Dear Friend of the Bay:

We are excited to announce that our 2016 Taste of the Chesapeake will be celebrated once again at the Rooftop Conference Center of the Belcher Pavilion at the Anne Arundel Medical Center campus in Annapolis, Maryland.

We hope you will join us this year! Last year’s Taste was a sell-out crowd!

This year’s Taste will be an extra special event as we celebrate the Alliance’s 45th Anniversary! Founded in 1971, the Alliance is a trusted non-profit leader in Bay restoration efforts. Our work is uniquely focused on leading, inspiring and supporting efforts to restore the lands, rivers and streams of the Chesapeake watershed to improve water quality and the overall health of the Bay. Last year at our Taste 2015, we welcomed over 300 guests who helped the Alliance raise close to $125,000 for Chesapeake Bay watershed restoration projects.

Every year at the Taste, the Alliance recognizes our environmental leadership award winners and spotlights our progress toward Bay restoration. The Taste is a hallmark community celebration of unique local Chesapeake food and drink, live music, and our sponsors and partners who help make our success possible. It is always a great opportunity to gather with leaders and supporters who are committed and passionate about their communities and the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed.

We hope you will support the Alliance and Bay restoration as a Taste Sponsor! Your sponsorship dollars support our critical programs and our work throughout the Chesapeake watershed community including Project Clean Stream, Businesses for the Bay and Chesapeake Forests. Major donors will receive substantial recognition including a sustainability spotlight at the Taste event, as well as, an immediate spotlight on our website and in our monthly newsletter sent to our over 4,000 supporters.

For more information, visit: allianceforthebay.org/donate/taste-of-the-chesapeake or please call Mary-Angela Hardwick at: 443.949.0575.

Thank you for your support of our work because… Together, we will get the job done!

Sincerely,

Albert H. Todd Mary-Angela Hardwick Executive Director Director of Development and Communications

Taste of theChesapeakeSeptember 15, 2016 | 5:30 - 9pm

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SPONSORSHIPOPPORTUNITIES

Celebrating the BayThe Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay annual gala, the Taste of the Chesapeake, recognizes environmental leadership and showcases our work for Bay restoration.

The Taste is a hallmark celebration of local food and drink, music and partnerships. The Alliance is excited to celebrate our 45th Anniversary and to offer unique benefits and opportunities for special recognition of our Taste sponsors.

Together, we will get the job done!The Alliance is a trusted nonprofit focused on leading, supporting and inspiring local action to restore and protect the lands and waters that ultimately determine the health of the Chesapeake Bay.

We deliver novel and collaborative programs like Project Clean Stream, Chesapeake Forests, and Businesses for the Bay.

Our programs plant trees, clean up local streams and rivers, conserve forests, reduce stormwater pollution, build environmental stewardship and educate and support our many diverse partners including local governments, businesses and communities in their environmental projects.

Sponsorship LevelsCornerstone

$20,000Platinum$10,000

Diamond$7,500

Gold$5,000

Silver$2,500

Bronze$1,000

Friend$500

Opportunity to welcome guests to the Taste ·Signage at the Taste

Cornerstone Signage

Platinum Signage

Diamond Signage

Gold Signage

Unique Sustainability Spotlight at the Taste · · · ·Recognition in all 2016 Taste printed materials · · · · ·Recognition in the 2017 Alliance Calendar · · · · ·Recognition On Our Website · · · · · ·Recognition in the 2016 Taste Printed Program · · · · · · ·Tickets to the 2016 Taste of the Chesapeake

15 Priority 12 Priority 10 Priority 8 Priority 6 4 2

Everyone has an important role to play in improving water quality of the Bay, its streams and rivers. Your Taste sponsorship supports the Alliance’s restoration work in communities throughout the watershed.

Please consider becoming a 2016 Taste sponsor.

You can complete your sponsorship online and learn more about the Taste and Alliance at allianceforthebay.org/taste-sponsor or call Mary-Angela Hardwick at (443) 949-0575.

Become a Taste Sponsor!

// Platinum SponsorsDominion Resources

Arthur W. Perdue Foundation

// Gold SponsorsAltria Group, Inc

Robert W. Baird Company/Brian PennChesapeake Center for Excellence

Host Hotel & Resorts, Inc.Luckstone Ecosystems

Mid-Atlantic Dairy AssociationSmithfield Foods

David and Jennifer TroyDavid R. Watt, M.D.

// Silver SponsorsMary C. Barber

Detweiler Enterprises, Inc.Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment

Biegel Waller Tax Advisory ServicesChesapeake Bay Foundation

Greenvest/Doug LashleyChris and Joanne Hamilton

Donald Kohn

Louis Berger GroupMOM’s Organic Market

Edward Ricciardelli, M.D.Spilman, Thomas & Battle, PLLCStraughan Environmental, Inc.Donald and Deborah Tsusaki

All4 Inc. Anderson, Davis & Associates

Bartlett Tree ExpertsAlex Beehler

Bert Jabin Yacht YardBoatyard Bar & Grill/Dick Franyo

Chesapeake Boating ClubChesapeake Legal AllianceDelmarva Financial Group

Nancy Dodge

Peter FaustAndrea Field

R. Scott FoslerGAI Consultants

Gunpowder Valley ConservancyInterfaith Partners for the Chesapeake

IronmarkJohn Shorb Landscaping

Landis Landscape Design, LLCLandStudies, Inc.

M&T BankMerrill Lynch for George Glatfelter II

Mary Helen MorganStephen Pattison

Robert PaulMartin and Henriette PoretskyCeleste Regan and Sam Smith

Rodgers Consulting Teresa Todd, Architect

Wetland Studies and Solutions, Inc.

// Diamond SponsorsConstellation Energy Group

// Bronze Sponsors

// Friend Sponsors

2015 Taste of the Chesapeake Sponsors

RedHead CompaniesSpinsheet MagazineSheraton Annapolis

Signs for TomorrowTriState Marine

// In-Kind Sponsors

2016 Taste of theChesapeake Sponsor

Reservation Form

$20,000 CORNERSTONE PARTNER – includes: 15 Priority Tickets

Special CORNERSTONE Signage at The Taste and all Print Materials

Opportunity to Officially Welcome Guests to the Taste

Spotlight on Our Website For Full Year and in the 2017 Alliance Calendar

Unique Sustainability Spotlight at the Taste

$10,000 PLATINUM SPONSOR – includes: 12 Priority Tickets Special PLATINUM Signage at The Taste and in Print Materials

Recognition on Our Website and in the 2017 Alliance Calendar

Unique Sustainability Spotlight at the Taste

$7,500 DIAMOND SPONSOR – includes: 10 Priority Tickets Special DIAMOND Signage at The Taste and in all Print Materials

Recognition on Our Website And In The 2017 Alliance Calendar

Unique Sustainability Spotlight at the Taste

$5,000 GOLD SPONSOR – includes: 8 Priority Tickets Special GOLD Signage at The Taste and in all Print Materials

Recognition on Our Website and in the 2017 Alliance Calendar

Unique Sustainability Spotlight at the Taste

$2,500 SILVER SPONSOR – includes: 6 Tickets Recognition on Our Website, in the 2017 Alliance Calendar and

2016 Taste Printed Program

$1,000 BRONZE SPONSOR – includes: 4 Tickets Recognition on Our Website and in the 2016 Taste Printed Program

$500 FRIEND OF THE ALLIANCE – includes: 2 Tickets Recognition in the 2016 Taste Printed Program

This year is our 45th Anniversary! Thank you for your strong support of our critical work!

Sponsor Name: _________ _____

Sponsor Contact: _________

Address: _________

City: State: Zip: ______________

Phone: ________________________ E-Mail: ____________________________________________

For more information, please contact Mary-Angela Hardwick at

mhardwick@allianceforthebay,org or call 443-949-0575

Together, we will get the job done!

Our MissionThe Alliance mission is to lead, support and inspire local action

to restore and protect the lands, rivers and streams of the

Chesapeake Bay watershed.

Our VisionWe believe the best restoration results come from building strong

and diverse partnerships among individuals, communities,

businesses and governments across the Chesapeake

watershed. We are working towards a future where the Bay and

its watershed experience improved water quality and habitat

through the committed environmental stewardship of those

who live and work in the Chesapeake region.

Our WorkWith staff in Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania and Washington

DC, we work in urban, suburban and rural settings throughout

the Chesapeake watershed. We create and deliver innovative

programs that help plant trees and conserve forests, reduce

stormwater pollution, build individual stewardship, support

local governments in their restoration efforts, and create

opportunities to educate and support our many partners in

their environmental work.

Together, we will get the job done!www.allianceforthebay.org

What Sets Us Apart

Founded in 1971, we have

been a trusted leader in Bay

restoration for more than 40

years.

Our work is uniquely focused

on healing local streams and

rivers, that ultimately determine

the health of the Bay.

Our programs have lasting

impact across the vast

Chesapeake watershed.

We are an unbiased voice.

We do not lobby or litigate.

We mobilize thousands of

volunteers and build lasting

individual commitment to

environmental stewardship.

connecting people throughProject Clean Stream

More Than A Stream CleanupProject Clean Stream is an annual event that culminates in a unified day of service to the watershed and hundreds of Bay communities. While the initial impact is a cleaner, safer, more beautiful Bay watershed, Project Clean Stream aims deeper to engage volunteers in a meaningful outdoor experience which connects them with local watershed or community groups. These groups help continue to involve and to educate volunteers in the future of our environment beyond the day’s cleanup project.

The Alliance organizes and hosts opportunities for volunteers to spend a few hours outside cleaning trash from streams or otherwise improving their communities.

Project Clean Stream is coordinated by the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay with organizational support from non-profit and business partners and finacial support from Dominion Resources, the Perdue Foundation, the State of Maryland, MOMs Organic Market and several other businesses and governments. Corporations also participate by organizing employee volunteers to help at cleanup sites.

For more information about this program, sponsorship opportunities or how to volunteer, please contact:

Joanna Freeman jfreeman@allianceforthebay.org 443 949-0575

cleanstream.allianceforthebay.org

In 2015 44,600 volunteers removedover 3,100,000 lbs oftrash from local streamsand rivers throughout the Chesapeake Bay region.

Project Clean Stream supports all 6 Bay states and D.C. with stream andwoodland cleanups.

Tree plantings andinvasive removals area part of many cleanups.

Volunteers expand their Project Clean Stream efforts to schools, parks, and more.