Okay, how many of you can honestly say that having a technology-based, quiz bowl type competition to raise money for a good cause wouldn’t be fun? The 2008 Louisville Technology Acronym Bee is coming up on Thursday, October 23rd at the Mellwood Arts Center and the call for participants and sponsor donations is out. The bee is presented by and is a fund-raiser for the National Center for Family Literacy, a national non-profit headquartered here in Louisville.
Think spelling bee, only being asked what obscure technology acronyms mean. (All you geeks will be down with the bee. If you don’t consider yourself a geek, your IT guys and gals will totally dig this.) The winning team gets the LTAB Champion Trophy Cup, prizes and significant bragging rights. Louisville Geek Dinner will never be the same. Plus the event is an entertaining, fun time.
The donation levels include:
$550 – Silver Sponsor (One team of three people compete.)
$1,200 – Gold Sponsor (Two teams of three people compete and two tables for 10 more people at the event.)
$2,500 – Platinum Sponsor (Three teams of three people compete with three tables for 15 others at the event.)
$5000 – Title Sponsor (Teams of three competitive teams negotiable, tables for 30 attendees at event.)
Everyone gets food, beverages and participants get T-shirts. There are all sorts of other benefits for the levels of sponsorship. To find out more or to sign up as a team or sponsor, call or email Andrea Peters at NCFL at (502) 584-1133 ext. 131 or apeters – at – famlit.org. There is no official deadline, but there are a limited number of teams available, so sign up soon.
The event is the NCFL’s only local fund-raising activity. NCFL is a national non-profit uniquely focused on literacy support and programming for multiple generations. Their work has pioneered a family-centric approach to education reform. To date, the six-year-old event has raised nearly $80,000 to support the organization. Learn more about them on their website or their blog.
Disclosure: NCFL is a client of Jason Falls’s agency, Doe-Anderson.
