SPONSORS OF THE MANNA TOUR

A number of business and political leaders believe that MANNA FROM HEAVEN is the type of positive entertainment needed today. The support of companies such as RAPID RAY'S, THE RADISSON HOTEL, THE ADAMS MARK HOTEL, KODAK, COLOR BY DELUXE, and SOUNDTRACK has been instrumental. At this point, our challenge is to get audiences aware and into the theater, and we need your help to build its grassroots campaign.

In order to be able to take the film around the country, the sisters are now looking for sponsorship for places to stay, and help with other aspects of the film’s national whistle-stop tour. From small ways to large, people are expressing their support for this movie and their desire to have more films like MANNA FROM HEAVEN made. If you have a way you and your business would like to help in exchange for promotion in the press the sisters do, as well as highlighting on our website, please email us at manna@NOSPAMfivesistersproductions.com.

THE MANNA VAN has arrived. It will be our "art car," in which FIVE SISTERS will travel  across country on their MANNA FROM HEAVEN theatrical national release tour, as part of the 2003 Western New York art project, "Art on Wheels."

Thanks to our Manna tour sponsors:

CUSTOM TEE ACTIVEWEAR, a Buffalo t-shirt company, is helping MANNA FROM HEAVEN with its tour's beautiful tshirts! Click on MANNA paraphernalia to buy a shirt and help the MANNA tour.  Proceeds from the t-shirts, posters, and scripts go to help buy ads in the paper and send the film around the country!

Custom Tee Activewear Inc
2320 Elmwood Avenue, Kenmore, NY 14217
716-876-9798

Rapid Ray's Printing & Copying Inc. in Buffalo, NY continues to help the film with rock-bottom photocopy prices.
Mr. Victor P. Garrow, General Manager
300 Broadway
Buffalo, New York 14205-0442

Four Seasons Hotel Washington D.C.
Thanks to the Willard Inter-Continental Washington, who generously hosted Shelley Duvall for the Congress screening of MANNA FROM HEAVEN in Washington!

Willard Inter-Continental Washington
Thanks also to the Four Seasons Hotel Washington D.C. for their generosity in offering to host the stars for the DC opening!

The Radisson Hotel Branson
The Radisson Hotel in Branson, MO stepped up to the plate to support the film. They hosted the family and Jill Eikenberry during their stay in Branson. Bill Weimar, Director of Sales and Marketing, said, "We want to do anything we can to help a movie like this."

120 S WILDWOOD DR, BRANSON, MO 65616
(417) 335-5767
toll free # 888-566-5290

The Golden Corral Restaurant
Branson, MO
Steve Wheyer and KD

Branson.com
Manna From Heaven was the featured movie on their site for our six-week held-over run in Branson. This site is wonderful for all kinds of information about Branson, MO.

Contributors

JULIE SLEAD joined the release of MANNA FROM HEAVEN in August, when MANNA opened in Kansas City, Kansas. Julie was the Volunteer Coordinator for Kaw Valley HABITAT FOR HUMANITY and oversaw the fundraiser and continued promotion opportunities with MANNA and the Habitat affiliate. Passionate about reaching out to help communities, she soon joined the release tour, working with the company as the Habitat and volunteer coordinator, as well as taking on publicity and community outreach responsibilities. To contact her about Habitat promotional possibilities, groups organization, church and synagogue group screenings, or other ways to get involved, email her at manna@NOSPAMfivesistersproductions.com!

MD Dundon is the Web mistress for this site. She has her own design business (http://www.flash411.com/), that specializes in developing user interfaces and prototypes for many types of media. MD volunteered to create the Web site just before the MANNA FROM HEAVEN release after meeting Maria in Maine several years before and seeing and being inspired by the movies the five sisters had created.

IN BUFFALO -- MANNA FILM SHOOT SPONSORS

Bank
Greater Buffalo Savings Bank

Dry Cleaners
Urban Valley Dry Cleaners

Arts
Albright Knox Art Gallery
Michael Morgulis
Shea's Buffalo Center for the Performing Arts, Patrick Fagan

Restaurants
Anchor Bar
Biac's
Chowbella's
Cookie Expressions
Empire Brewing Company
Feel Rite Natural Foods
Flour Power
Il Fiorentino
Osaka Sushi
SPoT Coffee
Tandoori's

Business/Office Resources
Rapid Ray's Printing and Copying
Buffnet
Central Business Systems
The Ciminelli Group
FM Communications
Ingram Micro
ICS/Executone Telecom Inc.

Hotel
The Adams Mark Hotel, Buffalo
The Lenox Hotel, Bob Freudenheim

Gym
Allentown Athletix Inc.

AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CHARITY
FIVE SISTERS believes strongly in community involvement and social responsibility.

Notably, the sisters have partnered with HABITAT FOR HUMANITY (http://www.habitat.org) on their national release of MANNA FROM HEAVEN.  MANNA FROM HEAVEN is about a community coming together and, in the process, rediscovering hope, and the connection with the charity is a chance to reach into communities across the country and make a difference.

They have offered to donate proceeds from an opening screening in each market to benefit the charity.  (This is typically on the opening day of the film's release in a new city area, so check on this site for opening dates, or email us at manna@NOSPAMfivesistersproductions.com.)

If you miss the benefit, don't think you've missed a chance make a social impact.  We display at the theater local affiliates' information provided, and you're welcome to make a donation to them.  Also, your attendance at the movie will help MANNA get to more cities, and thus have more HABITAT benefit screenings!

For more details, see the Habitat/MANNA page