Transcript What does AFSP do? - American Foundation for Suicide

What does AFSP do?
We work to save lives.
The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) is the
leading national not-for-profit organization exclusively dedicated
to understanding and preventing suicide through research,
education and advocacy, and to reaching out to people with
mental disorders and those impacted by suicide.
The Boston Chapter, established in 1991, has been delivering
educational programs, providing support for suicide survivors and
working to reduce the stigma of suicide for over 20 years.
About A Sip in the Park
This year will mark the 4th Annual
“A Sip in the Park benefit, which brings
together 200 new and old friends to taste
craft beer and fine wine at Boston's historic
Fenway Park, raising important funds to
support the work of AFSP’s Boston Chapter
Event sponsors are prominently
showcased and thanked throughout the
event and enable us to broaden our
reach and further spread the message of
awareness, prevention, and the continued
need for dialogue and advocacy around
mental health disorders and suicide
A Sip in the Park 2014
A Sip in the Park 2014
At our 2014 A Sip in the Park, AFSP was proud to
honor Brigadier General (ret.) Jack Hammond, the
Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General
Hospital’s Home Base Program with our “AFSP
Lifesaver Leadership Award”, recognizing their
ongoing leadership and commitment to saving lives
through suicide awareness prevention programs for
returning veterans and their families.
Our Programs & Your Support
• Your support of A Sip in the Park directly funds AFSP’s work to:
– Research – Fund multiple national research initiatives to better understand and prevent
suicide through neurobiology, genetics, clinical treatment, etc.
– Advocate – Work to educate leaders in state capitals and Washington, D.C., about mental
health support for returning veterans and their families.
– Educate – Provide education and training for local teachers and staff to learn the signs of
depression and mental illness with training materials including “More Than Sad, Teen
Depression” for high schools, and “The Truth about Suicide: Real Stories of Depression in
College.”
– Support – Fund survivor day events and provide ongoing volunteer support outreach
through out survivor outreach program to newly bereaved families and loved ones coping
with the loss of a loved one throughout Eastern Massachusetts.
– Innovate – You fund pioneering local AFSP programs such as a first-of-its kind partnership
with Boston Police on an interactive screening Program, to help identify officers who may be
at risk for suicide.
Past Event Sponsors
Become a Sponsor
Level
Sip in the Park Sponsorship
Sip in the Park & Boston Out of the Darkness Walk* Sponsorship
Champagne
$10,000
• 15 tickets to Sip in the Park
• Logo on website & registration page
• Prominent program book back page cover ad
• Logo displayed at registration & check-out
• “Showcase a sponsor” social media recognition
• Logo on slide show throughout event
$15,000
• Benefits of Sip in the Park sponsorship
• Logo on website & in monthly walker emails
• Promotional table & team tent with banner at Boston Walk
• Logo on walk shirts & promotional materials
• Presentation of Sponsor Recognition Award
• “Spotlight a sponsor” social media recognition
• Eight yard signs at Boston Walk
• “Adopt a Kilometer” route signage and Water stop sponsor
Cabernet
$5,000
• 10 tickets to Sip in the Park
• Logo on website & recognition page
• Full page program book ad
• Logo displayed at registration & check-out
• “Showcase a sponsor” social media recognition
• Logo on slide show throughout event
$7,500
• Benefits of Sip in the Park sponsorship
• Logo on website & in monthly walker emails
• Promotional banner at Boston Walk
• Logo on walk shirts & promotional materials
• “Spotlight a sponsor” social media recognition
• Verbal recognition at Boston Walk
• Five yard signs at Boston Walk
• “Adopt a Kilometer” route signage
Chardonnay
$2,500
• 6 tickets to Sip in the Park
• Logo on website & registration page
• Half page program book ad
• Logo displayed at registration & check-out
$3,500
• Benefits of Sip in the Park sponsorship
• Logo on website
• Logo on walk shirts & promotional materials
• Verbal recognition at Boston Walk
• Three yard signs and two route signs at Boston Walk
Merlot
$1,500
• 4 tickets to Sip in the Park
• Logo on website & registration page
• Quarter page program book ad
$2,000
• Benefits of Sip in the Park sponsorship
• Logo on website
• Verbal recognition at Boston Walk
• One yard sign and one route sign at Boston Walk
Wine
Enthusiast
$500
• 2 tickets to Sip in the Park
• Logo on website & registration page
• Business card program book ad
Program
Book Ad
$250
• Quarter page program book ad
* On October 31st 2015, approximately 2,500 people to join us at Artesani Park in Brighton for the Out of the Darkness Boston Community Walk.
Wine & Beer Vendors
Past events featured a selection of wines and beers from the vendors below.
We are very pleased to once again partner with Atlas Liquors for this year's
event and look forward to another exciting array of tasting options!
Previous Sip in the Park Vendors have included:
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Atlas Liquors
Backlash Beer
Burke Distributors
Curious Traveler
Deutsch Wines
Dobbes Family Estate
Hand Picked Selections
Innis & Gunn
Latitude Beverages
Long Trail Ale
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Mionetto
Narragansett
NBPT Brew Co.
Old Bridge Cellars
Otter Creek
Samuel Adams
Slumbrew
Terlato Wines
Wormtown Brewing
Event Co-Chairs
• Kate Eisenberg, 617.872.5329, [email protected]
• David O'Leary, 508.735.5497, [email protected]
AFSP Associate Area Director
• Jessika Zequeira, 508.450.3309, [email protected]
A Sip in the Park Event Committee
Jenn Adams
Kara Clark
Charlie Devens
Marissa Duquette
Kathleen Duquette
Natalie Fernsebner
Susan Flint
Kristen Fox
Lisa Huffman
Kathleen Irving
Tim Irving
Melissa Lucier
Becca Mantle
Denise Nash
Sue Parr
Leslie Pearlson
Wendy Quinn
Andrea Finnerty
Mike Ruggerio
Monica Shea
Scott Wakefield
Bridgit Ward
T.J. Washburn
Jessika Zequeira
Alyssa Zonghetti
www.asipinthepark.org