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SPONSORSHIP INFORMATION + DOWNLOADS
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ABOUT THE EVENT
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Children, chaperones and aviators during our 1st Annual Aviation Awareness Day in St. John the Baptist Parish on May 6, 2017.
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The Second Annual Aviation Awareness Day in St. John the Baptist Parish takes place on May 5, 2018, from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm at the Port of South Louisiana, Executive Regional Airport, 355 Airport Road, Reserve, Louisiana, 70084.
The primary purpose of this event is to expose and educate youth in St. John the Baptist Parish and surrounding parishes about aviation. This event is further designed to stimulate an interest in future educational and employment possibilities within S.T.E.M. related fields by exposing and educating young people on the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics of flying.
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Young aspiring Aviators Learning About Planes.
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The secondary purpose is experiential.
Attendees will have a direct opportunity to enjoy a flight experience with participating pilots. This experience directly engages boys and girls in aviation, introduces them to inspiring role models, and supports the primary purpose of stimulating an interest in future educational and employment opportunities within the field.
PLEASE NOTE:
All sponsorship commitments and recognition forms must be received by April 20, 2018 to permit our team the time to print all sponsor recognition and logo sensitive material for this event.
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Some of our Aviators during the event.
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AUDIENCE
Aviation Awareness Day in St. John the Baptist Parish is a second time event.
For this year's event, we are inviting children from schools in
St. John the Baptist Parish and surrounding parishes. We expect to host about a minimum of 1,500 children [ages 11-17] plus 1,500 adults composed of chaperones, parents, media, public officials and our event sponsors.
Last year, we flew over 300 children and more than 100 adults during this event.
Expected total=3,000
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By attending our event, children and families learn about aviation, they meet role models and may develop an interest in a future S.T.E.M. related career.
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BUDGET
After careful planning and consideration, we expect our budget for this event to
be $10,000
These funds will be used to promote and execute the event and cover expenses including: fuel for participating airplanes, hotel rooms to host out of town pilots, event liability insurance, arm bands to use as identification for youths meeting flying eligibility requirements and other associated expenses.
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Event participants engaging with an Aviator from one of our Fedex Sponsors.
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SPONSORSHIP
We have various levels of sponsorship and corresponding benefits offered in appreciation of your support. These involve name recognition, logo integration, event participation, and more.
For a complete list of sponsorship levels and benefits, plus our sponsor recognition form, please download
this sponsorship kit.
Read
this Testimonial Letter of Support from one of our Event Partners, the
Port of South Louisiana Executive Regional Airport.
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Our team with Tuskegee Airman Calvin G. Moret and filmmaker
Amy Serrano of
Siren Films during Dr. Moret's last flight as shot for the film, "Airman: The Extraordinary Life of Calvin G. Moret."
www.sirenfilms.us
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ORGANIZATIONS
This event is being hosted by the
Guys Achieving Goals organization in
St. John the Baptist Parish in collaboration with our non-profit fiscal sponsor, the
New Orleans Golden Eagles [NOGE], the local chapter of the
Black Pilots of America, [BPA] a 501[c]3 organization.
The mission of NOGE is:
- To educate young men and women in aviation by training youth in skill-related programs that empower them to deliver the highest quality of experience to fill the aviation workforce of the future and to soar to new heights
The mission of the BPA is:
- To train youth to participate and advance in various types of employment within the field of aviation
- To stimulate and encourage broader job opportunities for under privileged youth in all phases of aviation
- To encourage youth to enter the field of aviation and to remain in school by showing films and lecturing in schools on opportunities in the field of aviation
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