TheForce.Net - Collecting - Rancho Obi-Wan Becomes Nonprofit


		CEII: Jabba's Palace Reunion - Massive Guest Announcements Star Wars Night With The Tampa Bay Storm Reminder Stephen Hayford Star Wars Weekends Exclusive Art ForceCast #251: To Spoil or Not to Spoil New Timothy Zahn Audio Books Coming Star Wars Celebration VII In Orlando? May The FETT Be With You Mimoco: New Mimobot Coming May 4th


		Official ROTS Food related Promo Thread Problems with ROTS Figures/Toys Thread New Slurpee cups in hand...... SW Colector confessions; What's your worst secret? V#2 If you could have any SW toy that doesn't really exist... Who on here has the best Palpatine collection?

There are no polls
currently operating
in this sector.
Please check
back soon.

View Poll Archives

Rancho Obi-Wan Becomes Nonprofit

Posted By Dustin on December 15, 2011

Petaluma, CA?December 15, 2011?RANCHO OBI-WAN (ROW), home of the largest privately held Star Wars? collection in the world, is now a California nonprofit corporation whose purpose is to serve the public through the collection, conservation, exhibition, and interpretation of Star Wars memorabilia.

Fans can now play an active part at Rancho Obi-Wan by getting memberships, taking tours, planning events, and making donations. ?The best part of Star Wars for me has been getting to meet and become friends with thousands of enthusiastic fans all over the world,? says collection owner, Steve Sansweet, who is President and Chief Executive Officer of Rancho Obi-Wan, Inc. ?The saga has become a multigenerational touchstone of popular culture worldwide, and one role of the museum and its outreach program is to show how that happened.?

Sansweet started collecting before the movie premiered in May, 1977. The collection is estimated to contain over 200,000 items and is constantly growing. Newly remodeled, the museum?s nearly 9,000 square feet houses 35 years of Star Wars treasures.

Fans can join ROW at one of the various membership levels: Initiate ($35), Apprentice ($75), Knight ($200), Master ($600), or Grand Master ($1,300). Three of the membership levels allow fans to tour the collection with host Steve Sansweet; they can also rent the museum for events ranging from business meetings to weddings. (The museum is not open to the general public except through reserved membership tours.) All annual members will get an exclusive membership kit along with a quarterly email newsletter. ROW is also planning members-only events and other special activities.

Individuals and companies will be able to make donations to help with ROW's educational and creative activities, its gifts of tours to other non-profits and charitable fund-raisers, its public outreach, and the maintenance of the building and collection. These contributors will be recognized on a "Wall of Stars" at ROW.

Full information on membership, events, and donations can be found at http://www.RanchoObiWan.org. Follow ROW on Twitter @RanchoObiWan and Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/RanchoObiWan. For specific questions please contact: info@RanchoObiWan.Org.

Related Stories

April 21, 2013	Rancho Obi-Wan 2013 Membership Kits Have Arrived
February 26, 2013	CEII: Rancho Obi-Wan Heading To Europe!
September 11, 2012	Sansweet's Collection Gains A Cupcake TIE Fighter Display
July 20, 2012	Rancho Obi-Wan At Celebration VI
December 5, 2011	Rancho Obi-Wan Coverage
November 7, 2011	Rancho Obi-Wan Now Nonprofit
November 6, 2011	Rancho Obi-Wan Grand Opening
October 23, 2007	Win A Trip For Two To Rancho Obi-Wan

eBay Today 1345: The Rarest Of Rare Kenner Action Figure
Posted By D.�Martin on May 24, 2013:
eBay Today 1345: The Rarest Of Rare Kenner Action Figure

Sideshow Collectibles Deluxe Darth Vader Is Up!
Posted By D.�Martin on May 23, 2013:
Sideshow Collectibles Deluxe Darth Vader Is Up!

Enter Email Address:

Find Out More...

AllPosters.com

Search For Posters, Cardboard Stand-Ups & T-Shirts!

TheForce.Net - Your Daily Dose of Star Wars