Dear Merchant, Corporate Partner and Friend,
On Saturday, April 17, 2010, The Spanish American Merchants Association (SAMA) will celebrate its 28th Anniversary with a special banquet Honoring Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Creativity at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Cromwell, CT.
As Connecticut’s largest and oldest Hispanic merchants association, we are pleased to invite you and your colleagues to join us as we celebrate SAMA’s 28th anniversary highlighting many of the accomplishments achieved by leaders in our community.
During the event, we will acknowledge outstanding contributions and commitment to society in the following categories concluding with the 2010 Merchant of the Year:
- Leadership Award – Congressman John Larson
- Lifetime Achievement – Mrs. Marilda Gándara, Former Aetna Foundation President
- Corporate Award – Northeast Utilities System
- President’s Award – Samuel Hamilton, Executive Director, Hartford Economic Development Corporation
- Merchant of the Year
We are seeking your contribution in place an AD in our Banquet Program Book to be a SAMA supporter at this most important commemorative evening. Our last banquet attracted more than 500 guests representing merchants, community leaders, corporations and government representatives will be receiving a copy of the Banquet Program Book. We will product 1500 copies that will be use in the banquet and SAMA other events to exposure your business during all year around.
The attendees have also found the evening, which features a host of entertaining venues beginning with a cocktail reception, dinner, awards ceremony and concluding with live entertainment as a major networking opportunity that should not be missed.
Your financial support will benefit SAMA’s many programs which include training, education, technical assistance and marketing offered to small and minority owned businesses throughout the region. These programs are critical in enabling these businesses to obtain the capital, technology skills and resources necessary to expand their enterprises and grow in a competitive economy.
We have tickets available at $100.00 SAMA’s member & $125.00 non member.
If you have any questions please contact our office at (860) 278-5825 or ana_sanchez@samact.org.
Thank you very much for your consideration and long standing commitment to our community.
Sincerely,
Ana Sánchez-Adorno
Event Coordinator
Ángel Sierra
President SAMA |
