Winter 2014 Kids` Chance of Maryland newsletter

Winter 2014
10 Anniversary
Gala Raises $50,000
M
ore than 200 sponsors, guests, students and parents
were “all aboard” to attend the 10th anniversary
fundraising gala held at the B&O Railroad Museum
in Baltimore on October 23, 2013. The event raised
$50,000 in scholarship money that will be awarded to deserving
children of Maryland’s catastrophically injured workers.
Against a backdrop of antique trains, Tom Phelan, President of
Kids’ Chance and President and CEO of Chesapeake Employers’
Insurance Company, started the evening on the right track
when he welcomed the guests to the event. The keynote
address for the event was presented by Eddie Brown, Founder
and CEO of Brown Capital Management.
Highlights from the evening included the presentation of the
Charles J. Krysiak Scholarship award to Jillian Postal a junior
at the University of Maryland, College Park. Jillian is hoping to
pursue a law degree after her undergraduate studies. Her father,
Jerome Postal, was shot while working and left paralyzed.
The Kids’ Chance Board Members were recognized and honored
with Leadership Awards for their fundraising, outreach and
event organizing efforts. Two special leadership awards were
presented to the 2013 Gala Chairperson Eric Ketelsen and
Co-Chairperson Lynn S. Hrdlick.
The 2013 HERO
Sponsorship awards
were presented to
BGE for its generous
financial sponsorship
support, Key Risk for
its yearlong fundraisL-R: Jonathan Beiser, Kids’ Chance board member; Jerome
Postal and his daughter, Jillian, KC scholarship recipient.
ing events, and USIS/
Tidewater Insurance,
which has been a loyal sponsor of Kids’ Chance since the first
gala in 2003.
Kids’ Chance recognized the Chesapeake Employers’
Communications Department with a Volunteer HERO Award for
its enthusiastic creative support in providing website services,
design, publishing, video, photography and public relations
support as well as in organizing the gala silent auction.
A special moment of the evening included the presentation
of the Kids’ Chance Visionary Awards for two of our founding
board members, Jeff Horowitz and S. Woods Bennett. Since
the founding of Kids’ Chance of Maryland, Inc., their personal
passion, dedication and leadership have been instrumental
in building the foundation and mission for this worthwhile
scholarship fund.
Visit our website at www.kidschance-md.org to see gala photos
on Flickr and view the “10th Anniversary Kids’ Chance of
Maryland” short interview video.
L-R: Tom Phelan presents Tom Lowe,
USIS Tidewater Insurance, with a 2013 HERO Award.
R-L: Katie Long, KC scholarship recipient, with her sister and parents.
gala photos continued on pg. 2
THANK YOU
2013 Gala Sponsors!
Kids’ Chance of Maryland
Inc. wishes to recognize
these generous sponsors
and contributors to our 2013
fundraising gala:
Presenting Sponsor
L-R: Erik Ketelsen, KC board member and gala co-chairman; Nancy Kellar, KC Executive Director;
Lynn Hrdlick, KC board member and gala co-chair; and Tom Phelan, KC of MD President.
BGE
Master’s Sponsors
Associated Builders
& Contractors, Inc.
Chesapeake Employers’
Insurance Company
Franklin & Prokopik
USIS / Tidewater Insurance
Associates
R-L: Heather Sanders, KC scholarship recipient,
and her parents.
Tom Phelan, Kids’ Chance of Maryland President,
presented the 2013 Charles Krysiak Scholarship
to Jillian Postal.
L-R: Tracy Logue, KC board member and
Key Risk Insurance Director, received a 2013
HERO Award from Tom Phelan.
Woods Bennett, KC board member (2nd from
right) with the Pitsenberger family. Andrew
Pitsenberger (pictured right) is a Kids’ Chance
scholarship recipient
Bachelor’s Sponsors
Ashcraft & Gerel LLP
Berman, Sobin, Gross, Feldman
& Darby
Cornblatt, Bennett, Penhallegon
& Roberson
Guy Carpenter
Invotex
MedStar Health
MHayes
Multi-Specialty HealthCare
RestoreRehab
Semmes, Bowen & Semmes
The 10th annual Kids’ Chance Gala was held at
Baltimore’s historic B&O Railroad Museum.
R-L: Tom Phelan presents a 2013 Kids’ Chance HERO Award to Lynn Hrdlick and fellow representatives
from BGE.
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2013 Maryland Workers’
Memorial 5k Run/1m
Walk Highlights
The morning of April 27,
2013 brought together
more than 125 runners,
walkers and sponsors
for the 3rd annual Kids’
Chance of Maryland
Workers’ Memorial 5k run/1m walk in Hunt Valley, Maryland. The event, which was graciously
hosted by McCormick & Company, helped to
raise $12,000 for the Kids’ Chance scholarship
fund. In addition to being a fundraiser, the event
honored those killed in workplace accidents in
2012. After the race, there was a moment of silence and a memorial reading of the 66 names of
the workers who lost their lives. Please visit the
Kids’ Chance of MD website to see a Flickr link to
see more event photos.
Thank you to our 2013 Workers’ Memorial
Benefit Run/Walk Sponsors!
And they’re off and running! More than 100 runners and walkers participated in
the 2013 event.
Men’s 5k winner Brandon Clements is
congratulated by Woods Bennett.
Women’s 5K winner Erin Sanders and
Woods Bennett.
Master’s Sponsor
Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Co.
(formerly IWIF)
Bachelor’s Sponsors
Associated Builders & Contractors, Inc.
Alliance Engineering, Inc.
Ashcraft & Gerel LLP
Dr. Jeffrey Gaber & Associates
Cornblatt, Bennett, Penhallegon & Roberson
Godwin, Erlandson, MacLaughlin,
Vernon & Daney, LLC
McCormick & Company
McDonald’s Restaurants/Glenn Kikuchi
MHayes
Multi-Specialty Health Care
Roy P. Sachs
Schemm Electric Co.
USIS – United States Insurance Services
Start making plans to register for our
2014 Maryland Workers’ Memorial 5K
Benefit Run and 1m Walk.
Past KC scholarship recipients and
sisters, Jacqueline and Chante McKinney,
spoke to the run/walk attendees.
KC board members Matt Darby, Mike Prokopik and Woods Bennett led the moment
of silence as they read the names of the 2012 Maryland deceased workers.
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JOIN US To RUN, Walk, Honor & Help
Saturday,
April 26, 2014
Location: Bel Air, MD
Please check back and visit the
Kids’ Chance of MD website and the
CharmCity run website for the run/
walk location and time details.
Sponsorship Opportunities and Benefits
Presenting/Title Sponsor
A call
to runners, $10,000 (Limit one)
walkers and Onsite race day event recognition
• Recognized and publicly thanked as
financial
presenting sponsor
•
Speaker/welcoming
role in pre-race
SPONSORS address
for the 4th annual
Maryland Workers’
Memorial 5K Run &
1M Walk to benefit
the Kids’ Chance of
Maryland
scholarship fund.
Race Day Schedule
7:00 a.m. Onsite
Registration
8:30 a.m. 5K Run
8:30 a.m. 1M Fun Walk
9:30 a.m. Memorial
moment of silence,
reading of the names
of Maryland’s deceased workers and
closing ceremony
Coming Soon:
Visit charmcityrun.com
under the events
section to register
as a runner or walker.
There is a $35
registration fee.
(Registrants receive
event t-shirt.)
• Large banner at the assembly/finish area with company logo
• Large logo/name prominent placement on the front and back of race T-shirts
Company logo/name recognition
• Prominent placement on the race website,
charmcityrun.com, under the race event section
• Race information including company name/logo on Charm City Run e-mail blast
• Prominent placement/link on the
Kids’ Chance of Maryland website
• Prominent placement in the Kids’ Chance of Maryland 2014 newsletter
• Recognition as the title sponsor in
marketing and media releases
(as publishing deadlines allow)
Complimentary items
Doctorate Sponsor(s) $5,000
Onsite race day event recognition
• Recognized and publicly thanked as a gold sponsor
• One banner at the assembly/finish area with company logo
• Logo/name placement on the back
of race T-shirts
Company logo/name recognition
• Placement on the race website,
charmcityrun.com, under the race event section
• Race information including company name/logo on Charm City Run e-mail blast
• Placement/link on the Kids’ Chance of Maryland website
• Placement in the Kids’ Chance of
Maryland 2013 newsletter
Complimentary items • 10 complimentary run/race entry
participants, including shirts
Bachelor’s Sponsor(s) $1,000
Onsite race day event recognition
• 20 complimentary run/race entry
participants, including shirts
• Logo/name placement on the back of race T-shirts
Master’s Sponsor(s) $2,500
• Name listed on the Kids’ Chance of
Maryland website
Onsite race day event recognition
• One shared sponsors banner with
• 2 complimentary run/race entry
participants, including T-shirts
Company logo/name recognition
company name/logo/ at the assembly/
finish area
• Logo/name placement on the back
of race T-shirts
Company logo/name recognition
• Placement/link on the Kids’ Chance of Maryland website
• Placement in the Kids’ Chance of
Maryland 2013newsletter
Complimentary items
• 5 complimentary run/race entry
participants, including shirts
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Complimentary items
• Sponsorships must be received by April 10, 2014
to receive logo/name placement on race T-shirts.
• If you have any questions about sponsorships, please
contact Kids’ Chance of Maryland at 410-832-4702.
• If you have any questions about the race, please contact
Charm City Run at www.charmcityrun.com.
Special thanks to our golf
tournament sponsors:
Dinner Co-Sponsors:
Ashcraft & Gerel
Berman, Sobin, Gross, Feldman
& Darby
Closest to the Pin Sponsor
Multi-Specialty Healthcare
First Annual Kids’ Chance
Benefit Golf Tournament
Special recognition to Kids’
Chance Board Member Jonathan
Beiser of Ashcraft & Gerel as
chairperson in organizing and
promoting our first inaugural
benefit golf tournament. Held
on May 20, 2013 at the Whiskey
Creek Golf Club, the golf tournament was a great opportunity
for sponsors to enjoy a day of
golf and learn about the Kids’
Chance mission. Please make
plans to register and play in this
year’s tournament scheduled for
Thursday, May 8, 2014.
Longest Drive
Ashcraft & Gerel
Special thanks to all the sponsors and to board member Jonathan Beiser,
Ashcraft & Gerel, for his outstanding contributions in organizing the 2013
golf tournament.
Thank you to all the golfers who came out in support of Kids’ Chance of MD.
Hole Sponsors
Abato, Rubenstein & Abato
Anne Arundel Detention Officers
Dr. Jeffrey Gaber & Associates
Glass Jacobson
Howard County Professional
Firefighters Local 2000
Johns Hopkins University
Key Risk
MHayes
Dr. John Parkerson, MD, MS
Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 486
Semmes, Bowen & Semmes
Titan Investigative Alliance
Mr. Ivory Tucker
2013 MWCEA Ocean City 1K Fun Run/Walk
Osprey Sponsors
Held in conjunction with the annual MWCEA Conference in Ocean City,
MD on Sept. 17th, the Kids’ Chance Fun Run & Walk on the beach attracted
more than 125 supporters from the Maryland workers’ compensation
professional community. Thank you to our wonderful sponsors and everyone
who purchased an “orange” event t-shirt in helping to raise scholarship
funds for Kids’ Chance of Maryland.
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Charles J. Lancelotta, Jr., MD
Cohen, Snyder, Eisenberg & Katzenberg
Dr. Jeffrey D. Gaber & Associates
Humphreys, McLaughlin & McAleer
Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Co.
IWPharmacy
John Parkerson, MD, MS
Key Risk
Law Offices of J. Brian Tansey
Law Offices of Marc J. Atas
MHayes
Mid-Maryland Musculoskeletal Institute
Morgan Carlo Downs & Everton
MWCEA
Ortho-Maryland
Semmes, Bowen & Semmes
SPRC, LLC IME Services
Zauner & Mtimet
Thursday, May 8, 2014
Payment Information
Please make checks payable to:
Kids’ Chance of Maryland, Inc.
Kids’ Chance of Maryland invites you to play
in and sponsor the 2014 golf tournament and
scholarship fundraiser. The benefit tournament
will take place on Thursday, May 8, 2014 at the
Whiskey Creek Golf Club.
Return the completed registration form along with
payment to:
Kids’ Chance of Maryland, Inc.
P.O. Box 20262
Baltimore, MD 21284
Questions? 410-832-4702
2014 Sponsorship Opportunities
2014 Registration Form
Foursome - $600
Individual Golfers - $150
Dinner Sponsor - $2,500
Please print:
Name______________________________________________________
Company___________________________________________________
Includes your business name prominently displayed on
event signage.
Phone _____________________________________________________
Address ____________________________________________________
Lunch Sponsor - $1,500
Includes your business name displayed on the lunch
boxes and signage at the event.
City________________________________________________________
State______________ Zip Code __________________________________
Bar Sponsor - $1,500
Email ______________________________________________________
Additional players in foursome:
Includes your business name displayed on event signage.
Beverage Cart Sponsor - $1,000
Name______________________________________________________
Includes your business name displayed on the beverage
cart and signage at the event.
Name______________________________________________________
Closest to the Pin Sponsor - $350
Name______________________________________________________
Includes your business name on the prize
and signage at the hole.
Credit Card Payment Accepted
Longest Drive Sponsor - $350
Cardholder Name:_____________________________________________
Includes your business name on the prize
and signage at the hole.
Type:Visa Mastercard
Credit Card #:________________________________________
Hole Sponsor - $250
Expiration Date:______________________________________________
Includes business name on hole signage.
Golf Ball Sponsor
Signature:___________________________________________________
As a sponsor at this level, you will provide golf
balls with your company’s name for all players.
Souvenirs Sponsor - $100
Shirt Sponsor
As a sponsor at this level, you will provide golf shirts
with the Kids’ Chance of MD golf event logo and your
company’s logo or name for all players.
Sponsorship & Participant Opportunities
Foursome $600
Closest to the Pin Sponsor $350
Individual Golfer $150
Longest Drive Sponsor $350
Dinner Sponsor $2,500
Hole Sponsor $250
Lunch Sponsor $1,500
Golf Ball Sponsor
Bar Sponsor $1,500
Souvenir Sponsor $100
Beverage Cart Sponsor $1,000
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Shirt Sponsor
Key Risk’s Baltimore Office is big fundraiser;
receives HERO Award
Key Risk’s Baltimore associates are truly committed to Kids’ Chance of
Maryland. Key Risk’s Baltimore office has worked hard not only to raise
money for the non-profit organization, but to increase awareness and
understanding of the value that Kids’ Chance has to the workers’ compensation industry.
Key Risk has hosted numerous events over the last six years, including
silent auctions, a restaurant “hop,” a night at the National Aquarium
in Baltimore, and several raffles. Over the last two years, the company
has focused on two main events: “A Night Out at the Baltimore Science
Center,” and “Sports Night Out for Kids.” In 2013, Key Risk raised nearly
$12,000 from these two events. The money is used to help fund college
scholarships for the children of Maryland’s most seriously injured workers.
Key Risk has been so instrumental in raising scholarship money for Kids’
Chance that, last year at the Kids’ Chance of Maryland fundraising gala,
Key Risk’s Baltimore associates were honored with a Kids’ Chance Hero
Award for their continued dedication and support. Special thanks and
recognition goes to the extremely dedicated, hard-working and creative
Key Risk Kids’ Chance committee members: Tracy Logue, Dawn Lemaster,
Kathryn Willner,
Roberta Zambelli,
Rose Benton, Jerry
Creecy and Shawn
Gibson. Their
leadership and
commitment to
Kids’ Chance helps
to make many
children’s dreams
possible.
Key Risk Night at the
Science Center
Welcome New Board Members
Julio Shaik,
Chesapeake Employers’
Insurance Co.
Matthew Darby
Berman, Sobin, Gross,
Feldman & Darby, LLP
David O. Godwin, Jr.
Godwin, Erlandson,
Vernon & Daney, LLC
Kids’ Chance would like
to thank these special
corporate and individual
donors from 2013:
Key Risk Insurance
MWCEA
Charles F. Evans & Son,
Inc. Funeral Chapel
Chesapeake Employers
Insurance Company
W.R. Berkley
NCCI
Consolidated Insurance
Center
Jeff Horowitz
Lawrence Mark Vincent
Maryland Joint Task
Force on Injured
Workers’ Rehabilitation
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Kids’ Chance of Maryland, Inc.
Board of Directors
President
Thomas J. Phelan,
Chesapeake Employers' Insurance Co.
Secretary
Rona S. Finkelstein,
Chesapeake Employers' Insurance Co.
Treasurer
Jeff Horowitz, Belsky, Weinberg & Horowitz, LLC
Directors
Jonathan S. Beiser, Ashcraft & Gerel, LLP
S. Woods Bennett,
Cornblatt, Bennett, Penhallegon & Roberson, P.A.
P. Matthew Darby, new member
Berman, Sobin, Gross, Feldman & Darby, LLP
Edgar G. Dodd, III, Subsequent Injury Fund
David O. Godwin, Jr., new member
Godwin, Erlandson, Vernon and Daney, LLC
Melinda Hayes, MHayes
Patricia L. Highcove, Chesapeake Association
of Rehabilitation Professionals in the Private Sector
(CARPPS)
Lynn S. Hrdlick, BGE
Dianne Jacobs
Edward J. Jacobson, Glass Jacobson
Erik W. Ketelsen, Harford County Government
Tracy Logue, Key Risk
Dr. Lillian M. Lowery,
Maryland State Superintendent of Schools
Steve Perroots, Marriott International, Inc.
Michael Prokopik, Franklin & Prokopik
Rudy Rose, Semmes, Bowen & Semmes
Julio Shaik, new member
Chesapeake Employers' Insurance Co.
Carole Smolkin, Smolkin Vocational Services
Tasha Wilson, former scholarship recipient
Executive Director
Nancy Kellar, Chesapeake Employers' Insurance Co.
Kids’ Chance of Maryland, Inc. is a 501(c)(3)
non-profit charitable organization.
Kids’ Chance of Maryland, Inc.
provides scholarships to help
the children of catastrophically
injured or deceased workers
achieve their education goals.
Kids’ Chance is actively
seeking scholarship applications
for the 2014 and 2015
academic years. Information
and applications are available
online at www.kidschance-md.org,
or by calling 410-832-4702.
P.O. Box 20262
Baltimore, MD 21284
www.kidschance-md.org
410-832-4702
Scholarship Money
Available!
Help spread the word.
Upcoming Kids’ Chance of Maryland
fundraising events:
4th Annual Maryland Workers’ Memorial
5K Run/1M Walk, April 26, 2014
Location: Bel Air, Maryland
2nd Annual Spring 2014 Golf Tournament
Thursday, May 8, 2014
Whiskey Creek Golf Club, Ijamsville, MD
Meet a
few of the
“kids”...
you have helped with
your donations to the
Scholarship Fund.
Kids’ Chance of Maryland
scholarships range
between $1,000 and
$5,000 per semester.
Haley Plank-Collins: In 1995, while Haley was only an infant, her
father, Maryland State Trooper Edward Plank, was shot and killed in the line
of duty during a traffic stop on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
Haley, who is originally from Salisbury, MD, moved with her family
to West Virginia. Haley graduated from Hedgeville High School where her
noteworthy athletic and academic accomplishments included being an active
member of the softball team and the National Honor Society. With the scholarship assistance from Kids’ Chance of Maryland, Haley is now a “Mountaineer” freshman attending the University of West Virginia.
Josephine “Josie” Grant is using her Kids’ Chance of Maryland
scholarship to help her study pediatric nursing at Shenandoah University in
Virginia, where she is enrolled as a freshman (fall 2013). But Josie long ago
committed herself to helping sick children.
Josie started her own foundation, Josie’s Smiles for Pediatrics, back in
2008 when she was only 13 years old -- with $75 she had saved up herself.
She started the organization after realizing her young cousin, who had been
diagnosed with a rare medical condition, had little to do while frequently
hospitalized. The foundation collects toys and other activities for pediatric
patients at Carroll Hospital Center in Westminster, Maryland, and the Johns
Hopkins Children’s Center in Baltimore. In 2013, Josie’s Smiles for Pediatrics had already collected some $30,000 in donations for both hospitals’
youngest patients.
Josie’s father, Roy Grant, was severely injured in the line of duty while
working as a Baltimore City Police Officer.