The Documentary - picture is locked

Dear Friends and Supporters of Veterans and the Welcome Home Project,

We want to officially let you all know that the picture on the documentary was locked on Thanksgiving Day.   Title:  “The Welcome”. This means that we are done - almost - with this phase of the project.  The picture won’t change but the musical score is now being written and the technical corrections will happen in early December.  Totally complete by Christmas.  Amazing - Kim and Josh Peterson, the editor, are incredible.  They have made a very powerful movie.

We wanted to also give you an explanation of the next steps.  Until the film has been shown in an official premiere - hopefully at one of the major festivals either in late winter or early spring, we have to hold off on putting out DVD’s and other showings.   We do plan to have some kind of major screening in Ashland, OR some time in the spring and will let all of you know about that when details are more clear.

Our intention is to have this distributed nationally, hopefully broadcast on either PBS or cable (we won’t know about that for a while yet), and definitely in local communities all over the country.  To do that we will again need funding, so if you are looking for a year end tax deduction we are once again offering the amazing opportunity for you to support Veterans and their families by helping to get this film out there.  Please contact me if you have questions about that, or go directly to the Marion Institute web site (www.marioninstitute.org) and make the donation on line.  We thank all of you for your patience and incredible support over the course of the project. 

Happy holidays to all of you and to Veterans and their families everywhere.

Bill
The Welcome Home Project
541-821-4798
www.thewelcomehomeproject.org