Sponsorship Opportunities - Braden`s Hope for Childhood Cancer

September 28, 2013
With Braden’s Hope, and a lot of help from our friends,
we are striving for the day that no child or family will
ever have to hear the words “no known cure” ever again.
Every child battling against cancer deserves a chance to
fight and win.
Won’t you join us in our pledge?
Together, we can be the change for our children.
At Braden's Hope For Childhood Cancer, we believe
in Heroes Opening People's Eyes
HOPE...TAKE THAT cANCER!
Dear Friends,
Braden’s Hope For Childhood Cancer is a Kansas City based 501(c)(3) that was started after our son, Braden Hofen, was
diagnosed with a relapse of a childhood cancer called Neuroblastoma. Braden was initially diagnosed with Stage IV disease in
December of 2007 and was given a 30% chance of survival for five years. In 2009, after almost a year and a half of treatments, we
thought Braden was in a remission when his cancer returned. Relapsing Neuroblastoma carries with it the words, no known cure.
We were absolutely devastated. About four months after Braden’s relapse, I was diagnosed with Stage II breast cancer. The
amount of information the doctors were able to tell me about my disease and the number of treatments available to me for my
disease were in stark contrast to the small amount of information known about Neuroblastoma and the prognosis of “no known
cure” for our son. We began researching to find out why things were so different for our son and we learned:
Childhood Cancer is the #1 killer by disease among children. More children die from childhood cancer per
year than asthma, diabetes, cystic fibrosis, and pediatric aids COMBINED.
The National Cancer Institute’s budget is about $4.6 billion. Breast cancer receives about 12% of that
funding, prostate cancer receives about 7% but ALL childhood cancers COMBINED receive less than 3.5%!
Only one new drug has been approved for use in treating childhood cancer since 1980...in comparison about
50 drugs were developed for adult cancers.
80% of the time when a child is diagnosed with cancer, it has already metastasized to other areas of the
body making it stage 3 or 4 and much more difficult to treat. This is only true 20% of the time with adults.
Our family knew that we had to do something to make a difference for children fighting cancer and that is why this foundation was
created. Our mission is to raise awareness and funds for research and treatments of childhood cancer. In only 18 months, we
raised over $260,000 thanks to many kind and generous people and businesses! We are thrilled to be able to award our first grant
in the amount of $100,000 on April 1, 2013 to one of five institutions we are working with across the United States. Those hospitals
are the top four ranked children’s cancer hospitals in the nation, #1 The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, #2 The Dana Farber
Cancer Institute in Boston, #3 Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, #4 Texas Children’s Hospital, and in addition Children’s Mercy Hospital
in Kansas City who is also conducting innovative research.
Our $100,000 grants will help be used to find the activators of childhood cancer as well as targeted treatments to shut those
activators down. It is the hope of these fine institutions that not only will the work in these areas help treat childhood cancers, but
PREVENT adult cancers! In addition, our grant funds will help directly with research costs and will also be seen as “seed money” by
the National Institute of Health (NIH) for studies making it more likely the NIH would be willing to contribute funds to the studies as
well.
We hope you will consider a sponsorship for our HOPE Gala so we can award our second grant in the immediate future! If you
should have extra seats at your tables, you can donate those to some of our most special hero families or pediatric cancer nurses
that we wish to honor that night. We would love to invite these special friends to attend the event to honor and thank them for their
work and support.
Thank you for your consideration. With your sponsorship, you will bring HOPE to our children. You will bring the word, “FUTURE”
into their vocabulary which is the greatest gift our families could ever dream of having.
Sincerely,
Deliece Hofen
President, Braden’s Hope For Childhood Cancer
Imagine for a moment your family hearing the words
“no known cure” concerning your child ~ MONEY for
GRANTS to fund RESEARCH is our focus so that they
never have to.
Who Are We?
Braden’s Hope For Childhood Cancer is a 501(c(3) foundation that was formed as a direct result of Braden
Hofen’s personal battle with Neuroblastoma, a form of childhood cancer. We are an innovative and active
foundation and with every success we will shout, “HOPE…TAKE THAT cANCER!” until the whole world hears
the voices of the children who need to know we care and are serious about bringing them hope for a future!
Why Do We Need Your Involvement?
We need sponsorship donors who help our children with cancer by donating funds to raise awareness and fund
$100,000 research grants to find the activators of childhood cancer and/or targeted treatments to shut those
activators down. With your help, we can be a game-changing force to provide HOPE to our children and
families who are battling these diseases every day. The institutions and hospitals believe that if we can find the
activators of childhood cancer and then corresponding targeting treatments to shut those activators down, we
not only effectively treat our children with cancer and bring them hope of a future, we may also prevent adult
cancers!
What Is Our Plan:
Our foundation provides educational materials, and holds public events to create awareness about childhood
cancers and funding opportunities for researchers working toward cures for children with cancer. Our $100,000
grants not only contribute a substantial amount of money for researchers to directly use, but they serve an
indirect purpose as well. Because the grants are given in such a large amount, the National Institute of Health
(NIH) sees those grants as “seed money” making it more likely that they will contribute additional dollars to the
grant.
AWARENESS:
80% of the 46 children diagnosed every school day will have a cancer that is already at Stage III or Stage IV
compared to only 20% of adults being at those stages at their diagnoses. Earlier diagnosis is critical because
treatments can be more successful. Currently, many medical professionals do not have the tools they nee to
challenge this issue.
We are putting childhood cancers on the radar, since our formal inception in
January of 2011, WE HAVE…
Raised: After only 18 months of being in existence, we have raised over $260,000 and our first grant of
$100,000 will be awarded on April 1, 2013
Attracted: several thousand followers on social networking sites that allow us to educate, inform, and market
our sponsors to online markets.
Been Featured: in dozens of news stories on all four Kansas City news stations. In addition, some of those
stories have been picked up by news affiliates across the USA and even into Canada and Mexico.
We Have Produced:
Four successful walk/run events attracting over 3,000 families
“A Year of HOPE” calendars partnering with the Kansas City Chiefs in 2012, Sporting KC. The Kansas City
Royals will be featured in 2014 and Sporting KC will also do a 2014 calendar again.
Hope Heroes section of our website that puts children’s stories and faces with numbers.
www.BradensHope.org
Will celebrate our SECOND annual Hope Gala on September 28, 2013
Funding? Why Not Allow Major Cancer Organizations To Handle It?
While large cancer organizations such as The American Cancer Society (ACS), do MUCH for MANY,
sadly only about ¾ of a penny of each dollar raised by the ACS goes to childhood cancer research!
The National Institute of Health’s budget is about $4.6 billion. Breast cancer receives about 1% of that
funding, Prostate cancer about 7% but ALL CHILDHOOD CANCERS COMBINED receive less than
3.5% of those funds.
Only ONE new drug has been approved for use to treat childhood cancer since the 1980’s compared
to over FFITY drugs that were approved to treat adult cancers. Childhood cancers are different in their
respective histology and pathology than their adult counterparts, yet the only drugs available to treat
childhood cancer are those used for their adult counterparts.
Imagine for a moment your family hearing the words “no known cure” concerning your child. MONEY
for GRANTS to fund RESEARCH to help your child are needed now! With our help, we can insure no
other families have to hear the words, “no known cure”.
We have several governing boards including:
Our Board of Directors:
Deliece Hofen, President
Brian Hofen, Vice President
Danita Hill, Treasurer
Jenny Grindel, Secretary
Christine Barbour, Member
Jon Holmes, Member
Kyle Reinoehl, Member
Our Scientific Research Grant Board:
Dr. Keith Ratzlaff, Chair and Head of Pediatrics and Obstetrics at Olathe Medical Center
Dr. Carlos Monzon, Pediatrician and former Pediatric Oncologist at Mayo Clinic
Kristin Stegenga, Research Nurse at Children’s Mercy Hospital
Deliece Hofen, President, Braden’s Hope For Childhood Cancer
Our Scientific Research Advisory Board:
Dr. Yael Mosse, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Dr. Susan Blaney, Texas Children’s Hospital
Dr. Douglas Myers, Children’s Mercy Hospital
Dr. Lisa R. Diller, Dana Farber Cancer Institute/Children’s Hospital of Boston
HOPE...TAKE THAT cANCER!
Thank you for your support of Braden’s HOPE for Childhood Cancer, a non-‐profit 501(c)(3)
organization (Fed Tax ID #27-‐3519273) www.bradenshope.org
Sponsorship Opportunities
Presenting Sponsor For Hope, $20,000
As a Hope Gala Presenting Sponsor you will receive:
5 complimentary guest rooms at the Sheraton Hotel the evening of the gala
Seating with dinner for 50 (5 tables) in the front of the staging area
25 Valet Parking Passes
10 Courtesy bottles of wine placed at your tables (2 per table)
Publicity will include but not be limited to:
All public event promotions
Centerfold, color ad in the event program, designed by your graphics dept.
Company logo and website on the inside front of the cover
Two full size, color presentation boards at the event displayed at both sides of the staging
area, designed by your graphics department
Logo at the top center of our foundation website gala page noted as presenting sponsor
Logo and sponsorship shared on our Facebook pages (over 12,000 followers)
Logo and sponsorship shared on our Twitter feeds (approximately 4,000 followers)
Presenting sponsor mentioned in any media or joint media interview
Partnering Sponsor For Hope, $15,000
As a Hope Gala Partnering Sponsor you will receive:
4 complimentary guest rooms at the Sheraton Hotel the evening of the gala
Seating with dinner for 40 (4 tables) in the front of the staging area
20 Valet Parking Passes
8 Courtesy bottles of wine placed at your tables (2 per table)
Publicity will include but not be limited to:
Full page, color ad in the event program, designed by your graphics department
Two Full size, color presentation board outside the entrance doors to the ballroom,
designed by your graphics department
Logo displayed on our website, noted as partnering sponsor
Logo and sponsorship shared on our Facebook pages (over 12,000 followers)
Logo and sponsorship shared on our Twitter feeds (approximately 4,000 folllowers)
Sponsorship Opportunities
Heroes Sponsor For Hope, $10,000
As a Hope Gala Heroes Sponsor you will receive:
6 complimentary guest rooms at the Sheraton hotel the evening of the gala
Seating with dinner for 30 (3 tables) near front seating area
15 Valet Parking Passes
6 Courtesy bottles of wine placed at your tables (2 per table)
Publicity will include but not be limited to:
Full page, color ad in the event program, designed by your graphics department
One Full Size, color presentation board at the event, designed by your graphics department
Logo on our foundation website noted as Heroes sponsor
Logo and sponsorship shared on our Facebook pages (over 12,000 followers)
Logo and sponsorship shared on our Twitter feeds (approximately 4,000 followers)
Angel Sponsor For Hope, $5,000
As a Hope Gala Angel Sponsor you will receive:
3 complimentary guest rooms at the Sheraton hotel the evening of the gala
Seating with dinner for 30 (3 tables) in a prominent seating area
15 Valet Parking Passes
6 Courtesy bottles of wine placed at your tables (2 per table)
Publicity will include but not be limited to:
Half page, color ad in the event program, designed by your graphics department
Listing on a presentation board at the event with your logo.
Logo on our foundation website noted as Angel sponsor
Logo and sponsorship shared on our Facebook pages (over 12,000 followers)
Logo and sponsorship shared on our Twitter feeds (approximately 4,000 followers)
Sponsorship Opportunities
Believer Sponsor For Hope, $3,000
As a Hope Gala Believer Sponsor you will receive:
2 complimentary guest rooms at the Sheraton hotel the evening of the gala
Seating with dinner for 20 (2 tables) in a prominent seating area
10 Valet Parking Passes
4 Courtesy bottles of wine placed at your tables (2 per table)
Publicity will include but not be limited to:
Half page, black and white ad in the event program, designed by your graphics department
Listing on a presentation board at the event with your logo.
Logo on our foundation website noted as Believer sponsor
Logo and sponsorship shared on our Facebook pages (over 12,000 followers)
Logo and sponsorship shared on our Twitter feeds (approximately 4,000 followers)
Warrior Sponsor For Hope, $1,500
As a Hope Gala Warrior Sponsor you will receive:
Seating with dinner for 10 (1 table) in a prominent seating area
5 Valet Parking Passes
2 Courtesy bottles of wine placed at your tables (2 per table)
Publicity will include but not be limited to:
Quarter page, black and white ad in the event program, designed by your graphics department
Listing on a presentation board at the event with your logo
Logo on our foundation website noted as Warrior sponsor
Logo and sponsorship shared on our Facebook pages (over 12,000 followers)
Logo and sponsorship shared on our Twitter feeds (approximately 4,000 followers)
All logos must be submitted to deliecehofen@bradenshope.org in an EPS or Vector
format by September 13, 2013 to be included in the event program and on signage at
the event.
HOPE...TAKE THAT cANCER!
Thank you for your support of Braden’s HOPE for Childhood Cancer, a non-‐profit 501(c)(3)
organization (Fed Tax ID #27-‐3519273) www.bradenshope.org
Return to:
Gala Sponsorship Committee Chair
15954 MurLen #124
Olathe, KS 660062
Braden’s HOPE for Childhood Cancer
Hope GALA Auction Fundraiser
Sponsorship Agreement Return Card
An Evening of Dinner, Auction Action, Entertainment and HOPE
Level Of Gala Sponsorship
Presenting Sponsor For HOPE $20,000
Partnering Sponsor For HOPE $15,000
Heroes Sponsor For HOPE $10,000
Angel Sponsor For HOPE $5,000
Believer Sponsor For HOPE $3,000
Warrior Sponsor For HOPE $1,500
Contact Information
Donor (as you wish it to appear in the program):
Company (if other):
Address:
Contact Person:
City:
State:
Phone:
Fax:
E-Mail:
Website or link:
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EIN or Tax ID Number:
Payment
Check payable to Braden’s HOPE for Childhood Cancer
Please charge my VISA /MasterCard in the amount of $:
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Exp. Date:
Name on card:
Signature:
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Donor Signature
I/we agree to provide the items, services and/or cash donation described above to support Braden’s
HOPE for Childhood Cancer HOPE Gala, September 28, 2013. I/we understand that donors will
receive benefits as outlined in Sponsorship Package Details
Authorized Donor Signature:
Please include a digital file of your corporate logo, or email to : deliecehofen@bradenshope.org
Thank you for your support of Braden’s HOPE for Childhood Cancer, a non-‐profit 501(c)(3)
organization (Fed Tax ID #27-‐3519273) www.bradenshope.org
Gala Sponsorship Committee Chair
15954 MurLen #124
Olathe, KS 660062