BLACK PROFESSIONAL MEN, INC. Scholarship Breakfast Cont.

Introduction

Our members dedicate many hours to public service each year to accomplish BPM’s objectives and goals. BPM’s membership includes over 50 dedicated men who come from a variety of professions, including barbers, attorneys, teachers, engineers, architects, financial advisors, councilmen and entrepreneurs. We volunteer, collectively, several of hours each month to mentor and tutor young boys, promote and teach economic development to the Baltimore community, and engage government officials in dialogue for solutions to the plight of both the African-American male and the community at large.

We fund our mission through the financial support of the BPM membership, corporations, charitable foundations, and patrons of our mentoring and tutoring programs. This event directly impacts our mission statement, “To Ensure the Future of The African American Male”. The Rays of Hope Breakfast allows Black Professional Men to give young African-American Men, from the Baltimore area, emotional and financial support, in their higher educational pursuit.
We would love to have your support in helping us to continue our Mission.

Thank you,
Members of Black Professional Men, Inc.

The Rays of Hope Scholarship Breakfast

Nearly 500 people come together every June to honor the winners of Black Professional Men Inc.’s Rays of Hope Awards and Scholarships. The Rays of Hope Awards are given to outstanding African-American men who have excelled in their professions, and who serve as role models to younger Black men and boys. Awards are given in the categories of education, government, medicine, business, religion, and community and charitable services. Past winners include Congressman Elijah Cummings, Dr. Freeman Hrabowski, President of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and William Jews, former President and CEO of Carefirst Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Maryland.

The Rays of Hope Breakfast is a time for Black Professional Men, Inc. to showcase its mentoring program, and to give scholarships to deserving Black male students from the Baltimore metropolitan area. In the past fourteen years, Black Professional Men Inc. has awarded scholarships to more than 70 deserving African-American male high school graduates.

This year marks the 15th anniversary of the Rays of Hope Breakfast. In honor of this momentous occasion, our goal is to award $10,000 in scholarships, bringing our total scholarship giving for the past fourteen years to over $115,000.

In order to achieve this goal, and to celebrate the fifteenth anniversary of the event, we have planned a spectacular weekend of fun, informative, and inspiring events, culminating with the Rays of Hope Awards and Scholarship Breakfast which will take place 9:00am to 12:00pm June 14th, 2008 at the Radisson Lord Baltimore Hotel in downtown Baltimore.
We hope you can join us.

Sponsorship Opportunities:
Rays of Hope Awards & Scholarship Breakfast

Platinum Sponsor – $10,000
· Title sponsor recognition
· Company name and logo listed in program at the Platinum Level
· Banner placement for company logo
· Event day recognition and award as a Platinum Sponsor
· Two tables (20 tickets) for the breakfast; and table tents with company name.
· Two scholarships will bear your company’s name
· Full-page advertisement in program booklet
· Advertisement and promotional opportunities throughout the event
· Link to your company’s website on the BPM website

Gold Sponsor – $7,000
· Company name and logo will be listed in program booklet at the Gold Level
· One table (10 tickets) for the breakfast and a table tent with company name
· One scholarship will bear your company’s name
· Event day recognition and award as a Gold Sponsor
· Receive a full-page advertisement in program booklet
· Advertisement and promotional event
· Link to your company’s website on the BPM website

Silver Sponsor– $5,000
Company name and logo listed in program at the Silver Level.
One table (10 tickets) for the breakfast and a table tent with company name. Event day recognition and award as a Silver Sponsor.
Half-page advertisement in program booklet.
Link to your company’s website on the BPM website.

Bronze Sponsor – $3,000
· Company name and logo listed in program at the Bronze Level.
· One table (10 tickets) for the breakfast and a table tent with company name.
· Event day recognition and award as a Bronze Sponsor.
· Quarter-page advertisement in program booklet.

BPM Supporter – $1,000
· Company name and logo listed in program at this level
· One tables (10 tickets) for the breakfast
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For Breakfast Agenda Packet, Sponsorship Registration, and Advertising Contract print out Click Here

The cost for a ticket for this event is $50.00 per person.
A table of ten (10) can be purchased for $500.00.

Black Professional Men, Inc.; P.O. Box 13362; Baltimore, MD 21203
voicemail: 410.377.1023bpm@bpminc.org