! My only choice left -... (Read More)
$64.5K - in TWELVE DAYS!!! (35.5K TO GO...)
August 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Tonight's meeting of the "Pledge Club" was simply amazing! We were hoping (maybe) some of the dozen folks from the first meeting might show up again - we were really not prepared for the thirty or forty of y'all that did!!! I promise - next week we... (Read More)
$63K in JUST ELEVEN DAYS!!! 37K TO GO...
August 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Tonight we are hosting a very special meeting of "The Pledge Club" - our weekly backer's party! If you've backed us - with even a dollar of your own money - you are welcome to come join the fun!! From 6:30 - 7:00 we are going to meet (at the... (Read More)
Fairfax’s University Mall Theatres launches Kickstarter to ‘save their butts’
August 12th - via: bizjournals.com
Daniel Collings, general manager of the University Mall Theatres in Fairfax, spends an awful lot of time taping the theater’s ancient seats back together. (Read More)
TRUE "Save Our Butts" STORY #5: My friend Mark
August 11th - via: kickstarter.com
As many of you know - my friend Mark - is the owner of this fine establishment! He is big, and strong, and he can be kind of scary when he is mad!! But we love him - unequivocally!!! One day, a long time ago - we were between health plans for my... (Read More)
OVER $60K in JUST TEN DAYS!!! ONLY 40 TO GO...
August 11th - via: kickstarter.com
My fellow Americans - this is a great day in Kickstartland - we were just on the front page of KICKSTARTER!!! Not only were we on the front page - we were the most "popular" story!!! If you've ever felt - even if only for a moment - that you... (Read More)
TRUE "Save Our Butts" STORY #4: My friend Will
August 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Remember my friend I told you about - Will? I have to tell you how we met! He'd been a regular since discovering us in 2008! One day in 2013 - he sees my boss, Mark, staring up at a leak in the ceiling - Will offers to help!! Mark tells him... (Read More)
TRUE "Save Our Butts" STORY #3: My friend Leslie
August 10th - via: kickstarter.com
There is a lovely young lady who's been coming to our Theatre regularly for a very long time! Her name is Leslie and she used to work here - many moons ago!! She always has her kids with her - they are a fun and lively bunch!!! Even though she... (Read More)
TRUE "Save Our Butts" STORY #2: My friend Johnny
August 10th - via: kickstarter.com
There is a young man who works at our Theatre named Johnny. He is a very nice young man; polite, kind, and possessing a great sense of humor! Even though this young man works for (close to) minimum wage sweeping up popcorn - he chose to donate... (Read More)
$57.5K in 9 DAYS - ONLY $42.5K TO GO IN 20!!!
August 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Together - we can really do this! We can "Save Our Butts" from sitting in beat up seats and get ourselves (state-of-the art) brand new chairs!!! When folks who've never been to our Theatre before are paying for a family of three - we'll often... (Read More)
TRUE "Save Our Butts" STORY #1: My friend Will
August 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Friday night - a very important night for movie theatres - we had a catastrophe in the restroom... A gigantic pair of designer sunglasses had gotten flushed down one of the toilets - blocking it completely! It was late in the evening and folks were... (Read More)
OVER $55,000.00 in EIGHT DAYS!!!
August 9th - via: kickstarter.com
The people have spoken! Now regular folks don't have much money - yet they've pledged a whole bunch of their hard earned cash for this project - now is the time for the businesses to speak!!! We have fantastically priced "advertising"... (Read More)
$47K TO GO - LET'S GO!!!
August 8th - via: kickstarter.com
We still have $47,000 to go - but now we have One Thousand Two Hundred Four "Pledge Club" Members! Don't forget - If we can reach our goal early we get to make a second video!!! (Read More)
OVER $52,000.00 in ONE WEEK!!!
August 8th - via: kickstarter.com
This is truly phenomenal folks! Excitement is really starting to build here at University Mall Theatres!!! (How close can we get by next Wednesday's "Pledge Club" meeting?) (Read More)
FOLKS...
August 7th - via: kickstarter.com
My (17 year old) daughter just texted me that she is proud of me - I'm beside myself with joy! Thank you all so much!!! (Read More)
HEY GUYS - PLEASE STOP!!!
August 7th - via: kickstarter.com
...or I'm going to be too "weepy" to speak at next week's "Pledge Club" meeting too!!! (Read More)
OMG - We LOVE YOU!!!
August 7th - via: kickstarter.com
TOTALLY, TOTALLY, TOTALLY - LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!!! (Read More)
$400 - ONE HOUR ~ Let's do it!!!
August 7th - via: kickstarter.com
More to come... (I promise!!!) (Read More)
Can we make $50K by Midnight???
August 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Come on guys - let's do this!!! (Read More)
The "Pledge Club" - UPDATE #1
August 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Yesterday's gathering was awesome! Meeting you guys face to face really made this real for us - it's been pretty surreal so far!! Dan managed not to tear up in front of you too!!! Next Wednesday we'll be taking a tour of the projection room! You'll... (Read More)
ALMOST HALFWAY THERE!!!
August 7th - via: kickstarter.com
We have the very best backers in the whole wide world! There are no words that can express how grateful we are to each and every one of you!!! (Read More)
Folks - $41,000.00 just past 120 hour mark - YOU'RE UNBELIEVABLE!!!
August 6th - via: kickstarter.com
This is truly UNBELIEVABLE - we love you all so much! We've always tried to make our Theatre the best that it can be, and now - thanks to you - we will be able to fulfill that vision in a way we never could have ever imagined possible!!! (We thank... (Read More)
WE'RE ALMOST HALF-WAY THERE!!!
August 5th - via: kickstarter.com
We can't thank you folks enough for all the effort you've been putting into this fundraiser! Please stop by our Theatre any time and give us the chance to shake the hand of a hero!!! (If we're able to reach our goal quickly enough - we will... (Read More)
Over $33,000.00 in 96 hours!!!
August 4th - via: kickstarter.com
This calls for a celebration! The first official meeting of the "Pledge Club" will be this Wednesday from six-thirty to seven at University Mall Theatres!!! (All of our backers are welcome to come and share their ideas with us before watching a FREE... (Read More)
Third of a Miracle Approaches!
August 4th - via: kickstarter.com
We're almost a third of the way there - time for something SPECIAL!!! We've had so many wonderful responses and incredible suggestions... (To be revealed at $33,333!) (Read More)
Almost $27,000.00 in 72 hours!!!
August 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Folks - this is AMAZING!!! Keep on spreading the word - we can do it!!! (Read More)
We are in love!
August 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
We love you guys! Less than five hundred people have pledged over $20,000.00!!! Somebody call the PRESS! Let's make an international incident out of something fun!!! (Read More)
Over $17,000.00 in 48 hours!!!
August 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
This is incredible folks! We never imagined we'd receive this much support so quickly!!! (The new first rule of Pledge Club is: "Let's talk about Pledge Club!!!") (Read More)
You guys are the best!!!
August 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
It is just after noon and we are racing forward - keep up the good work - there's still a long way to go! (Read More)
Over Twelve by Twelve!
August 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
We had over $12,000.00 in pledges by midnight! Let the games begin! (Read More)
$7,880.00 in 24 hours!!!
August 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
I want to thank you all from the bottom of my heart! (It looks like some of you have been breaking the first rule of Pledge Club!) (Read More)
The 24 hour mark approaches!
August 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
What will our number be at the crucial 24 hour mark? P.S. It's at 3:44pm! (Read More)
We can do this!
August 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
We made it to $2,296.00 by midnight! I'm starting to think that we might really be able to do this!!! (Read More)
OPERATION: "Save Our Butts!" is up and running on KICKSTARTER!!!
August 1st - via: kickstarter.com
It is 3:44 pm on Friday, August 1st, 2014 and our KICKSTARTER fundraiser has officially started! (Read More)
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