Heart/Roots: Wabaunsee County
June 17th and 18th
“The Ruin” by Dana Fritz
As a sponsor of The Ruin and Heart/Roots: Wabaunsee County, you will help launch this new place for gathering and community. Your generosity will be forever tied to The Ruin and the new possibilities it fosters.
There are three opportunities for sponsorship, all of which will be recognized on our website, the program, and inside the Volland Store’s gallery. All Sponsorships include reserved seating, and sponsorships are available until all tickets are sold.
Founding Sponsor ($500)
June 8 update: There are no remaining Founding Sponsorships for the West side padded seats. However, if you want to be a Founding Sponsor, we can offer you 4 tickets on the West side, as long as they last. Thank you to our Founding Sponsors!
Your donation to the Volland Foundation contributes to the permanent features of The Ruin, including the stage and the purchase of lighting and sound equipment. Nine Founding Sponsorships are available for each performance of Heart/Roots. (June 17th or 18th) and include 4 tickets for preferred seating on the East End of the Ruin. The seats are padded folding chairs. (non-deductible benefits received are $100)
Program Sponsor ($250)
June 8 update: The West End seats are arguably “the best in the house.” They are in the shade, provided with comfortable bleacher pads, and have an excellent view.
Your donation to the Volland Foundation as a Program Sponsor ensures our first production Heart/Roots: Wabaunsee County will be a success! Sixteen Program Sponsorships are available for each performance (June 17th or 18th) and include 2 tickets for preferred seating on the West End of the Ruin. Bleacher seating, with bleacher pads provided. (non-deductible benefits received are $40)
Contributing Sponsor ($100)
June 8 update: 7 Contributing sponsorships are available for June 17. Six remain available for June 18
Your donation to the Volland Foundation contributes in a meaningful way to the project. Thirty-two $100 sponsorships are available for each performance of Heart/Roots (June 17th or 18th) and include 2 tickets on the North End of the Ruin. Bleacher seating, with bleacher pads provided. (non-deductible benefits received are $30)
If you or your business would like to sponsor The Ruin and Heart/Roots: Wabaunsee County,
we will reserve your tickets inhouse. Please do not make a ticket reservation through Eventbrite.
When you check in at the event, you will be given your seat assignment.
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You may become a sponsor in two ways:
Donate Online here
Indicate your sponsorship level, number of tickets, and preferred date of attendance in the “Add a note” section.
When you check in at the event, you will be given your seat assignment.
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Please send a check payable to Volland Foundation.
note the number of tickets and preferred performance date in the memo line.
Mail to: The Volland Store, PO Box 144, Alma, KS 66401
When you check in at the event, you will be given your seat assignment.
General admission tickets are available through Eventbrite here
Reflecting on the Ruin within the prairie context, it’s easy to see why we’ve all become so enchanted with its revival. The prairie and its people are resilient. Prairie burns wipe away dormant grass, launching opportunities for growth and safeguarding diversity in a spectacular showing.
The Ruin will do the same for culture in the Flint Hills. Although much of Otto Kratzer’s house was lost in a 1929 fire, the Ruin retains the memory and feel of the Kratzers’ home. Rebuilt porches capture the same vistas and breezes that Otto, Mabel, and their two sons enjoyed. Revived steps give a sense of how the home worked, and The Ruin’s intimate pit serves as one large living room, where everyone can feel at home.
We’ve already received many exciting proposals for The Ruin, and we look forward to realizing what the new old house offers. We hope you share our enthusiasm for The Ruin and the opportunities it will bring to the Flint Hills. As we venture into new programming at The Ruin, The Volland Foundation sees The Ruin as a new place for community gathering and building, and for serving Wabaunsee County, the Flint Hills and beyond. Your participation will be affirming in this new effort.
To launch The Ruin, we sought a production steeped with local pride. We found just that in Heart/Roots: Wabaunsee County. The careful and thoughtful weaving of Wabaunsee County-sourced stories by Mary Pinard produced a truly unique script. Pinard’s colleague at Babson College, Beth Wynstra, cast and is directing actors from the Flint Hills. Heart/Roots spans time, place, and circumstance, providing a new way to learn about, and celebrate, Wabaunsee County. Such an effort could not have been achieved without community support, from the storytellers, actors, advisors, and builders. We now invite you to become a part of that effort. Your generosity will be forever tied to The Ruin and the new possibilities it fosters.
We look forward to seeing you in June at “The Ruin”