NCL Members, AS you know, at our member meeting here in Washington last May, we decided to hold our 2016 Literacy Leadership Awards Event on the evening of September 28th, (also here in Washington), during Adult Education and Family LIteracy Week (the week of September 26th). I’m excited about this year’s awards, and I hope you are too. NCL has been holding this event and recognizing leaders in adult literacy for well over a decade. The list of awardees over the last decade is impressive. You can check it out here: http://national-coalition-literacy.org/literacy-leadership-awards/ I am pleased to announce that we will once again be working with our friends at Washington Partners to coordinate the event. Registration information, 2016 AEFL Week artwork, and announcements about this year’s award winners should be out soon. In addition, this year the board and I are working to secure new sponsorships for our AEFL week activities, particularly the Literacy Leadership Awards event. We are, of course, interested in any help NCL members can provide in identifying potential sponsors. It could be another group or company with which you already work, but that may have an interest in also sponsoring this event, in addition to the support they provide your organization. You might consider reaching out to the partnership/fundraising folks at your own organization (if you have one), to see if they have any ideas. You or your organization could make the initial contact yourself, or if you prefer, you could simply pass the lead on to me. In either case, simply share that name and a point of contact with me, so that either myself or another member of our board can follow up. We’ve already had one NCL member come through for us with a sponsorship commitment — I’d love to be deluged with additional leads. :) We’ve created a page on the web site that describes our event and the different levels of sponsorship opportunities available. If you decide to make the ask yourself, please be sure to stay within the parameters listed there in terms of benefits. The Literacy Leadership Awards is a strictly non-commercial event, and thus our promotional opportunities are limited. http://national-coalition-literacy.org/literacy-leadership-awards/2015-awards-event/2016-literacy-leadership-awards-event-sponsorship-opportunities/ Thank you, in advance, for considering this request. If you have any questions or comments, please direct them to me or a member of the board individually. I look forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, Jeff Jeff Carter — President, National Coalition for Literacy http://national-coalition-literacy.org General Contact Info — jcarter@literacypolicy.org or jeffcrtr@gmail.org Personal Twitter: @jeffcrtr | literacypolicy.org Cell: (202) 374-4387