Web-a-thon at GREATER ORLANDO PERFORMING ARTS RELIEF (GOPAR
Dates: 9/4/2020 - 9/8/2020
On GOPAR's Facebook Page
ORLANDO, FL
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Central Florida Arts Leadership Pulls Together To Create GOPAR Greater Orlando Performing Arts Relief COVID-19 has shaken almost every industry in our nation. Among the hardest hit is ENTERTAINMENT. Arts, Event and Entertainment industry professionals have lost thousands of jobs and millions in wages nationwide since March. With one of the nations largest entertainment populations based in Central Florida, and no certainty of industrys restoration timing, a vast number of people find themselves furloughed or laid off, and struggling. In response, local Arts and Entertainment Leaders have rallied together to help those who are experiencing hardship with the creation of the GREATER ORLANDO PERFORMING ARTS RELIEF program, GOPAR. GOPARs aim is to help industry professionals navigate successfully through uncertain times with a variety of support and financial services. The new charitable organization launches officially on Friday, September 4th at 8pm with a virtual fundraising event on the GOPAR Facebook Page that will highlight local performances and insight to the arts communitys activities during the COVID-19 Crisis. Organizers strive to present an evening of fun that will leave the community hopeful about the future and aware of available resources. The broadcast will be available throughout the Labor Day weekend. This is an extension of the Social Distance Showcase Series that helped kickstart GOPARs efforts. Hosted by Orlando area theatrical mainstays Kenny Howard, Rich Charron and Michael Wanzie, and featuring many of the areas most prominent theater professionals, the Showcase raised more than $19,000 and helped 188 artists with $100 cash grants. In partnership with St. Lukes United Methodist Church, GOPAR will offer resource advocacy, including financial assistance, food resources, physical and mental health resources, volunteer opportunities and more, leveraging St. Lukes well-established social support programs, partnerships and expertise. The launch event will also reveal the GOPAR website, featuring program partners and available resources. Central Florida is so blessed with a tremendous talent pool, but at the moment so many of those artists are unemployed due to the coronavirus and are in jeopardy of losing any state or federal assistance they may have had, says Jim Helsinger, Artistic Director at Orlando Shakespeare Theatre. Our community needs to take steps to ensure we can keep talented artists who are in temporary distress in our area for the future enjoyment of all. GOPAR will become an accredited, 501c3 staple for the Central Florida community, much like The Actors Fund in New York City, offering a single connection and point of support for thousands of on-stage, technical and production professionals who are largely self-employed contractors or work part-time for numerous employers.
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