Cherish the Child
8h Annual Child Protection
Awareness Symposium
Saturday, October 06, 2018
Dear ______
Statistics suggest that 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 6 boys will be sexually abused by the age of 18. Ninety percent of children who are sexually abused are abused by someone they know and trust.
The purpose of the Cherish the Child Symposium is to increase knowledge regarding many aspects of child protection in order to enhance the skills of professionals. This ultimately translates into improved judicial, administrative, and investigative handling, as well as, treatment of child abuse and maltreatment. Cherish the Child provides interagency training for professionals across the child serving system, and creates a common and collaborative cross agency focus, involving those across the county, state, public, private and not-for-profit to work together to improve interagency communication, collaborative sharing of resources, referral processes and identification of barriers to service as well as service gaps.
The 8th Annual Cherish the Child Symposium will be held on Friday, April 27, 2012 at Mountain Christian Church. Last year over 325 professionals and community residents attended the symposium. This year we hope to increase the number of attendees to 350-400. The Keynote Speaker this year will be Elizabeth Smart.The abduction of Elizabeth Smart was one of the most followed child abduction cases of our time. Through this traumatic experience Elizabeth has become an advocate for change related to child abduction, recovery programs and National legislation. Elizabeth triumphantly testified before her captor and the world about the very private nightmare she suffered during her abduction, which led to conviction.
As a member of the planning committee, I am asking you to become a sponsor of the 8th Annual Cherish the Child Symposium. This is an excellent opportunity to support efforts to increase training and education of the professionals who work on a daily basis with children who have suffered the lasting effect of abuse and/or neglect. In addition, by becoming a sponsor, you will be recognized by all symposium attendees, as a business/individual that supports child well-being and safety.
You can make a difference and together we can work towards a safer community for our children. Please feel free to contact Jennifer Redding, District Director of Family and Children's Services with any questions, at 410 838-9000, extension 222 or by email at .
Sincerely,
Cherish the Child Planning Committee
Cherish the Child Symposium
Sponsorship/Donation Levels
Premiere Platinum Sponsor
(Limited Number of Opportunities)
$ 1000
Private Meet-and-Greet with Keynote Speaker, Elizabeth Smart
4 Complimentary admissions to the Symposium
Full page advertisement in a Premiere spot in the attendee booklet
Recognition as a Premiere Platinum Sponsor on printed materials
(Attendee booklet, signs, brochure, fliers, etc.)
Vendor table to display items/information at the event
Option to provide a promotional item with your business’ logo in attendee’s gift bag
Recognition on the day of the event through public announcement
Platinum Sponsor
$500
¾ page advertisement in the attendee booklet
2 Complimentary admissions to the Symposium
Recognition as a Platinum Sponsor on printed materials
(Attendee booklet, brochure, fliers, etc.)
Vendor table to display items/information at the event
Option to provide a promotional item with your business’ logo in attendee’s gift bag
Recognition on the day of the event through public announcement
Gold Sponsor
$250
½ page advertisement in the attendee booklet
1 Complimentary admission to the Symposium
Recognition as a Gold Sponsor on printed materials
(Attendee booklet, brochure, fliers, etc.)
Vendor table to display items/information at the event
Option to provide a promotional item with your business’ logo in attendee’s gift bag
Recognition on the day of the event through public announcement
Silver Sponsor
$100
¼ page advertisement in the attendee booklet
Recognition as a Silver Sponsor on printed materials
(Attendee booklet, brochure, fliers, etc.)
Vendor table to display items/information at the event
Option to provide a promotional item with your business’ logo in attendee’s gift bag
Recognition on the day of the event through public announcement
Cherish the Child Symposium
Sponsorship/Donation Levels
Bronze Sponsor
$50
Business Card advertisement in the attendee booklet
Recognition as a Bronze Sponsor on printed materials
(Attendee booklet, brochure, fliers, etc.)
Option to provide a promotional item with your business’ logo in attendee’s gift bag
Recognition on the day of the event through public announcement
Individual Item Sponsor
Varies (See Committee Members for details)
Size of advertisement in the attendee booklet (depends on the cost of sponsored item)
Recognition as a Sponsor of an “Individual Item” on printed materials
(Attendee booklet, signs, brochure, fliers, etc.)
Vendor table to display items/information at the event (if sponsorship is $100 or more)
Option to provide a promotional item with your business’ logo in attendee’s gift bag
Recognition on the day of the event through public announcement
The 8thAnnual Cherish the Child Symposium
Sponsorship Reply Form
Company Name: ______
Contact Person: ______
Address: ______
City, State, Zip Code: ______
Phone: ______Fax: ______Email: ______
Yes, I would like to support The 8thAnnual Cherish the Child Symposium at the following level:
□Premiere Platinum$1000
□Platinum$500
□Gold$250
□Silver$100
□Bronze$50
□Individual ItemVaries…see Committee Member
□Enclosed is a check, made payable to “Family and Children's Services of Central Maryland- Harford County”
□Please forward a bill for the amount checked above
□Please bill credit card – □Visa□MasterCard
Account number: ______Security Code: ______
Signature: ______
Return to:
Family and Children's Services of Central Maryland
Jennifer Redding, District Director
44 E. Gordon Street, Bel Air, Maryland21014
Fax: 410.838.8953 or
***Once sponsorship payment is received, details about the advertisement requirements will be forwarded to you. Advertisements will not be placed until payment is received in full. Advertisement placement is on a first come, first serve basis.