Sponsor Reminders & Tips

1 December, 2009

IMS Arrival

• Meet your IMS at the airport (if possible)

• Communicate & coordinate with Leavenworth/Lansing & Military Sponsors

• Consider initial gathering with all sponsors

Spending time with your IMS

• Being with your IMS and his/her family– Military-sponsored events

• Per invitation: Ice Breaker (1 of 2 nights), Flag Ceremony, Food Fair(s)* or Holiday Dinner/Dance (1 of 3), Sponsor Appreciation and Badge Ceremony

– Social host• Expensive dining is not required• Consider IMS & family needs/interests (“go-to”

resource, clothing appropriate to weather, special interests)

*Food fairs are pot lucks, sponsors are expected to bring a main or side dish & dessert

Spending time with your IMS

• Additional considerations– IMS vehicle– Driving & directions– Language barriers– Alternate communications (e.g. Skype)– Single or geographically single IMS

• Remembering the year– Gifts

• Avoid expensive gifts• Guest book, photo album

At Fort Leavenworth

• Photo ID required for drivers & passengers

• Sponsors may apply for a year-long vehicle pass

• Respect the law• Drivers may not use mobile phone while

on post

Next Steps• Chapter dues paid/current• Information packet – by US mail within 2 weeks

– Additional IMS information (family & arrival data)– Leavenworth/Lansing & Military Sponsor details– Save the date reminders for the Ice Breakers and

Flag Ceremony– Culture Gram

• Make email contact with your IMS• Meet your IMS at the airport• Sponsor survey completed by IMS

Resources• Chapter website: www.gkcptp.org• Online chapter newsletter• Military committee

– Sharon, Sonia, Nelson Pam, Terry, Tom

• Fellow sponsors• Available from chapter

– Country flags, name badges

“Given a chance, people will make friends across, around, over and under all the natural and man-made barriers which

separate them.”

Thank You for Your Attention!

President Dwight D. Eisenhower