Laurynn Flamini donates to the preservation of Wellsville’s movie theater
By Kathryn Ross, pictured is Barry Glickstein, Chair of the BMTPS with Flamini
WELLSVILLE – Members of the Babcock Movie Theater Preservation Society got a surprise at Tuesday night’s public meeting.
As the meeting got underway, it was announced that 11-year-old Laurynn Flamini was going to make a donation.
There was no squeezing of lemons or stirring up Kool-Aid for a sidewalk stand for the preteen who is headed to middle school this fall. When she isn’t swimming or playing softball, she’s crafting, tying and turning cord into colorful, decorative bracelets, a skill she probably inherited from her crafty grandmother Jessica Fahs.
At the recent Main Street Festival, Laurynn sold her bracelets in one of the booths. She sold 59 bracelets for just $2 apiece and collected $118. At Tuesday’s public meeting for the Babcock, she handed over the money to Barry Glickstein, Chair of the Babcock Movie Theater Preservation Society (BMTPS). He welcomed the donation, saying it shows just how much community support there is for the Babcock project.
It wasn’t the first time young Laurynn showed her interest in the movie theater. She was part of the BMTPS float in the Great Wellsville Balloon Rally Parade the weekend prior to the Main Street Festival. Laurynn said the reason she supports the project is, “I want to go to the movies there. I don’t like having to travel out of town to see a movie,” a feeling she shares with many others who support the preservation and reopening of the historic Main Street theater.
Laurynn is the granddaughter of village trustee Ed Fahs and Jessica Fahs whose employer Tops Friendly Market donated the decorations for the Babcock’s parade float. Ed Fahs drove the truck, which pulled the float. She is the daughter of Danielle Marsh and Tyler Flamini. This Christmas season, Laurynn plans to sell her bracelets in her grandmother’s shop Small Town Crafts by Jess during the annual Holly Trail.
Donations to the Babcock movie theater project can be made on the Babcock Movie Theater Preservation Society’s Facebook page via Venmo where project T-shirts are also available or by sending a check to the Babcock Movie Theater Preservation Society C/O Barry Glickstein, 126 Maple Ave., Wellsville, NY 14895. The project is a registered 501 (c) 3, not-for-profit. Glickstein may also be contacted to purchase and display messages on the theater marquee. Those funds also go toward the theater project.
