Reel Change

REEL CHANGE FOR OUR COMMUNITY is a program I've incorporated into my unique programming at Salem Cinema in Salem, Oregon. It's an opportunity for me, as a local business woman who truly cares for Salem and its many citizens, to give back and hopefully help to make Salem a more vital city. In this program, Salem Cinema partners with local non-profit organizations to provide a fun evening of film as a fundraising event, giving people the opportunity to enjoy a night out while supporting a worthy cause. To date, we've been able to raise well over $30K to help build a school in Viet Nam and in support of The Straub Environmental Learning Center, Salem Audubon Society, Marion-Polk Food Share, Children's Educational Theatre, Center For Hope & Safety, Lord & Schryver Conservancy, Englewood Forest Festival and Jane Goodall Environmental Middle School, to name a few. I'm thrilled with the community's response to this program and would encourage anyone operating a 501(c)(3) in Salem to fill out the Reel Change request form if you feel this model might work as a fundraiser for your organization.

Salem Cinema offers the following amenities:

  • Three auditoriums featuring both stadium and floor seating capacity that ranges from 141 to 36
  • A wide variety of projection capabilities, including digital
  • State-of-the-art audiovisual systems
  • A P.A. system with a single microphone available upon request (additional cost may be incurred)
  • Tables & chairs
  • A full-service concessions stand
  • Technical staff
  • Front-of-house staff to take tickets and manage comp-lists
  • Ticketing set-up and sales

These rates are competitive, with special discounts for nonprofits and independent filmmakers. They do not apply to professional film studio requests.

*Please note that Salem Cinema is available for events which are considered, based on the sole judgment of management, to be consistent with our mission and image. Events that include a live band are discouraged, although acoustic musicians may be permissible provided that they play at a volume that doesn’t interrupt the film-viewing experience of audiences in other auditoriums. Please notify us during your initial inquiry if your event will require performance by a musician.

Note: all publicity materials must include "A Salem Cinema Reel Change For Our Community Benefit" and must be approved by Salem Cinema before being posted.