2021 FREE SCHOOL SUPPLIES PROGRAM SPONSORSHIP - 12-Month Annual Sponsor
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2021 FREE SCHOOL SUPPLIES
PROGRAM SPONSORSHIP
12-Month Annual Sponsor
Back 2 School PROGRAM OVERVIEW In 2020, Illinois families continued to struggle. Schools lacked funds and too many parents couldn’t afford to buy even basic school supplies for their kids. The impact of COVID-19 dramatically increased need across the state. Since 2007, the Back 2 School Program has sent more than 275,000 needy children back to school with the tools they need to succeed in the classroom. In 2021, our goal is to distribute more than 30,000 of our signature Back 2 School kits to help even more Illinois children — so we need your generous support! WHO DO WE REACH? We reach low-income families throughout the state through a myriad of partnerships with schools, community organizations and government agencies. These include YMCAs, Operation Homefront (serving military families), Illinois Department of Children & Family Services (serving foster families), and Chicago’s Department of Family & Support Services (serving the homeless), Vietnamese Association of Illinois, Heartland Alliance, YWCAs, Chinese Mutual Aid Society, Neighborhood Boys & Girls Clubs, and many others. ILLINOIS’ LARGEST FREE SCHOOL SUPPLY INITIATIVE Our Back 2 School program is the state’s largest free school supply initiative. The bulk of our school supplies are given during a series of distribution events throughout the year. Our kits have a positive effect on a child’s classroom performance as well as their self-esteem. Our program also reduces the financial burden on parents, as well as teachers, who often reach into their own pockets to pay for school supplies for their students. With our expanding support base, the 2021 program will be our best ever. By becoming a sponsor, you and your company will not only be helping a very worthwhile cause but will also receive positive exposure as well. We hope you will consider joining our program or continue your support as a sponsor. With over 1.2 million children in Illinois who come from families that can’t afford to buy even basic school supplies, we have a long way to go, but together we can make it happen.
Back 2 School
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
PROGRAM FACTS
1.2 Illinois students live in low-income households whose families struggle
million
to buy school supplies.
8.3 school supplies have been given out since the program’s inception. Distribution is through
million
partnerships with schools, community organizations and government agencies.
2020 SPONSORS INCLUDED; Wells Fargo, Western Union, Fifth Third Bank, Starbucks, NBC Universal Comcast,
Republic Bank, CIBC, CA Ventures, Winston & Strawn, and Bob’s Discount Furniture
DISTRIBUTION PARTNERS*
A Safe Haven Latinos Progresando
Academy for Urban School Leadership (AUSL) Middle Eastern Immigration and Refugee Alliance
Chicago Department of Family & Support Services (DFSS) Neighborhood Boys & Girls Clubs
Chicago Public Schools (CPS) Operation Homefront - Multiple Military Bases
Chinese American Service League Syrian Community Network
Chinese Mutual Aid Association The Resurrection Project
Don Moyers Boys and Girls Club UCAN
El Valor United African Organization
GADS Hill Vermillion County Regional Office of Education
Heartland Refugee and Immigration Services Vietnamese Association of Illinois
ICAN Relief YMCA of Metro Chicago
Illinois Department of Children & Family Services (DCFS) YWCA Metropolitan Chicago
*2020 partial list of distribution partners.
Back 2 School
2021 FEATURED PROGRAMS
Gala “BIG” Distribution & Activity Day University of Illinois Build-A-Kit
Event & Distribution Event
September 23, 2021
Galleria Marchetti August 2021 - Broadway Park Armory August 2021 - Champaign
(825 W. Erie St., Chicago) (5017 N. Broadway, Chicago)
Large-scale kit assembly and
Our annual event — buffet YMCA of Metro Chicago kit distribution distribution for needy families
dinner, cocktail reception, silent event serving 50 locations throughout in Central Illinois
auction, live music, dessert & Chicagoland. Day-long event also
coffee bar, and program emceed includes a Build-A-Kit and hosting
by NBC5’s Wayne Johnson 400 children for activities designed to
excite, inspire and engage them
Back 2 School ANNUAL 2021 SPONSORSHIP Sponsorship Level Titanium Diamond Platinum Gold Silver Bronze Amount to Participate: $50,000 $25,000 $10,000 $5,000 $2,500 $1,000 COMPANY NAME & LOGO TREATMENT Logo on 20,000 (min.) Back 2 School Kit boxes X X X Logo on over 3,300+ shipping cartons X X X X X X Logo on poster in 300+ retail/partner locations X X X X X X Website presence X X X X X X Social media mentions X X X Listed as major sponsor on website homepage X X X Option to insert materials in kits X X Listed as major sponsor in monthly newsletters X X X Listed as a sponsor on Back 2 School program page X X X X X X GALA 2021 Posters – logo appears on six sponsor posters X X X X X Name Only Invitation – logo appears on, printed and e-versions X X X X X Name Only Program book – logo appears on sponsorship page X X X X X X Video loop – logo appears Solo Slide Solo Slide Shared Slide Shared Only Name Only Name Only Social media mentions/website presence X X X X X X Tickets to Gala 16 8 4 2 Podium acknowledgment X X X Program book ad 2 pages 1 page 1 page Sponsor addressed publicly X
Back 2 School ANNUAL 2021 SPONSORSHIP (cont.) Sponsorship Level Titanium Diamond Platinum Gold Silver Bronze Amount to Participate: $50,000 $25,000 $10,000 $5,000 $2,500 $1,000 “BIG” DISTRIBUTION & ACTIVITY DAY EVENT Logo displayed on all four large banners X X X X X X Ability to display company banner X X Listed as sponsor on press release X X X X X X Insert materials into kits X X Ability to distribute samples and/or information X X “WIN SCHOOL SUPPLIES CONTEST” PROGRAM Social media/website presence X X X Logo appears on banner at event X Listed as sponsor on press release X Logo appears on contest application X UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS BUILD-A-KIT AND DISTRIBUTION EVENT Logo appears on kit boxes X X X X X X Logo appears on banner at event X X X Listed as sponsor on press release X Social media/website presence X OTHER Featured in online annual recap X X X X X X Featured mention in annual report X
Back 2 School 2021 FREE SCHOOL SUPPLIES PROGRAM SPONSORSHIP B2SI is the largest free school supplies program in the state, serving children of low-income households and lessening the financial burden for their families. The Back 2 School program has provided more than 275,000 children with their own school supply kit since its inception. For more information on sponsorship, please contact CEO, Matthew Kurtzman 312.848.5551 or MatthewKurtzman@B2SI.org
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