Glasgow movie premiere to raise funds for Boys and Girls Club, awareness for foster care

GLASGOW, Ky. – On Friday night, the stars will be out in downtown Glasgow, and we’re not talking about the ones in the night sky.

The historic Plaza Theatre will host the premiere of the short film, Hard To Place. 

The 22-minute piece about two children who leave their home when it’s no longer safe due to their abusive father, attempting to live out in the woods on their own.

The film was actually shot in Glasgow, too.

Even more importantly though, the film’s purpose is to bring awareness about the foster care system and resources for potential foster parents.

According to KVC Kentucky, more than 10,000 kids are in foster care in the state as of May 2019.

“It is a call to action to foster children,” said Patrick Gaunce, a community member involved in organizing the movie’s premier.

After the film debuts on Sept. 6, it will be dispersed to churches across the state of Kentucky in hopes of placing more children in foster care in permanent homes.

“Hopefully this will have an effect that will linger in this area,” Gaunce said. “Even if we get one child off the foster care rolls, all of this will have been worth it.”

Tickets to the film’s debut screening are $10 per person, but every dollar collected will benefit the Boys and Girls Club of Glasgow-Barren County, a club that nearly a third of its kids are children in the foster care system.

“The neat thing about the move is that the story is about two of our children at the Boys and Girls Club,” said Gaunce. “I think that had something to do with the youth advocacy’s where the money went.”

The funds raised through this event will hopefully allow the club to welcome in more kids through its doors on a daily basis.

“We never have enough money for all the kids,” Gaunce added. “We do as much as we can each day. Every dollar we bring in is closer to getting one more child. That’s our whole goal is to get one more child.”

It means a lot to the club’s workers and volunteers, like Gaunce, to receive the support from this type of event.

While they hope to raise a large amount of money from this premiere, they’re even more concerned about helping spread the film’s message and finding foster children in Kentucky a place they can call their home.

“We’re more excited even than what the Boys and Girls Club gets,” said Gaunce. “Hopefully children in foster care will get placed and get a good, loving home.”

Activities at the film’s premiere begin around 5:30 p.m. and the official screening will start at 7 p.m.