Carmel, CA, June 19, 2018 — Dance Kids of Monterey County, (www.dancekids.org), a 501(c)3 non-profit, is celebrating its Silver Anniversary! We are contacting you in regard to sponsorship opportunities that will benefit the children of Dance Kids of Monterey County and positively impact your company’s philanthropic impact in the community. Since its founding in 1993, Dance Kids is proud to have helped over 50,000 young people in Monterey County achieve dance and theater skills, increase their self-esteem while learning discipline, group problem solving, respect and responsibility. Dance Kids students acquire a love and respect for the arts and create a solid basis for tness and health throughout their lives. Our unique programs, designed for interactive, hands- on, creatively-enriching experiences and multi-cultural communities, introduce the wonder of dance to children from all socioeconomic backgrounds and ethnicities.

Dance Kids youth programs that would benefit from your corporate donations:
The annual celebrated classic Nutcracker, performed at the Sunset Center in Carmel for over 24 years, will be held on December 7-9, 2018. Again this year, the 39-member orchestra, Monterey County Pops!, conducted by Dr. Carl Christensen, will perform in the orchestra pit with over a hundred dancers on stage, delighting our annual audience of over 2500 guests. Dance Kids, through its fundraising efforts, offers tuition and dancewear funding for students who might not otherwise be able to afford these necessities, as well as classes and production fees.
Dance Kids Teaches, a performing arts program for the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District, impacting MPUSD schools with training in Radio, Theatre, Drama and Dance Programs. These popular programs include youth and parent audiences of more than 500 people throughout the Monterey Peninsula Uni ed School District.

The interactive school tour Cascanueces: A Latino Nutcracker. In its fifth year, this program reaches more than 700 youth, teachers, and family members. A professional mariachi band and folkloric dancers weave the tale of Maria as she travels through Mexico. This program educates young people in the rich history of Mexican culture through the magic of music and dance. This is a bilingual production with a cast of 20 professional musicians and dancers.

We can’t accomplish all of this without the nancial support from companies in Monterey County. Attached are several sponsorship levels for your review that will bring your organization great branding visibility and help provide our dancers, students and audiences with memories to last a lifetime.

Please contact us at [email protected] or call 831-601-9256 to answer any questions and to let us know at what level you can support Dance Kids of Monterey County.

Thank you so much for your time and consideration. We deeply appreciate your generosity!

Best regards,

Carol Richmond 831-809-1121
Scott Julian 831-601-9256

Contact:
Marci Bracco Cain
Chatterbox PR
Salinas, CA 93901
(831) 747-7455
http://www.dancekids.org