Please join us in recognition of

GREENSBORO URBAN

MINISTRY’S 50 YEARS

OF SERVICE

A Blue Jean BallTHURSDAY

APRIL 26, 2018 6-9 PM

REVOLUTION MILL

PRESENTING SPONSOR

HONORARY CHAIRS KITTY AND GARY KELLOGG SUSAN AND JIM PHILLIPS CAROLYNN AND TIM RICE

JODI AND ROB ROSE TRACEY MCCAIN AND

JARON BARBEE

Hope Sponsor $20,000• 10 tickets to the event• Full page black and white ad in

event program• Hope Sponsor listing in event

media release • Logo placement on:

- Front entrance & registration banners at event

- Sponsor poster at event - Event signage - All printed materials - Event invitation

• Click-through logo placement on Greensboro Urban Ministry’s website

Health Sponsor $15,000• 8 tickets to the event• Full page black and white ad in

event program• Health Sponsor listing in event

media release • Logo placement on:

- Registration banner at event - Sponsor poster at event - Event signage - All printed materials - Event invitation

• Click-through logo placement on Greensboro Urban Ministry’s website

Sheltering Sponsor $10,000• 6 tickets to the event• Half page black and white ad

in event program• Sheltering Sponsor listing in event

media release • Logo placement on:

- Registration banner at event - Sponsor poster at event - Event signage - All printed materials - Event invitation

• Click-through logo placement on Greensboro Urban Ministry’s website

Sustaining Sponsor $5,000• 4 tickets to the event• Quarter page black and white ad

in event program• Logo placement on sponsor poster

at event• Name placement on event signage

and invitation• Click-through logo placement on

Greensboro Urban Ministry’s website

Community Sponsor $2,500• 2 tickets to the event• Quarter page black and white ad

in event program• Logo placement on sponsor poster

at event• Name placement on event signage

and invitation• Click-through logo placement on

Greensboro Urban Ministry’s website

Friend $500• 2 tickets to the event• Name on sponsor poster at event• Name placement on Greensboro

Urban Ministry’s website

BLUE JEAN BALL SPONSORSHIP DETAILSPresenting Sponsor $25,000 (Wrangler)• 12 tickets to the event

• Back page, full color ad on event program

• Presenting Sponsor recognition in event media release

• Exclusive premier logo placement on main stage, front entrance & registration banners at event

• Premier Logo placement on: - Sponsor poster at event - Event signage - All printed materials - Event invitation

• Premier click-through logo placement on Greensboro Urban Ministry’s website

To sponsor the Blue Jean Ball, please return the enclosed form, or contact Lane Harvey Brown, Director of Development & Communications at (336) 553-2656 or labrown@guministry.org. Thank you!

EXPRESSING THE LOVE of GOD TO PEOPLE IN NEED THROUGH PRACTICAL ACTION

GREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRY’S WORKThe Food Pantry collects and distributes more than a million pounds of food a year with our community partners.

The Emergency Assistance Program provides groceries, rent and utility assistance so men, women and families facing short-term crisis can avoid losing housing.

Potter’s House Community Kitchen serves a lunch each day from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. to anyone who is hungry, no questions asked. We serve an average of 400 people a day.

Weaver House shelters 100 homeless adults nightly. Guests are served breakfast and dinner at Potter’s House. In winter, Weaver House partners with local congregations to provide additional shelter.

Pathways Center offers a safe respite for 16 homeless families with private studios where they can sleep, eat and shower.

Project Independence (formerly Beyond GUM) provides case management and targeted financial assistance to clients in Weaver House and Pathways Center to support their move back into permanent housing.

The Chaplaincy Program offers prayer, teaching and worship for guests, volunteers and staff and trains Stephen Ministers, lay ministers who offer presence, listening and caring to those in need.

Volunteer Services draws more than 1,650 adults and students each year, who share their time in many ways, including preparing and serving meals, working in our food pantry and tutoring children.

Partnership Village is a community where individuals and families with children previously experiencing homelessness find case management and financial support as they build self-sufficiency. Special programs prepare teens for college and offer tutoring for younger children.

Building Community, TogetherSupporting Greensboro Urban Ministry is important. Since 1967, this agency has worked to meet the critical needs of our community, whether through providing emergency groceries, rent or utility help, a hot meal at lunch, a bed at night for men, women and children, or case management and financial support to move those experiencing homelessness back into a permanent home.

Our economy may be improving, but many people in Greensboro are still struggling. We really find value in the fact that Greensboro Urban Ministry is here working to meet as many needs as possible. Or to put it more directly: to meet as many needs as we make possible through our donations.

Ninety-four cents of each dollar donated goes directly to program services to end crisis, fight poverty and create longer-term solutions for those who need us. Only about 3% of Greensboro Urban Ministry’s funding comes from government sources.

That brings us back to you. The Blue Jean Ball is a once-in-a-50-year celebration of commitment and service. Your sponsorship is a critical part of the event’s success. After the event costs are covered, your donation will go to support Greensboro Urban Ministry’s work to fight hunger and homelessness in our community. Won’t you join us?

Fritz Kreimer, Board Chair Gary Kellogg, Fundraising Committee Chair

Gary Kellogg (left), Fundraising Committee Chair and Fritz Kreimer, Board of Directors Chair

www.greensborourbanministry.org | 336.271.5959

WHY WE NEED YOUR SUPPORTA minimum wage hourly worker would need to work two full-time jobs to afford the $741 average rent for a two-bedroom apartment in Greensboro. (National Low Income Housing Coalition, 2016)

There are 573 men and women, and 46 families with children, who are homeless on any given night in Guilford County. (Guilford County Point in Time Count, 2017)

Guilford County has ranked in the top 10 nationally for food insecurity for the past three years, particularly among families with children. (Food Research and Action Center, 2016)

THE VALUE OF URBAN MINISTRY = CHANGING LIVES“When I came to Greensboro Urban Ministry, I was a pastor and a military veteran, yet I had no home. I felt like nobody cared, and my heart was so broken.

I looked at the resources available to me, and I said, ‘I’m going to embrace what they have here for me.’

I began working with my case manager. She showed me how to research jobs, budget my money and find transportation. She goes over and beyond for her clients – it’s more than a job for her, it’s a ministry.

When I moved into my apartment, Greensboro Urban Ministry gave me dishes, pots and pans, groceries, a blanket and a bed. I truly enjoy sitting at my desk. I read, I prepare sermons and I write poetry. It makes me feel so much better in my life to have my own place.”

Jerry Hunt, former Weaver House resident and Project Independence participant

“We need more people to know about Greensboro Urban Ministry and support it. I’m so grateful for Urban Ministry being here for me. They fed me when I didn’t have food to eat. They put shelter over me when I didn’t have a place to sleep. It really has changed my life. I will graduate from N.C. A&T State University in the spring. Urban Ministry is helping me reach my goals.”

Angel Baptist, Partnership Village resident

Greensboro Urban Ministry 305 W. Gate City Blvd.Greensboro, NC 27406

GREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRY BY THE NUMBERS 2016

FOOD DISTRIBUTION

Potter’s House Community Kitchen

43,690 Breakfasts served

135,919 Lunches served

36,383 Dinners served

Food Pantry

1,312,896 pounds of food received

1,153,610 pounds of food distributed

EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE

1,765 households provided financial

assistance

20,947 households provided food

assistance through food pantry

SHELTER

Pathways Center for Families

45 families sheltered

Weaver House

1,628 men and women sheltered

WE (Weaver Extension) Sites

235 men and women sheltered

REHOUSING

Project Independence

(formerly Beyond GUM)

171 households found housing

761 home visits by case managers

“Poverty is a hard fall, often pulling down generation after generation. With your support, Greensboro Urban Ministry can

help people break that fall and grab hold of self-sufficiency.

We can do as much as you entrust us to do with your

donations. Please give generously. People need us, and together,

we can change lives.”

Myron W. Wilkins, Executive Director