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To Whom It May Concern:

HopeNow International is a 501C3 not for profit organization which in one of a few such organizations across the

world that is 100% volunteer run with no administrative costs or overhead. Hope Now is proud to present to you

our 8th annual Back To School Bash.

The 2013 Back to School Bash, Floridas largest FREE Healtfair Back to School event, will be held at the Am-

way CenterAugust 2013.

We encourage you to join caring neighbors, healthcare executives, community leaders and philanthropic organiza-

tions who have supported our efforts over the years such as; Wal-Mart, Sams Club, Pepsico, Paul Mitchell, Florida

Hospital and Florida Governor Rick Scott. Last years Back to School Bash event experienced over 30,000 Floridians

in attendance. Over 10,000 school children from Central Florida Schools bennefited and received over 10,000 back-

packs, school supplies, hundreds of free immunizations, one of over 1000 free hair cuts, hundreds of dental and

vision screenings and tons of fun. This year our projected attendance for the 7 county metro area is growing every

day.

Please note news coverage below from media outlets such as ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, Telemundo, Univision and the

Orlando Sentinel. We are asking you to join our efforts today and become part of our team of doctors, moms, dads

and business executives that make this event a great success every year. As a financial sponsor you can volunteer

to help Orlandos kids start their school year off in a successful way. We are currently accepting new sponsors to

contribute to this event. There are several ways that you or your company can participate. We offer financial spon-

sorships, exhibitor space and more. Your sponsorship will help us to provide over 15,000 backpacks and school sup-

plies at the event. If you would like to join us and help your community then please contact the executive planning

committee by dialing the Back to School Bash hotline at 407-272-4516. Please join us as we take over the Amway

Center as we provide parents and children, healthcare services and resources, educational tools, free school sup-

plies, free haircuts, fun activities, live entertainment, free immunizations and so much more!!!

Sincerely,

Michael J. RadkaHopeNow International Inc.,Event Planning Committee

Health Fair, Haircuts,Schl Supplies & Hope!

www.hopenowinternational.org


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Backpack Sponsor: $60,000 Designation as a presenting sponsor.

Branded luggage tags on all backpacks.

Printed Materials and Promotional Items placed in each backpack.

10 invitations to our Sponsor Appreciation Lounge.

20 complimentary T-Shirts.

Complimentary premium exhibit space..

Your Company name and logo featured on the participant t-shirts, on the sponsor banners, on all event-related printed

materials and newsletters.

Logo on PSAs and Media recognition.

Recognition during the event announcements.

A commemorative item & photo.

10 Reserved Parking Spaces

Platinum Sponsor: $50,000 Designation as a Presenting sponsor.

Printed Materials and Promotional Items placed in each backpack.

10 invitations to our Sponsor Appreciation Lounge20 complimentary T-Shirts.

Complimentary premium exhibit space.

Your Company name and logo featured on the participant t-shirts, on the sponsor banners, on all event-related printed materials

and newsletters.

Media and event recognition.



Gold Sponsor: $25,000 Designation as a Partner sponsor.




and newsletters.

Media and event recognition.



Silver Sponsor: $10,000 Designation as Silver sponsor.




and newsletters.

Logo on PSAs and Media recognition.




Sponsorship Opportunities


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Bronze Sponsor: $5,000 4 invitations to our Sponsor Appreciation Lounge8 complimentary T-Shirts.

Complimentary preferred exhibit space.

Your Company name and logo featured on the participant t-shirts, on the sponsor banners, on all event-related printedmaterials and newsletters.




Benefactor Sponsor: $2,500 2 invitations to our Sponsor Appreciation Lounge4 complimentary T-Shirts.

Complimentary preferred exhibit space.

Your Company name and logo featured on the participant t-shirts, on the sponsor banners, on all event-related printed

materials and newsletters.

Complimentary exhibit space A commemorative item & photo and a Reserved Parking Space

Additional sponsorship opportunities available.Please contact our funding committee 407-272-4516 to inquire.

Sponsorship Opportunities


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Thousands attend Back to School Bash at

Amway Center

Posted: 12:29 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012

ORLANDO, Fla. Orange County students will be heading back to school soon, and hundreds of them prepared for

the new school year at an event at the Amway Center on Saturday.

Organizers said thousands of students participated in the Back to School Bash on Saturday. Hundreds of people linedup before the doors opened at the Amway Center. The parents and students were all there for free school supplies.

For some students, a new backpack, notebook and pencils will make a big difference. It can be hard sometimes nothaving stuff, and you see the other kids walking around with everything, said 8th grader Thaila Rivera.

When the doors opened, families poured into the Amway Center, where each student received a free backpack. Orga-nizers collected roughly 11,000 new backpacks to be given away. The Back to School Bash is held by Hope Now Inter-national and is sponsored by WFTV 9 Family Connection. The event started seven years ago and gets bigger each year.When we think of the number of homeless individuals out of jobs, the numbers just continue to grow, said organizer

James Davis.

Governor Rick Scott showed up to the Back to School Bash Saturday morning. Scott said new school supplies can

be essential to a good education. As we all know, the opportunity to do well in school, is the opportunity to live the

American dream, the governor said. In addition to school supplies, students were also offered haircuts and immuniza-tions. Several hundred teachers were also at the event, in hopes of getting supplies for their classrooms.

BACK TO SCHOOL

Join Magic 107.7 and WFTV 9 Family Connection for Hope Nows Back To School Bash at theAmway Center on Saturday, August 11th from 10a - 3p. Local students who attend will receivebackpacks with school supplies, free haircuts, health screenings and more! 15,000 backpacks

will be distrubuted while supplies last.

Hope Now International has been serving the Central Florida community and countries across the world for over adecade. Their community outreach programs and youth initiatives are designed to help those in need.

Hope Now International asks that you return one good deed with another and perform an act of kindness. This waythe cycle of compassion and goodwill continue indefinitely.

Previous Event Media Coverage

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Families flock to Amway Center for free school suppliesBy Margaret Kavanagh, Reporter

Last Updated: Saturday, August 13, 2011 2:09 PM

ORLANDO --

Thousands of families from all over Central Florida lined up outside the Amway Center early Sat-urday morning for a big Back to School Bash.The annual event, which gives away free school supplies to anyone whoneeds them, was supposed to start at 10 a.m., but organizers opened the doors 90 minutes early to get the long line

of people who showed up early out of the summer heat.

Organizers gave out 12,000 free backpacks, and gave over 1,000 haircuts and hundreds of vaccines and other healthscreenings to students, all in preparation for the new school year. There was even a red-carpet lounge just for teachers

The giveaway at the Amway Center was just one of several back-to-school events happening all across Central Florida

during the statewide tax-free holiday weekend.

Jump to: Back to School Tax Holiday Weekend Events

Events like this are important to parents who know how expensive back-to-school shopping can be.Money, thats what goes through my mind at the first glance of back to school, said Krysi Warr, a single mother offour. She, along with her boyfriends three children, had camped out in front of the Amway Center since 10 p.m. Friday.

Our income is so low, we did not have the money to buy them for our kids this year, said Warr. Very nerve-racking,not knowing if your kids are going to have what they need, because they want so much stuff.

You see the face of the struggle of families that are so concerned about the education and well-being of their chil-

dren, said Michael Radca, founder of the annual Back to School Bash. They want to have school supplies, immuniza-tions and haircuts so their children can start school with a successful foot forward. And the parents said they appreci-

ate it. I know they are going to be taken care of, and I know we are going to be going to school with everything weneed, said Warr.

More than 25,000Back to School Bash at Amway CenterUpdated: Saturday, 13 Aug 2011, 7:25 PM EDT

Published : Saturday, 13 Aug 2011, 7:25 PM EDT

WOFL - More then 25,000 elementary, middle and high school students and their families piled intothe Amway Center, for the Back to School Bash Saturday.

With the students grabbing one of the free backpacks loaded up with school supplies. Single-mom Crystal Andersonhas two girls going into the 3rd and 4th grade at Pine Hills Elementary. Its expensive. Book bags about 25 dollars,pencils a dollar, so it adds up. said Anderson.

Hope now started the give-away seven years ago with 100 bags. This year it will top 12,000. The event organizer seesthe need increasing with the struggling economy. Before you would say low income, but no, were looking at a group

of families last year that were here helping us, and now were helping them.

The back to school event includes hundreds of free immunizations for kids that otherwise arent covered. Kids also gota free haircut.



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More than 30,000 swarm Amway Center for

free backpacks, haircuts, shots

Some families lined up overnightBy Elosa Ruano Gonzlez, Orlando Sentinel

7:51 p.m. CDT, August 13, 2011

Desperate for free school supplies, some families lined up overnight

outside the Amway Center for the largest backpack giveaway in Cen-tral Florida.

More than 30,000 people swarmed the building on Saturday for the annual Back to School Bash, organized by Hope

Now International. In its seventh year, the giveaway is the biggest one yet.

Volunteers handed out 12,000 backpacks stuffed with school supplies. One thousand children received free haircutsand 750 received immunizations. Hundreds of kids also got health and dental screenings. This year, more than a hun-dred teachers received massages and boxes of school supplies.

The event, the largest of three scheduled around Orlando on Saturday, was supposed to start at 10 a.m. However,

doors opened an hour and a half earlier to get people out of the hot sun.

About 2,500 people had lined up by 8:30 a.m., said Brenda Ortiz, Hope Now media coordinator. The crowd just got too

big, she said. Martha Gibbs, a single mom of four, arrived shortly before 9 a.m. Unemployed, she said she needs all thehelp she can get to prepare her children for school. Because of budget cuts, many teachers are requiring students tobring in a long list of supplies, including notebook paper, pencils and toilet paper. School supplies are too expensiveat the store, said Gibbs, a former assistant loan offi cer in New York. Unable to find work in the big city for a year, she

moved back in November to Orlando, where she had lived for years. She still has no job. Ive been searching but Ihavent found anything, she said. The back-to-school bash is a lifeline, she said. Without the free school supplies andhaircuts, she planned to spend at least $80 for each child. But its money she doesnt have to spend, she said.

Her story isnt uncommon. Many parents are unemployed and cant pay for school supplies and dental and healthexams, Gregg Stewart said, dental director for theCommunity Health Centers. Last year, his volunteers examined 500childrens teeth. We expect to top that this year, he said. Last year, about 25,000 people flooded the old Amway Arena

for free book bags, paper and pencils. The line stretched out for two miles, event founder Michael Radka said. The or-ganization discussed getting a bigger venue. The new Amway Center was a perfect location for this years bash, Radkasaid.

LaWanda Lewis had her three children get dental checks. It was her first time at the bash. Although she said there arepeople who are worse off financially, she still need the assistance with her third child entering school. Hell be in kin-dergarten. I could handle two. Now there are three, she said. Its important for kids to have paper and pencils to excelin school, said Jeana McMath, a teacher Millennia Elementary School in Orlando. Often, students wont tell teachers

they dont have the material needed to do their homework. Last year, she said a student wasnt doing her spelling as-signents because she didnt have paper to write on. Having stuff like this [helps], McMath said about the giveaway.

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Thousands Brave Heat, Long Lines For Free Backpacks

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Thousands of people waited in long lines at Amway Arena to get free back to school essentials for

their kids Saturday.Organizers of the Back To School Bash say around 30,000 people showed up to receive free backpacks, school sup-plies and vision screenings.The thousands who lined up in the heat was another sign that more families are struggling financially right here in

Central Florida.The event started at 10 a.m., and by 11 a.m. the massive line was not even through the door yet.

Almost everyone we ran into at the event was just trying to catch a break.Just like everyone else, yes we are, said Sonya Toris, a mother. And anything that will help us is a great thing. The

event welcomed children of all ages, according to a release.Immunizations and physicals were also provided free of charge.At last years event, there were not enough backpacks to go around and several children were turned away. Early in the

afternoon this year, however, there were still plenty of backpacks left, according to organizers. The event was sched-uled to end at 4 p.m.

Kids Load Up On Supplies At Back To School BashFifth-Annual Event Held Outside Amway Arena In Downtown Orlando

ORLANDO, Fla. -- As the school year begins, many parents are out of work, and getting school supplies can be challenging.The unemployment rate in Central Florida is at 10.8 percent -- the highest it has been since November 1975, accordingto Workforce Florida.

Saturday at Amway Arena, the community came together to provide school supplies, physicals, haircuts and more tothousands of Central Florida students.

Janie Holmes introduced her daughter, 5-year-old Madeline, who will be starting kindergarten this year.On the first day of school, Madeline will be prepared. She and thousands of other children in Central Florida are get-ting school supplies for free.Weve got 10,000 backpacks, said a Back to School Bash organizer. We have crayons. Weve got eyeglass cases. Wevegot eyeglass cleaners. Weve got folders. Weve got notebooks. Weve got pencils. Weve got colored pencils. Weve got

just about everything.The students loaded up on supplies with the help of local businesses and nonprofits at the Fifth-Annual Back to SchooBash at Amway Arena. Parents saved hundreds of dollars.When you have to consider you have to buy clothes and all this other stuff, that is a shortcut with the supplies, said

parent Tim Greene. This is something you dont have to pay for when you get it for free. This is a good thing. This is areal good thing.



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Photos From Our Event

Over30,000 in attendance, 11,000 FREE backpacks, 1,000 FREE haircuts, 800 FREE Immunizations,Dental and Vision Screeningsat the 2012 Back To School Bash.


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(TOP) Main Floor Area, (LEFT) Attendees waiting to enter, (RIGHT) Haircut Area


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Volunteers from Central Florida come together to lend a hand and ensure a great experience for allat the 2012 Back To School Bash.


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Through the generous support of sponsors, the Red Carpet Teachers Lounge was returnedat the 2012 Back To School Bash.

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