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Don’t call me a number cruncher, but there were some interesting facts and figures coming from Kids Count Day on Sunday at IVC High School.
The day is when the Chillicothe Optimist Club returns the investment residents gave to them when they went to see a movie at Town Theatre.
The cool thing is that residents directly control how much money returns to children’s non-profit groups by their attendance at the theater, which is owned by the Optimists.
The word apparently is out as residents returned more ticket stubs this year than last year (3,581 last year compared to 7,131 this year).
Even with an extra $2,000 of profit to share with the group, each ticket stub was worth less this year ($1.68 compared to $2.79 last year). Since the amount of profit is divided by the number of ticket stubs returned, the amount each stub is worth will change every year.
What didn’t change this year is Pearce Community Center placed second in ticket stub collecting — and earned about $100 less this year. But that didn’t matter as the board approved PCC Director Ben Alvarez to return the money to the Optimists to begin their digital projectors’ fund.
Last year’s No. 1 group, Chillicothe Christian Church, became the third group in funds raised this year, and South School PTA took the lead.
No matter how you crunch the numbers, it all adds up to success for the community.
Marianne Gillespie began as an intern with the Chillicothe Times-Bulletin in the summer of 1998 and after finishing her last semester of college, returned as editor in December 1998. Chilli Soup is a mix of items either found in her notebook that didn’t make their way into the newspaper, tidbits of information passed along by others, or even links to Chillicotheans or former residents making news. Drop an email to mgillespie@timestoday.com to add your ingredients to Chilli Soup.
