Patchogue Theatre Receives $25K From American Portfolios

Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts (PTPA) announce that it will receive a $25,000 donation from American Portfolios Financial Services, Inc. (AP)-a privately-held, independent broker/dealer that services financial advisors across the country. The check will be presented during a formal ceremony to recognize the firm's sponsorship of the not-for-profit arts organization.

The event is to be held on Tuesday, March 17, 2020, at Patchogue Theatre, located at 71 East Main St. in Patchogue, N.Y., prior to a St. Patrick's Day performance by The Red Hot Chilli Pipers. The ceremony will include AP CEO Lon T. Dolber, in addition to members of the firm's senior management team, and will be presided over by PTPA Executive Director Gary Hygom.

"As a corporate citizen, American Portfolios has taken a long-term stakeholder approach toward sustainability by implementing a business strategy that considers every dimension in the ethical, social, environmental, cultural and economic realms," states Dolber. This corporate sponsorship, which is made possible through the firm's non-profit arm, American Portfolios Foundation, Inc., is part of an effort to benefit community arts in Long Island, N.Y., by providing generous support in both funding and involvement for their mission to help communities flourish through the arts and education.

"While we aspire to touch upon many aspects of sustainability, we have always been committed to serving people and places we are connected to-more specifically, through our Corporate Social Responsibility efforts, in which AP gives us a platform to do good work in our communities, in turn making the world a better place for everyone. Patchogue Theatre shares our philosophy to do the same," Dolber concludes.

"We could not be more proud and grateful to have American Portfolios by our side to help us fulfill our mission to serve everyone in our Long Island community through programming in music, theatre, dance, film and educational programs that reach into schools across Nassau and Suffolk counties," says Hygom. "As a not-for-profit arts institution, it is imperative that we partner with organizations like AP, whose interest and support make it possible for us to be a place for information, education and entertainment, as well as make our facility a conduit for other not-for-profits to help uplift others and keep this Island a more caring and beautiful place to live."

Long Island's historic Patchogue Theatre originally opened in 1923, attracting Broadway productions, silent films, burlesque, vaudeville and live music performances. Patchogue Theatre operates under the leadership of a volunteer board of directors, through a non-profit arts organization, which leases the building from The Village of Patchogue and covers all costs of operating the building, including programming, without any taxpayer subsidies. The theatre relies on donations to support its mission to keep the arts alive on Long Island and to sustain community growth.

Dolber possesses a personal and professional association with Patchogue Theatre, at which That Motown Band (Dolber's passion project) has held fundraisers for AP's various Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives and, most recently, an employee appreciation event. AP firmly believes the sponsorship of the local not-for-profit arts organization will fit seamlessly into its sustainability and CSR goals. The independent broker/dealer is in the planning phase of several awareness campaigns to benefit the theatre, including employee volunteering and identifying a symbiotic relationship between the theatre and the firm's associations with other charitable organizations.

AP's ongoing association with not-for-profit organizations include: World T.E.A.M., which organizes athletic events for adaptive and able-bodied citizens to achieve a common goal; The Center for Discovery, a leading provider of health care and education services for more than 1,200 children and adults with complex conditions, medical frailties and Autism Spectrum Disorders; Virtual Enterprises International, Inc., an experiential learning program that fosters the nation's future business leaders; Honor Flight - Long Island, a non-profit organization that provides military veterans with free trips to visit the war memorials located in Washington, D.C.; Long Island Cares, which provides nutritional food and support services for a network of more than 580 community-based member agencies, including food pantries, soup kitchens, emergency shelters, child care programs, disability organizations, veteran services programs and more; and The Butterfly Effect Project, a program that empowers young girls by giving them the tools to assist in achieving emotionally-stable and self-confident futures, in hopes of bringing forth a generation of women who are strong, independent and knowledgeable.

"While we aspire to touch upon many aspects of sustainability, we have always been committed to serving people and places we are connected to-more specifically, through our Corporate Social Responsibility efforts, in which AP gives us a platform to do good work in our communities, in turn making the world a better place for everyone. Patchogue Theatre shares our philosophy to do the same," -- CEO Lon T. Dolber, American Portfolios