Events

The Angels of The Children’s Place
9th Annual Luncheon

Wednesday, April 7, 2010
11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The Kansas City Downtown Marriott
200 West 12th Street – Muehlebach Tower
Kansas City, Missouri 64105

Our Featured Speaker:
Ashley Rhodes-Courter
Author ~ Three Little Words
Ashley Rhodes-Courter was born in North Carolina in 1985 and entered the Florida foster care system at the tender age of 3. Over the next nine years, she lived in 14 placements before being adopted at age 12 by Phil and Gay Courter of Crystal River, Florida. In 2004, she was named Youth Advocate of the Year for the North American Council on Adoptable Children and won the Child Welfare League
of America “Kids to Kids” National Service Grand Prize. In 2004, she and her family jointly won the Angels in Adoption Award from the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute.

On June 1, 2003, the New York Times Magazine published her grand prize winning essay, “Three Little Words” about her adoption day. She expanded her essay into a memoir of the same name. In 2007, she was one of 20 college students selected for the USA Today All-USA Academic Team. She also was one of the four GOLDEN BR!CK Award winners for outstanding advocacy by Do Something.

Ashley has a passion to tell her story and share hope with other foster children and encourage adoption and permanency.

Honorary Hero: Gene Balloun
Gene Balloun has actively practiced law for over 50 years and is a partner of Shook Hardy & Bacon, LLP. Gene has been active in pro bono legal work and together with his firm has established a scholarship fund for the benefit of foster and adopted children with the donation of fees received from the state. In 2009, Gene received the Alliance for Children and Families’ National Family Week Advocacy Award recognizing his impact and long history of advocating for foster and adopted children in the community.

Luncheon Underwriting Opportunities

Diamond Underwriter - $15,000 Level

1. Recognition at luncheon and in luncheon program
2. 2 tables of 10 (optional), 20 valet parking passes, 10 patron party tickets
3. Acknowledgement in all  thank you ads
4. 20 copies of Ashley Rhodes-Courter’s book.
5. The Children’s Place Ambassador lapel pin (20)

Platinum Underwriter $10,000 Level

1. Recognition at luncheon and in luncheon program
2. 2 tables of 10 (optional), 20 valet parking passes, 10 patron party tickets
3. Acknowledgement in all thank you ads
4. 10 copies of Ashley Rhodes-Courter’s book
5. The Children’s Place lapel pin (20)

Gold Underwriter - $5,000 Level

1. Recognition at luncheon and in luncheon program
2. 1 table of 10, 10 valet parking passes, 6 patron party tickets
3. acknowledgement in  thank you
4. 10 copies of Ashley Rhodes-Courter’s book
5. The Children’s Place Ambassador lapel pin (10)

Silver Underwriter - $2,500 Level

1. Recognition at luncheon and in luncheon program
2. 1 table of 10, 4 valet parking passes, 4 patron party tickets;
3. Acknowledgement in thank you ads
4. 10 copies of Ashley Rhodes-Courter’s book

Bronze Underwriter - $1,500

1. Recognition at luncheon and in luncheon program
2. 1 table of 10 and  2 patron party tickets
3. Acknowledgement in thank you ads
4. 5 copies of Ashley Rhodes-Courter’s book

Patron Table Sponsor - $1,000

1. Recognition at luncheon and in luncheon program
2. Table of 10, 2 patron party tickets
3. Acknowledgement in thank you ads

Table Sponsor - $600

1. Recognition in luncheon program
2. Seating for 10 at the luncheon

Single Patron Ticket - $150

1. 1 seat at luncheon and 1 Patron Party ticket

Single Ticket - $60

For more information, contact Roxane Hill at 816.363.1898 or hillr@tcpkc.org