DETERMINED TO EDUCATE, INC. THIRD ANNUAL AWARDS FUNDRAISING GALA
Date: November 30, 2011Location:
630 Grand Ballroom (630 Second Avenue, 35th st and 2nd Avenue, close to FDR and Queens Midtown Tunnel
Time:6-9:30pm (6pm cocktails, 7pm program begins, 7:15pm dinner begins)
Details:Honoring those who are giving back to our communities and our young people in a strong impactful way.
And Our Honorees are…..
2011 ‘Vincent C. Munn, Inspiration to Learn’ Award
Ilyasah Shabazz, President of Ilyasah Shabazz Enteprises,
Daughter of The Late Betty Shabazz and The Late Malcolm X
2011 ‘Communicator of The Year’
Bob Slade, Radio Personality, WKRS-FM 98.7, KISS FM
2011 ‘Corporate Citizen of The Year’
Rochelle Hill, President, Precision Plus Communications
2011 ‘Educator of The Year’
Shaun Powell, Writer/Author, NBA.com
2011 ‘Mentor of The Year’
Stephen Powell, Executive Director, MentoringUSA
This Gala will be benefiting our Children’s Literacy Program - “The Journal Project - Our Stories”
Beginning in mid October of 2009, we piloted a program called “The Journal Project-Our Stories”. We took at risk teens from Christopher Columbus High School in the Bronx and teamed them up with Senior Citizens at the Pelham Parkway Nursing Home in the Bronx. The objective to this program is to preserve a generation of our history and to help increase interest in literacy by storytelling (and re-telling) of relevant topics told through relevant mechanism. We will pass along “our stories” through this intergenerational project. The benefits that participants will have are to show how “times have changed” and yet how times have “remained the same” through the eyes of our elders. Also, to have these stories captured by appropriate peer groups to re-tell to their peers, thereby completing the circle of literacy (story telling and then re-telling). In the beginning the teens seemed to not show interest. A few weeks after the program they began to see the sensitive side and learned more than they expected from the seniors that were visited and even the seniors in their neighborhood. With your help, we are hoping to begin this program in many more schools starting in NYC.
TIME: 6:00pm (Cocktail hour and Silent Auction)
7:00pm (program starts)
7:15pm (dinner starts)
9:30pm (program ends)
ATTIRE: Business Attire
For more information contact 347-320-8467 or send an email to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased here (please click on link below then click on second paypal “buy now”)
http://determinedtoeducate.com/EE/index.php/bookstore
SPONSORSHIP LEVELS
For Corporate Sponsors
Summa Cum Laude Sponsor - $10,000
This VIP Ticket package includes:
-a prime-location table for 10,
-a full page color advertisement,
-Summa Cum Laude Sponsor listing in the program,
-recognition throughout the dinner,
-co-sponsorship of general reception,
-a dedication on our website, and
-an opportunity to present an honoree
Magna Cum Laude Sponsor - $7,000
This VIP Ticket package includes:
-a prime-location table for 10,
-a full page color advertisement,
-Magna Cum Laude Sponsor listing in the program, and
-Recognition throughout the dinner.
Cum Laude Sponsor - $5,000
This VIP Ticket package includes:
-a table for 10,
-a color advertisement,
-Cum Laude Sponsor listing in the program, and
-Recognition throughout the dinner.
Tables are available for $1000 (10 per table, if sent via check/money order to address below or through paypal with fee, see below)
Tickets are $85 per person (if sent via check or money order to address below or through paypal with fee, see below).
Tickets are available at http://determinedtoeducate.com/EE/index.php/bookstore
Through PayPal (this includes PayPal fee)
Checks should be made out to:
Determined To Educate, Inc.
Checks can be sent to: P.O Box 2918, N.Y, N.Y. 10008
We are expecting 300-350 attendees. For SPONSORSHIP LEVELS AND Gift-in-Kind donations please call 347-320-8467 or email us at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
We thank you all in advance for your support!