Sponsorship & Underwriting

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1 Sponsorship & Underwriting

2 the facts what/where/when The American Cancer Society s 5th annual Discovery Ball will be held on Saturday, April 30, 2011 at the Civic Opera House in Chicago. Festivities begin at 5:30 p.m. with a pre-event reception that includes a silent auction followed by an elegant dinner, live auction and incredible entertainment. who More than 1,000 guests are expected to attend and will include: corporate sponsors, business and philanthropic leaders, underwriters and guests. why According to the American Cancer Society, approximately 1.5 million new cancer cases are expected to be diagnosed in the United States in More than 560,000 Americans will lose their battle. That s nearly 1,500 people a day. In the United States, one of every four deaths is from cancer. The American Cancer Society is committed to changing these devastating odds. Over the past four years, the ACS Discovery Ball has raised more than $8 million to support our mission to save lives and create more birthdays by helping people stay well and get well, by finding cures and by fighting back. TABLES: Champion Table(s) of 10: $15,000 Patron Table(s) of 6: $10,000 SPONSORSHIPS: Legacy Sponsor(s): $200,000 Discovery Sponsor(s): $100,000 Diamond Sponsor(s): $75,000 Platinum Sponsor(s): $50,000 Gold Sponsor(s): $25,000 Tables that were available at the Champion and Patron levels are currently sold out and requests for tables at these levels are now being wait-listed. If you are interested in joining the wait-list, please contact the Discovery Ball office at Tables are being filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Sponsorships beginning at $50,000 will also be recognized as sponsors of the Associate Board of Ambassador s Skyline Soiree which will take place on Friday, July 29, Complete sponsorship amenities will be provided upon request.

3 Board of Ambassadors List as of ACS Discovery Ball 2011 Chairs Barbara Speer David B. Speer Chairman & CEO, Illinois Tool Works, Inc. ACS Discovery Ball 2011 Vice Chairs Anna Brown Greg Q. Brown President & CEO, Motorola Solutions, Inc. ** Gregory C. Case President & CEO, Aon Corporation ** Mamie Case Kim Duchossois * President, The Duchossois Family Foundation ** Sandeep Kishore Executive Vice President, HCL America Inc. Joe Koenig President, World Wide Technology, Inc. Haity McNerney W. James McNerney, Jr. Chairman, President & CEO, The Boeing Company James Rojas CFO, Huron Consulting Group Jeffery A. Smisek President & CEO, United Continental Holdings, Inc. Dan Stoks Vice President, Manufacturing and Distribution Industries, Hewlett-Packard Company Glenn F. Tilton * Chairman of the Board of Directors, United Continental Holdings, Inc.** Jacqueline M. Tilton * Steven Van Horn Vice President, CSC Kevin M. Warren President, United States Customer Operations, Xerox Corporation Gregory D. Wasson President & CEO, Walgreen Co. ** Kimberly Wasson ACS Discovery Ball 2011 Ambassadors David M. Cross Vice President, SCG West, AT&T Michael S. Dell Chairman & CEO, Dell Inc. Charles W. Douglas Chairman, Management Committee, Sidley Austin LLP ** Diane S. Douglas John Edwardson Chairman & CEO, CDW Catherine Elward * Vice President, Central Region, Tiffany & Co.** Thomas P. Fitzgerald * Managing Partner, Winston & Strawn LLP ** Mike Foley CEO, Zurich North America Commercial Sheila Foley Ruth Ann M. Gillis Executive Vice President & Administrative & Chief Diversity Officer, Exelon Michael McGuinnis Ilene Gordon Chairman, President & CEO, Corn Products International, Inc. Joseph Gregoire Regional President, Illinois Banking, PNC Bank Dean M. Harrison President & CEO, Northwestern Memorial HealthCare Gordon Hunter Chairman, President & CEO, Littelfuse, Inc. Sirpa Hunter Janet Kennedy Central Region Vice President, Microsoft Charles Koskovich Vice President CSO, Research In Motion Dmitry Loshchinin President & CEO, Luxoft Marcia A. Mahoney * Kathleen Marano Thomas J. Marano CEO, Air Serv Corporation V. James Marino President & CEO, Alberto Culver Lowell McAdam President & COO, Verizon

4 Board of Ambassadors List as of Kristina McGrath Mike McGrath, Sr. President, McGrath Lexus/Acura Linda K. Myers Corporate Partner, Kirkland & Ellis George O Meara Senior Vice President, Cisco Systems, Inc. Robert L. Parkinson, Jr. Chairman & CEO, Baxter International, Inc. J. Stephen Poor * Chair & Managing Partner, Seyfarth Shaw LLP ** Patrick G. Ryan * Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Foundation Shirley W. Ryan Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Foundation Paul Saline Global Account Manager, EMC Corporation Howard Schultz CEO, Starbucks William Sharp Vice President, Health Care Service Corporation, BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois Jim Skinner Vice Chairman & CEO, McDonald s Corporation George Slessman CEO, i/o Eric M. Staebell Executive Director, TEKsystems Global Services Steven Taslitz Founder & Senior Managing Partner, Sterling Partners Mark Thierer President & CEO, SXC Health Solutions, Inc. Frederick H. Waddell Chairman & CEO, Northern Trust Mark Weber President - USPS, NetApp Doug Westhoff Area Vice President, Oracle Corporation Thomas J. Wilson Chairman, President & CEO, Allstate Insurance Company Ed Zander * Mona Zander * TBD Coca-Cola * Founding Ambassador Members ** Founding Companies / Foundations

5 Gold Sponsor - $25,000 Gold Sponsors are dedicated to maintaining a sustainable event to help the American Cancer Society realize its mission of eradicating cancer and supporting those with the disease. Gold level sponsorship is a unique opportunity for a corporation to save lives and create more birthdays by helping people stay well and get well, by finding cures and by fighting back. Recognition Benefits Corporate/Company CEO/Donor qualifies as a member of the Board of Ambassadors Ambassador and their corporate/company name will be listed in the event invitation (if commitment is made before 02/11/11) Ambassador and their corporate/company name will be listed in the night-of-event program (if commitment is made before 03/04/11) Half-page acknowledgement in night-of-event program with preferred page positioning Corporate/Company/Donor name will appear on the Board of Ambassador page of the Discovery Ball website Corporate/Company/Donor name listed with Board of Ambassador list in night-of-event video reel which will be featured at the event Inclusion in a donor acknowledgement to be published in a select local publication following the event Participant Benefits One (1) main floor ACS Discovery Ball VIP table (10 seats) with preferred seating Selection of complimentary 5x7 photographs from the night-of-event celebration Knowledge that you have made a difference in the lives of millions with cancer

6 Platinum Sponsor - $50,000 The Platinum Sponsor is dedicated to maintaining a sustainable event to help the American Cancer Society realize its mission of eradicating cancer and supporting those with the disease. The Platinum sponsorship is a unique opportunity for a corporation to save lives and create more birthdays by helping people stay well and get well, by finding cures and by fighting back. Recognition Benefits Corporate/Company CEO/Donor qualifies as a Vice Chair member of the Board of Ambassadors Corporate/Company/Donor name and logo printed as one of the Platinum Sponsor(s) on the Save-the-Date mailing (if commitment is made before 9/03/10) Corporate/Company/Donor name printed in the event invitation as one of the Platinum Sponsor(s) (if commitment is made before 02/04/11) Corporate/Company/Donor name printed in the night-of-event program as one of the Platinum Sponsor(s) (if commitment is made before 03/04/11) One full-page acknowledgement in night-of-event program with strategic page positioning Corporate/Company/Donor name and logo will appear on the sponsor page of event website as a Platinum Sponsor(s) Corporate/Company/Donor name listed with sponsors on night-of-event video reel which will be featured at the event Corporate/Company/Donor individual acknowledgement on the event video reel which will be featured at the event Mention on all press releases Inclusion in a donor acknowledgment to be published in a select local publication following the event Acknowledgement as a $2,500 sponsor of the Associate Board of Ambassadors Skyline Soiree, hosted in the summer of 2011 Participant Benefits One (1) main floor ACS Discovery Ball VIP table (12 seats) with preferred seating One (1) balcony ACS Discovery Ball Premier Box table (6 seats) Selection of complimentary 5x7 photographs from the night-of-event celebration Knowledge that you have made a difference in the lives of millions with cancer

7 Diamond Sponsor - $75,000 The Diamond Sponsor is dedicated to maintaining a sustainable event to help the American Cancer Society realize its mission of eradicating cancer and supporting those with the disease. The Diamond sponsorship is a unique opportunity for a corporation to save lives and create more birthdays by helping people stay well and get well, by finding cures and by fighting back. Recognition Benefits Verbal recognition from podium on the night-of-event Corporate/Company CEO/Donor qualifies as a Vice Chair member of the Board of Ambassadors Corporate/Company/Donor name and logo printed on the Save-the-Date mailing as one of the Diamond Sponsor(s) (if commitment is made before 9/03/10) Corporate/Company/Donor name printed on the event invitation as one of the Diamond Sponsor(s) (if commitment is made before 02/04/11) Corporate/Company/Donor name printed in the night-of-event program as one of the Diamond Sponsor(s) (if commitment is made before 03/04/11) Two full-page acknowledgements in night-of-event program Corporate/Company/Donor name and logo will appear on the sponsor page of event website listed as a Diamond Sponsor(s) Corporate/Company/Donor name listed with sponsors on night-of-event video reel which will be featured at the event Corporate/Company/Donor individual acknowledgements on the night-of-event video reel which will be featured at the event Mention on all press releases Inclusion in a donor acknowledgement to be published in a select local publication following the event Acknowledgement as a $5,000 sponsor of the Associate Board of Ambassadors Skyline Soiree Participant Benefits Two (2) main floor ACS Discovery Ball VIP table (24 seats) with preferred seating One (1) balcony ACS Discovery Ball Premier Box table (6 seats) Selection of complimentary 5x7 photographs from the night-of-event celebration Knowledge that you have made a difference in the lives of millions with cancer

8 Discovery Sponsor - $100,000 The Discovery Sponsor is dedicated to maintaining a sustainable event to help the American Cancer Society realize its mission of eradicating cancer and supporting those with the disease. The Discovery sponsorship is a unique opportunity for a corporation to save lives and create more birthdays by helping people stay well and get well, by finding cures and by fighting back. Recognition Benefits Verbal recognition from podium during the night-of-event Corporate/Company CEO/Donor qualifies as a Vice Chair member of the Board of Ambassadors Corporate/Company/Donor name and logo printed on the Save-the-Date mailing as one of the Discovery Sponsor(s) (if commitment is made before 9/03/10) Corporate/Company/Donor name printed on the event invitation as one of the Discovery Sponsor(s) (if commitment is made before 02/04/11) Corporate/Company name printed in the night-of-event program as one of the Discovery Sponsor(s) (if commitment is made before 03/04/11) Two full-page acknowledgements in night-of-event program Corporate/Company/Donor name and logo will appear on the sponsor page of event website listed as a Discovery Sponsor(s) Corporate/Company/Donor name listed with sponsors on night-of-event video reel which will be featured at the event Corporate/Company/Donor individual acknowledgements on the night-of-event video reel which will be featured at the event Mention on all press releases Inclusion in a donor acknowledgement to be published in a select local publication following the event Acknowledgement as a $7,500 sponsor of the Associate Board of Ambassadors Skyline Soiree, hosted in the summer of 2011 Participant Benefits Two (2) main floor ACS Discovery Ball VIP tables (24 seats) with preferred seating Two (2) balcony ACS Discovery Ball Premier Box tables (12 seats) Selection of complimentary 5x7 photographs from the night-of-event celebration

9 Legacy Sponsor - $200,000 The Legacy Sponsor is dedicated to maintaining a sustainable event to help the American Cancer Society realize its mission of eradicating cancer and supporting those with the disease. The Legacy sponsorship is a unique opportunity for a corporation to save lives and create more birthdays by helping people stay well and get well, by finding cures and by fighting back. Recognition Benefits Verbal recognition from podium during the night-of-event program Corporate/Company CEO/Donor qualifies as a Vice Chair member of the Board of Ambassadors Corporate/Company/Donor name and logo printed on the Save-the-Date mailing as one of the Legacy Sponsor(s) (if commitment is made before 9/03/10) Corporate/Company/Donor name printed in the event invitation as one of the Legacy Sponsor(s) (if commitment is made before 02/04/11) Corporate/Company/Donor name printed in the night-of-event program as a Legacy sponsor (if commitment is made before 03/04/11) Two full-page acknowledgments in the night-of-event program with strategic page positioning Corporate/Company/Donor name and logo will appear on the sponsor page of event website listed as a Legacy Sponsor(s) Corporate/Company/Donor name listed with sponsors on night-of-event video reel which will be featured at the event Corporate/Company/Donor individual acknowledgement on the event video reel which will be featured at the event Mention on all press releases Inclusion in a donor acknowledgement to be published in a select local publication following the event Acknowledgement as a $10,000 sponsor of the Associate Board of Ambassadors Skyline Soiree, hosted in the summer of 2011 Participant Benefits Three (3) main floor ACS Discovery Ball VIP tables (36 seats) with preferred seating Two (2) balcony ACS Discovery Ball Premier Box tables (12 seats) Selection of complimentary 5x7 photographs from the night-of-event celebration

10 American Cancer Society Our History and Mission In 1913, a group of 15 prominent physicians and business leaders founded an organization to combat a disease regarded with such great fear and denial that it was rarely mentioned in public. Nearly a century later, the American Cancer Society is the largest community-based voluntary health organization in the United States. With an estimated 3 million volunteers worldwide, the Society fights for every birthday threatened by every form of cancer in every community. Our success is a direct result of the hard work and dedication of our volunteers, who are the backbone of our organization. The American Cancer Society fights cancer by: Helping people stay well by promoting the healthy lifestyle choices that can prevent 2/3 of all cancers Helping cancer patients get well by providing reliable cancer information and free support services Working to find cures by funding groundbreaking cancer research Empowering people to fight back through grassroots advocacy and community events that raise awareness for the cancer fight Recent Major Accomplishments All told, our cancer-fighting efforts since the early 1990s have helped save nearly 300 lives per day. In Illinois, we currently fund more than $24 million in active research grants. In a time when federal research funding has slowed dramatically, these grants keep the search for new cures moving forward. In just six years we have created a statewide support network serving an estimated 30,000 cancer patients and families yearly. Thanks to the vision and generosity of our donors, all services are free. The 4 th annual American Cancer Society Discovery Ball raised more than $2 million to advance our lifesaving programs and services. How We Fuel the Search for Cures We are the largest private funder of cancer research in the United States, with more than $3.4 billion invested in the search for new cures. Research funded by the Society has laid the groundwork for virtually every major breakthrough in cancer prevention, detection and treatment seen in the last six decades. When we began, only a quarter of all cancer patients achieved 5-year survival. Today, more than 2 in 3 will reach this milestone. The Illinois Division funds young cancer investigators focusing on bold new ideas. Of our grant recipients, 3 out of 4 go on to receive national funding for their work a testament to our success in identifying the strongest researchers pursuing the most promising concepts. Through the years, 44 scientists funded by the Society have earned the Nobel Prize for their findings.

11 American Cancer Society How We Help People Stay Well We reach out to millions in Illinois with the good news that most cancers can be prevented by making healthy choices every day. We partner with cities, towns, community groups, schools, faith organizations and others to bring practical, cancer-fighting information to people statewide. We work closely with our corporate partners to bring prevention and wellness programs into Illinois workplaces. How We Help Patients Get Well Through our statewide patient services network, we work to improve the quality of life for cancer patients and their families by helping them find solutions for a host of medical, financial and practical challenges. Every day, more than 100 Illinois residents reach out for help by calling our 24/7 cancer support line. Nationwide, we answer 1.1 million calls each year. An estimated 30,000 patients and caregivers will receive free support in Illinois this year, representing nearly half of all newly diagnosed patients in our state. Our patient resource centers are located in communities where more than 70 percent of newly diagnosed cancer patients live. Our network now includes more than 70 centers based in hospitals, clinics and professional offices across Illinois. How We Empower Everyone to Fight Back Through our partnership with the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), we promote effective, life saving cancer policies and legislation at the federal, state and local levels. ACS CAN s broad network of grassroots volunteers work to assure that the voices of cancer patients are heard by lawmakers in Springfield and Washington, D.C. Most recently, we led the charge to protect Illinois workers and patrons from the deadly effects of secondhand smoke, resulting in the passage of Smoke -Free Illinois, one of the nation s most comprehensive indoor smoking bans. Our current priorities call for greater government funding of cancer research, accelerated efforts to fight cancer by reducing tobacco-related illness and the elimination of deadly cancer disparities among racial and ethnic minority groups and the medically underserved.

12 Sponsorship Commitment Form (PLEASE PRINT) Corporation Name: Contact Name: Title: Mailing Address: City/State/Zip: Phone: Assistant s Name: Assistant s Fax: Assistant s Phone: SPONSORSHIPS TABLE PURCHASE $200,000 Legacy Sponsor $15,000 Champion Table (table of ten) $100,000 Discovery Sponsor (Currently wait-listing for Champion Tables) $75,000 Diamond Sponsor $10,000 Patron Table (table of six-opera box balcony seating) $50,000 Platinum Sponsor (Currently wait-listing for Patron Tables) $25,000 Gold Sponsor All sponsorships receive table amenities. Benefit descriptions are available upon request. All sponsors at the $50,000 level or higher will be listed as Vice Chairs. Fair market value is $250 per guest. Enclosed is our check made payable to the American Cancer Society, PLEASE CHARGE OUR CREDIT CARD American Express MasterCard Visa Discover Total amount to be charged on credit card: $ Name on Card: Card Number: Signature: Expiration Date: Corporation Name (as it will appear in print for recognition for tables at champion level and above) Fax, mail or this form to the Discovery Ball Office using the contact information listed below.

13 Underwriting Commitment Form (PLEASE PRINT) Corporation Name: Contact Name: Title: Mailing Address: City/State/Zip: Phone: Assistant s Name: Assistant s Fax: Assistant s Phone: UNDERWRITING OPPORTUNITIES SOLD SOLD $15,000 $15,000 Electronic Auction System Graphic Design Production Spirits Wine Photography Web Design Volunteer Food & Beverage Kick-Off Event Security Technology & Equipment Departure Gift Entertainment Linen Underwriting commitments include no seating or other taxable benefits for Discovery Ball Underwriting commitments can be made payable to the American Cancer Society, or can be paid directly to the vendor. All underwriters will be recognized in the night-of-event program book. Enclosed is our check made payable to the American Cancer Society, PLEASE CHARGE OUR CREDIT CARD American Express MasterCard Visa Discover Total amount to be charged on credit card: $ Name on Card: SOLD $15,000 $12,500 $10,000 $10,000 $10,000 $10,000 SOLD $7,500 $5,000 $5,000 $5,000 $5,000 Program/Auction Book Table & Chair Rental Advertising Express Mail Postage Valet for Guests Storage Parking for Volunteers Signage Moving & Transportation Videography Soft Drinks & Mixers Supplies Card Number: Signature: Expiration Date: Fax, mail or this form to the Discovery Ball Office using the contact information listed below.