Happy to report that we’re making good progress on the movie, The Daly Promise. Through donations, investments, and grants, we’ve now raised a bit more than half of our target budget of $100,000. Though we still have way to go to assure postproduction for a feature film length documentary, we’re committed to beginning production in May with on location filming in Eugene (UO Archives Pearl Hall Collection), Corvallis (interviews with Daly Scholarship students at OSU) and Lakeview (interviews with Lakeview HS students applying for the scholarship and with others connected to the scholarship).
We’re very fortunate to have the support of local partners in Lake County who are working with us on the project. The Lakeview Community Partnership, a nonprofit organization serves as our 501C3 partner helping to facilitate foundation grants in support of the movie. It’s quite fitting as they are also involved in the refurbishment of the historic Alger Theater in Lakeview where we hope to hold the Oregon premiere of The Daly Promise.
And we’re especially grateful to have the strong support of the Daly Fund trustees who manage the Daly scholarship.
Endorsement from the Daly Fund Trustees
The Bernard Daly Educational Fund board of trustees is excited about the Daly Promise movie project. We feel this project will inform and educate future generations of the great deeds of Dr. Daly and the opportunities he has provided to the students of Lake County. Even though the fund is not allowed to financially support this project, the trustees fully endorse the Daly Promise movie.
Trustees: Mike Sabin, Melinda Howard, Kirby Kerns, Jerry Evans, Allison Rudolf
You can help us bring this remarkable story of generosity to the big screen.
- Make a donation through our GoFundMe web site.
- Donate by sending a check made out to: Daly Fund Movie LLC. The check should be mailed to Kathy Boespflug, 10416 W. Rockwood, Boise, ID 83704.
- Consider being an investor in the film (minimum $10K). If the film is profitable, investors will receive their initial investment plus a 20% premium and share of profits in proportion to their investment. Please contact me (sam.stern@oregonstate.edu) if you are interested in becoming an investor in the project.
Note: If the film is profitable, 10% of the profits will be given to the Daly Scholarship Fund. The names of all of the donors will appear in the end credits and investors will be identified as executive producers.
