sponsorship packet - AKA East Baltimore

An Evening of the Arts
with
Charm City Pearls
2015 Sponsorship Package
The Hippodrome Theatre at the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center
12 N. Eutaw Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Saturday, February 21, 2015
5:00PM
Charm City Pearls Foundation, Incorporated (501c3)
in partnership with
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated
Psi Phi Omega Chapter
Dear Corporate Partner:
Charm City Pearls Foundation, Incorporated (501c3), in partnership with Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority, Incorporated Psi Phi Omega chapter welcomes your support and participation in
our fundraising event, “An Evening of the Arts with Charm City Pearls.” Known for its many
contributions to all facets of the Arts, and for the multiple successful Artists it has produced,
Baltimore, Maryland, will be given the stage it deserves honoring its legacy, heritage, and
successes while encouraging greater youth engagement in the Arts. This celebration will be
held in the spirit of service and care for all mankind, as funds raised will be dedicated
towards providing quality programming for the residents of Baltimore City. “An Evening of
the Arts with Charm City Pearls” will be held on Saturday, February 21, 2015 at The Hippodrome Theatre at the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center 12 N. Eutaw Street, Baltimore,
Maryland 21201. This black-tie affair will include a VIP Awards Reception honoring Artists in
Alpha Kappa Alpha as well as Baltimore, Maryland who have achieved admirable success
and made a tremendous impact in the Arts. Some of these honorees include:
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The Late Dr. Nathan M. Carter Arts Icon Award
The Late Mary Shy Scott Advancements in Arts Education Award
Norma Solomon White Trailblazers in the Arts Award
Jan Spivey Gilchrist Visual Arts Award
Jada Pinkett Smith Applied Arts Award
Phylicia Rashad Performance Arts Award
The event will culminate with a featured performance by multiple 10-time
GRAMMY® Award-winner, songwriter, actor, author, philanthropist, entrepreneur
and activist Chaka Khan.
Alpha Kappa Alpha is an international service organization and is the oldest Greek-lettered
organization established by African-American college educated women. Psi Phi Omega chapter consists of members of Alpha Kappa Alpha who have been given the charge to continue
the 106-year legacy of Alpha Kappa Alpha. The mission is to serve the global community
through dynamic international service programs designed to answer today’s social and
economic challenges, addressing issues related to Education, Leadership, Health, the Arts,
Economics and Family. Psi Phi Omega was chartered on February 16, 2014 with purpose to
serve those in need, and through our charismatic, innovative, and cutting edge service
programs we strive to make a difference in the lives of many.
When you become a community partner and corporate sponsor of “An Evening of the Arts
with Charm City Pearls” you not only have the opportunity to mix and mingle during a fun and
elegant evening, but you are supporting our youth, families and communities in Baltimore.
Our many programs such as our Emerging Young Leaders program, physical and mental health
wellness campaigns, and programs to support families in disadvantaged communities are in
need of your support. Join us at our event and beyond to make this fundraiser a success and
to assist in our efforts to help Baltimoreans in need.
For your convenience, I have enclosed a sponsorship packet with all of the sponsorship levels
and details. I am happy to schedule a face-to-face meeting with either myself or a member on
my executive team to discuss developing sponsorship opportunities that meet your specific
business and marketing needs.
Please feel free to call me with any questions you may have at 443-803-6274, or you may take a
look at our website for additional information: www.ccp-foundation.org or
www.akaeastbaltimore.com
Sincerely,
Mrs. Joan Wilmer Stewart, President
Charm City Pearls Foundation, Incorporated
in partnership with
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated ~ Psi Phi Omega Chapter
“An Evening of the Arts with Charm City Pearls”
2015 Sponsorship Package
The Hippodrome Theatre at the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center
12 N. Eutaw Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Supreme Sponsor - $25,000
• Category Exclusivity (no other sponsor will be allowed at this level)
• Sixteen (16) invites to the VIP Awards Reception and the Chaka Khan performance
• Photo opportunity for your guests with Chaka Khan
• Corporate name and logo prominently featured on all collateral materials relating to the event
• Recognition in all event advertising and press releases, both pre- and post-event
• Corporate name, banner ad and/or logo prominently featured, with a direct link on the
Charm City Pearls Foundation, Incorporated (501c3) website and
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated Psi Phi Omega website.
• Opportunity to provide item(s) for the raffle
• Full-page advertisement in the souvenir program
• Logo on all printed materials
• Identified as Award Sponsor at the event and on the Lifetime Achievement Award to be presented
to Chaka Khan
• CEO or designee will be invited to present the Lifetime Achievement Award
• CEO or designee will be invited to do a brief welcome from podium
Legacy Sponsor - $15,000
• Category Exclusivity (no other sponsor will be allowed at this level)
• Eight (8) invites to the VIP Awards Reception and the Chaka Khan performance
• Corporate name and logo prominently featured on all collateral materials relating to the event
• Recognition in all event advertising and press releases, both pre- and post-event
• Corporate name, banner ad and/or logo prominently featured, with a direct link on the
Charm City Pearls Foundation, Incorporated (501c3) website and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority,
Incorporated Psi Phi Omega website.
• Opportunity to provide item(s) for the raffle
• Full-page advertisement in the souvenir program
• Logo on all printed materials
• Identified as Award Sponsor at the event and on the Dr. Nathan M. Carter Arts Icon Award
• CEO or designee will be invited to present the Dr. Nathan M. Carter Arts Icon Award
• CEO or designee will be invited to deliver remarks from podium
Heritage Sponsor - $7,000
• Category Exclusivity (no other sponsor will be allowed at this level)
• Eight (8) invites to the VIP Awards Reception and the Chaka Khan performance
• Corporate name and logo prominently featured on all collateral materials relating to the event
• Recognition in all event advertising and press releases, both pre- and post-event
• Corporate name, banner ad and/or logo prominently featured, with a direct link on the
Charm City Pearls Foundation, Incorporated (501c3) website and
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated Psi Phi Omega website.
• Half-page advertisement in the souvenir program
• Logo on all printed materials
• CEO or designee will be invited to deliver remarks from podium
Pearl Sponsor (4) - $2,500
• CEO or designee will be invited to present one of the awards to the recipient during the event
• Opportunity to provide a gift with your name and logo to guests
• Opportunity to provide item(s) for the raffle and to be featured in a ¼-page advertisement
in the souvenir program
• Four (4) invites to VIP Awards Reception and the Chaka Khan performance
• Company Logo on all printed materials
• Identified as award sponsor at the event and on the award
• Recognition in all event advertising and press releases, both pre- and post-event
Pink Sponsor - $1,000
• Opportunity to provide a gift with your name and logo to guests
• Opportunity to provide item(s) for the raffle
• ¼-page advertisement in the souvenir program
• Company Logo on all printed materials
• Two (2) invites to VIP Awards Reception and the Chaka Khan performance
Green Sponsor - $500
• Opportunity to provide a gift with your name and logo to guests
• Opportunity to provide item(s) for the silent auction
• Recognition in souvenir journal
Individual Tickets - $150
Custom Sponsor Packages available starting at $1,500
Does your company want to sponsor a particular piece of the event for extra recognition and support?
Create great return on your investment! For example, individuals and companies can purchase and
put their name on:
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Four (4) Bars ($1,000 each)
Valet Stand and valet tickets ($2,500)
Raffle/reception ($5,000)
Food stations ($1,500 each)
For more information, contact Mrs. Roshonda Contee-Davis at 443-858-0912.
Make Checks Payable to:
Mailing Address:
Charm City Pearls Foundation, Incorporated
An Evening of the Arts 2015
Post Office Box 22080
Baltimore, MD 21203
“An Evening of the Arts with Charm City Pearls”
Awards Platform
The Late Dr. Nathan M. Carter Arts Icon Award
Dr. Nathan M. Carter, for many years, led the Morgan State University Choir in performances all over the
world while building it into one of the premier vocal groups in the nation. Dr. Carter was born and
raised in Selma, Alabama, where his mother was a singer and pianist and his father a minister and a
professor of Old Testament theology at Selma University. He graduated from Hampton Institute in
Virginia and received a master's degree from the Juilliard School of Music in New York. He received a
doctorate in music from Baltimore's Peabody Institute.
The Late Mary Shy Scott Advancements in Arts Education Award
Mrs. Mary Shy Scott was the 23rd International President of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated.
During her tenure as the 23rd International President, Mrs. Scott successfully led the organization in
many accomplishments, such as organizing the first non-military memorial to World War II veterans at
Pearl Harbor, dedicated to the unsung hero, Ms. Doris Miller. She formed a partnership with the Library
of Congress in a national campaign to promote reading, and she also renewed the Sorority’s Cleveland
Job Corps contract. A music education teacher, choir director, and songstress Mrs. Scott lived a life
dedicated towards teaching others to excel in the Arts.
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The Jan Spivey Gilchrist Visual Arts Award
Mrs. Jan Spivey Gilchrist is an honorary member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, and her
career as an artist has spanned a quarter of a century. She has won numerous awards, including the
Coretta Scott King Award for her work on Eloise Greenfield’s Nathaniel Talking, and her illustrations
have been featured in the New York Times, Boston Globe, L.A. Times, USA Today, Ebony Magazine, and
others. Mrs. Gilchrist was inducted in the International Hall of Fame for writers of African Descent in
2000, and the Society of Illustrators in 2001. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Art Education
from Eastern Illinois University, Master of Arts degree in painting from the University of Northern Iowa,
a Master of Fine Arts degree in writing for children from Vermont College, and a Doctoral degree in
English from Madison University.
The Jada Pinkett Smith Applied Arts Award
Mrs. Jada Pinkett Smith is an honorary member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. Jada
Pinkett Smith was born to Robson Pinkett Jr. and Adrienne Banfield in Baltimore, Maryland. She
majored in dance and choreography at the Baltimore School for the Art, and attended college at the
North Carolina School of the Arts before pursuing her career in acting.
Mrs. Pinkett Smith’s career continues to be successful in many areas of the arts, in addition to acting.
She is an actress, producer, director, author, singer-songwriter, and businesswoman. She began her
career in 1990, when she made a guest appearance in the short-lived sitcom True Colors. She starred in
A Different World, produced by Bill Cosby, and she featured opposite Eddie Murphy in The Nutty
Professor (1996). She starred in dramatic films such as Menace II Society (1993) and Set It Off (1996).
She has appeared in more than 20 films in a variety of genres, including Scream 2, Ali, The Matrix
Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Madagascar, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa and Madagascar 3:
Europe's Most Wanted. Also recognized as a fashion icon, Mrs. Pinkett Smith’s influence on the fashion
design industry has made an impact across the globe.
The Phylicia Rashad Performance Arts Award
Ms. Phylicia Rashad is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated.
She was born in Houston, Texas. Her mother, Vivian Ayers, was a Pulitzer-prize nominated artist, poet,
playwright, scholar, and publisher. Her father, Andrew Arthur Allen (d. 1984), was an orthodontist. She
studied at Howard University, where she received a Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts. She also holds an
honorary doctorate degree from Spelman University.
Ms. Rashad has led a very successful career as an actress in television, film, and theatre. She has starred
in many shows, including the hit ABC soap opera One Life to Live in 1983. She is best known for
another television role, that of attorney Clair Huxtable on the NBC sitcom The Cosby Show. She also
played Kill Moves' affluent mother on Everybody Hates Chris. In 2004, Ms. Rashad became the first
first African-American actress to win the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a
Play, for her role in the revival of A Raisin in the Sun. She later appeared in the television adaptation of
A Raisin in the Sun, for which she won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television
Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special. She starred on Broadway as Big Mama in an all-African
American production of Tennessee Williams's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
directed by her sister Debbie Allen. Ms. Rashad appeared alongside stage veterans James Earl Jones
(Big Daddy) and Anika Noni Rose (Maggie), as well as film actor Terrence Howard, who makes his
Broadway debut as Brick. She will appear as Violet Weston, the drug-addicted matriarch of Tracy Lett's
award-winning play, August: Osage County at the Music Box Theatre. In 2010, Ms. Rashad starred in
the Tyler Perry film For Colored Girls, based on the play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide
When the Rainbow Is Enuf by Ntozake Shange, and has recently appeared in the Lifetime Networks
television remake of Steel Magnolias.
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