Make a donation
Thank you for your interest in supporting the Shannon Center. Below are listed the different levels of patronage. You will be supporting the Shannon Center's many programs to benefit the community, such as our outreach program to bring the arts to elementary school students. The Ruth B. Shannon Center for the Performing Arts is part of Whittier College, a non-profit organization and your donation is tax deductible. You can make a donation in several ways:
If you would prefer to send a check , please make it payable to Whittier College and mail it to:
Friends of the Shannon Center
13406 Philadelphia St
Whittier, CA 90608
If you are at the Shannon Center, there are postage paid, business reply envelopes available in the lobby for mailing your donation in.
Or if you prefer, you can also call the box office at (562) 907-4203 and use your credit card to give a donation over the phone.
Or click on the link below to go to the college's donation site. Please designate to the Shannon Center.
Patrons
Annual Level of support:
$50-$99 Understudy
Free backstage tours and the FOSCWC newsletter.
$100-$249 Performer
All of the above PLUS A membership card entitling the holder to a 10% discount at the California Grill restaurant, listing in the Shannon Center program and invitation to a free dress rehearsal, sound check or meet the artist event.
$250-$499 Leading Role
All of the above PLUS advance notice and ticket priority to selected events and one entrance to the hospitality room prior to selected events.
$500-$999 Star
All of the above PLUS entrance to the hospitality room at all selected events.
$1000+ Celebrity
All of the above PLUS an invitation to our special "Winemakers Dinner" featuring select wines , matched to special dishes created by the chefs of Bon Appetit, our campus catering service.
Naming Opportunities
Would you like to see your name on a room or area at the Shannon Center? Or maybe on one of the seats in the Robinson Theatre? Please contact the Shannon Center at (562) 907-4901 for more information.
Sponsorship Opportunities
If you or your business, corporation, or foundation would like to sponsor one of the events, a series or the entire season at the Shannon Center, please contact the Theatre Manger at (562) 907-4835 for more information.
Guild
Guild members are those who donate their time to the Shannon Center. For more information on the guild activities, please see the Friends of the Shannon Center page. Guild member receive
a membership card entitling the holder to a 10% discount at the California Grill restaurant, free backstage tours the FOSCWC newsletter. and an invitation to the annual Guild Luncheon, where the Dorothea Boyd Award honoring the Guild member of the year is presented. Excluding special fundraising events, Guild volunteers receive free admission to events they are working on.
