Reno-Sparks NAACP 64th Annual Freedom Fund Banquet

2009 Freedom Fund Honorees Profiled
Reno Gazette-Journal 6-10-2009

Keynote Speaker

Christopher M. Chestnut, Esq.

100 Years of Civil Rights Work celebrated on Saturday, June 13

Reno – The Reno-Sparks NAACP’s 64th Annual Freedom Fund Banquet will be held on Saturday, June 13, 2009, at the Atlantis Casino-Resort-Spa in Reno. Reception begins at 6:00 p.m., dinner at 7:00 p.m.

The event commemorates the 100th anniversary of the formation of the national organization, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), which was founded in 1909.

The NAACP has been a champion in the civil rights movement over the past 100 years. The Reno-Sparks Branch was chartered in 1945.

Branch President Lonnie Feemster asks community support for the event.

“One hundred years of struggle has been worth the effort. We need help to solve lingering problems of past and current racial discrimination. We have contributed a lot to our community and hope the community will show up to support us at our most important event,” he stated.

The Freedom Fund Banquet will honor Reverend Terry McCray-Hill, pastor of Bethel AME Church; Bob Fulkerson, Executive Director of the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada (PLAN); Sherria Taylor, Executive Director of ACCEPT (Advancing Community Cultivation & Enhancing Progressive Transformations); and Bertha Mullins, Vice-President of Community Development for Wells Fargo Bank.

College scholarships will be awarded to Tatiana Anderson-Hall, Camille Betton and Priscilla A. Onosigho.

Corporate Sponsor: 10 dinner tickets, full-page advertisement in the souvenir booklet, annual corporate sponsor recognition. $ 3,000.00

Reserved Table: 10 dinner tickets, half-page advertisement in the souvenir booklet,
$ 1,000.00

Non-Profit Reserved Table, 10 tickets, $ 600.00

Adult Ticket: $50.00

I am not able to attend and I would like to support the Branch. Enclosed is my contribution of $___________________

Contributions to this NAACP 501(c)4 Branch are not generally tax deductible for federal income tax purposes.

For more information, please contact
Ticket Chair Elaine Brannon (775) 772-4432 or
Ticket Co-Chair Dolores Feemster (775) 323-3677

NAACP Reno/Sparks Branch No. 1112
P.O. Box 7757, Reno, NV 89510
Phone (775) 322-2992, Fax 322-9909

Advertising rates for 2009 souvenir program book

NAACP Reno-Sparks Branch 1112 scholarship winners honored at the 2007 Freedom Fund Banquet.

NAACP Reno-Sparks Branch 1112 officers with 2007 keynote speaker Hilary O. Shelton, second from right, director of the NAACP Washington, DC, bureau. From left are branch treasurer Patricia Wilson, ticket sales chair Dolores Feemster, and branch president Lucille Adin, right.

I am not able to attend. However, I would like to support the Reno-Sparks NAACP. Enclosed is my contribution of $_______________________

Camera-ready advertisements are due May 29, 2009, and may be sent by e-mail to souvenir book coordinator, Ceola Davis, e-mail ensoulgal@aol.com. Telephone (775) 337-1181.

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Please make checks payable to the Reno-Sparks NAACP.
P.O. Box 7757
Reno, NV 89510

NAACP Reno-Sparks Branch 1112 Youth Council members Lauren and Jasmine at the 2007 Freedom Fund Banquet.

 

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