Greetings!

We invite you to sponsor the Northwest Youth Leadership Summit: Empowering Cascadia’s Future Leaders in Conservation, November 17, 2018 at The Mountaineers Center in Seattle. Please consider contributing to creating a solid path for underserved teens to become successful environmental and community leaders.

Four themes guide the Summit: Environmental & Social Justice, Leadership, Career and College Readiness, and Outdoor Recreation. Students attend for free, engaging in learning sessions, an opportunity fair, student-led discussions, and outdoor adventures. Teens connect to a network of mentors from outdoor and environmental businesses, nonprofits, and public agencies—discovering their place as future scientists, entrepreneurs, and stewards. Past NWYLS participants have become the first in their family to attend college, the Associated Student President of their school, and a Forest Service firefighter, defending our region from 2015 wildfires.

Your support will allow 150 teens from diverse backgrounds across the Pacific Northwest to communicate their convictions and demonstrate to their peers and communities how to make positive and lasting change.

Please consider the attached sponsor and in-kind donation opportunities. Respond using the attached form by September 28th. We will gladly customize a benefits package to meet your interests. Contact (360) 854-2590 or grants@ncascades.org with questions.

We will follow up shortly and appreciate your consideration.

Warm regards,

Iris Maute-GibsonGrants Coordinator | North Cascades Institute grants@ncascades.org(360) 854-2590

P.S. Thank you for your commitment to community giving. Please consider sponsoring the Northwest Youth Leadership Summit, giving students the skills and motivation to achieve their aspirations. Learn more about the summit at ncascades.org/signup/youth/nwyls.

LUNCH SPONSOR $2,500

Event • Exclusive logo recognition on lunch table tents • Photo opportunity with Summit participants• Verbal recognition at Summit opening• Logo included in Summit slide show • Opportunity to provide marketing items in Summit bags

3 AvailableMedia

• 1/2 pg color advertisement in Summit handbook• Logo & link on North Cascades Institute website• Social Media Promotion• Recognition in Annual Report and E-news

PRESENTING SPONSOR $5,000

Event • Opportunity to present session on Summit topic or join

Planning Team• Photo opportunity with Summit participants• Verbal recognition at Summit opening & closing• Premier logo recognition in all event collateral• Opportunity to provide marketing items in Summit bags

Media• Summit listed as “Northwest Youth Leadership Summit,

presented by ____” in all materials and verbally at event• Full page, color advertisement in Summit handbook• Logo in all Summit outreach, including sponsor campaign• Logo & link on North Cascade Institute website• Repeat promotion via social media• Recognition in Annual Report and E-news

Exclusive opportunity!

REACH 14k Social Media Followers35k E-news Subscribers

70k Website Visitors 150 High School Students

80 business, nonprofit, and government agency leaders

We will gladly sponsor benefits to meet your interests. Additional opportunities may be available.

North Cascades Institute, The Mountaineers, Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest & North Cascades National Park present the

NORTHWEST YOUTH LEADERSHIP SUMMIT

Saturday, October 22, 2016; 9am-6pm Mountaineers Seattle Program Center

7700 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115 • FREE!

You’re invited to the Mountaineers Seattle Program Center to • Reconnect with old friends & the outdoors while making new friends• Enhance your leadership, communication & collaboration skills in preparation for job & college applications • Meet and connect with regional service organizations to learn about next-step opportunities, jobs & internships• Learn from like-minded peers about career options available in conservation, outdoor & environmental fields

“Empowering Cascadia’s Future Leaders in Conservation”

Registration deadline is SEPTEMBER 16, 2016!

Questions? Please contact Amy Brown or Josh Gannis:amy_brown@ncascades.org

(360) 854-2579joshg@mountaineers.org

(206) 521-6026

Please be prepared to address the following questions when you register:

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Why do you want to attend the Northwest Youth Leadership Summit?

Describe your youth stewardship/outdoor experience on public lands. What did you learn and how has it changed you?

What kinds of opportunities, topics, or leadership skills are you interested in learning about and developing at the summit? (regarding conservation, stewardship and the outdoors)

To register, go to: tinyurl.com/NWYLS2016 (password: NWYLS2016)

Registration is by invitation only.

Transportation is available for students coming from north and south of Seattle (Bellingham, Mount Vernon, Tukwila and other pick-up locations). Public transportation is also available.

MICHAEL TELSTAD

ATTENTION ALUMNI of youth stewardship/outdoor programs, ages 1 -22

SPONSOR OPPORTUNITIES

grants@ncascades.org | (360) 854-2590 | ncascades.org | 810 State Route 20 Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284

SESSION SPONSOR $500

Event • Opportunity to provide marketing

materials in Summit bags

10 AvailableMedia• 1/8 pg advertisement Summit handbook• Link on North Cascades Institute website• Social Media Promotion • Recognition in Annual Report

IN-KIND DONATIONS

Donate food & drink, raffle prizes, giveaways (tshirts, water bottles), and supplies to make the Summit possible. Donations of equal value to sponsor levels will receive listed benefits. Email grants@ncascades.org for a list of needs.

SPONSOR A STUDENT $250

• Link on North Cascade Institute website• Social Media Promotion • Listed in Annual Report

ADDITIONAL SPONSOR OPPORTUNITIES

“The Summit was regenerative. Sometimes you forget your own strength. It is times like these that you see just how capable you are.”

- 2016 Participant

OPPORTUNITY FAIR SPONSOR $1,0006 Available

Event • Logo recognition on Opportunity Fair bingo cards• Verbal recognition at Summit opening• Logo included in Summit slide show • Opportunity to provide marketing items in Summit bags

Media• 1/4 pg color advertisement in Summit handbook• Logo & link on North Cascades Institute website• Social Media Promotion• Recognition in Annual Report and E-news

North Cascades Institute, The Mountaineers, Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest & North Cascades National Park present the

NORTHWEST YOUTH LEADERSHIP SUMMIT

Saturday, October 22, 2016; 9am-6pm Mountaineers Seattle Program Center

7700 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115 • FREE!

You’re invited to the Mountaineers Seattle Program Center to • Reconnect with old friends & the outdoors while making new friends• Enhance your leadership, communication & collaboration skills in preparation for job & college applications • Meet and connect with regional service organizations to learn about next-step opportunities, jobs & internships• Learn from like-minded peers about career options available in conservation, outdoor & environmental fields

“Empowering Cascadia’s Future Leaders in Conservation”

Registration deadline is SEPTEMBER 16, 2016!

Questions? Please contact Amy Brown or Josh Gannis:amy_brown@ncascades.org

(360) 854-2579joshg@mountaineers.org

(206) 521-6026

Please be prepared to address the following questions when you register:

REG

ISTR

ATIO

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Why do you want to attend the Northwest Youth Leadership Summit?

Describe your youth stewardship/outdoor experience on public lands. What did you learn and how has it changed you?

What kinds of opportunities, topics, or leadership skills are you interested in learning about and developing at the summit? (regarding conservation, stewardship and the outdoors)

To register, go to: tinyurl.com/NWYLS2016 (password: NWYLS2016)

Registration is by invitation only.

Transportation is available for students coming from north and south of Seattle (Bellingham, Mount Vernon, Tukwila and other pick-up locations). Public transportation is also available.

MICHAEL TELSTAD

ATTENTION ALUMNI of youth stewardship/outdoor programs, ages 1 -22

grants@ncascades.org | (360) 854-2590 | ncascades.org | 810 State Route 20 Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284

NORTHWEST YOUTH LEADERSHIP SUMMIT SPONSOR CONTRACT

Please fill out completely. Send to 810 State Route 20 Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284 or grants@ncascades.org All materials must be received by September 28th to receive promotional benefits.

Questions? Contact Iris at grants@ncascades.org or (360) 854-2590

Sponsor Contact Information

Business/Name (as you wish it to be displayed): _______________________________________________

Contact: ________________________________ Email: _________________________________________

Mailing Address: ____________________________________________ Phone: _____________________

Sponsor, Underwriting, & Donation Information

Yes, I will Sponsor the Northwest Youth Leadership Summit (benefits listed in packet)__ Presenting Sponsor ($5,000) __ Lunch Sponsor ($2,500)__ Opportunity Fair Sponsor ($1,000) __ Session Sponsor ($500)

Yes, I will sponsor ____ participant(s) to attend the Summit ($250 each)

Yes, I will make an In-Kind Donation valued at: $ _______ In-Kind Donation Description: _____________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

Payment

__ Invoice me __ Check enclosed payable to North Cascades Institute __ Charge my Credit Card

Name (on card): ______________________________ Card #: ___________________________________

Signature: _________________________________ Expiration: _____ Sec. Code: ____ Billing Zip: ______

North Cascades Institute is a 501(c)3 nonprofit. Sponsorship is tax deductible. Tax ID #91-1327775