Saturday Showing of 'Mighty Macs' Film to Benefit Narberth Food Bank

Every dollar of box-office revenue from this Saturday's at the will benefit the , the result of a service project arranged by Narberth's .

The Mighty Macs, a big-screen depiction of athletic triumph by the Catholic institution Immaculata College (now University) in Chester County, will show on both Narberth screens at 10 a.m. Saturday. Tickets are $5, and each person is asked to bring a can of food to donate, too.

If every ticket sells and every person brings a can, that's at least $2,000 and 400 cans.

"Hopefully we’ll fill the house; that's what we’re expecting," said Anne Becker, St. Margaret's marketing director. "I hope we don't have to turn too many people away."

Based at the , the food bank typically serves 50 people a day in Narberth and Lower Merion, coordinator Gigi Tevlin-Moffat said. 

"This is going to be an over-the-moon kick for us and we are so thankful," Tevlin-Moffat said. "And they came to us! St. Margaret School came up with this on their own. I couldn't ask for better community support."

The event precedes Catholic Schools Week, for which this year's theme is "faith, academics and service." Sony Pictures has given permission for one school per archdiocese to screen the film for charity, and St. Margaret asked first in the Philadelphia area, Becker said. The Mighty Macs opened in U.S. theaters in October.

Among the St. Margaret School community are relatives of film writer and director Tim Chambers and producer Pat Croce. Croce's aunt is the principal, Sister Corinne Ritchie.

For more information about the event, email info@saint-margaret.org or visit www.saint-margaret.org.