Dear Sponsor 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 and Creativity Achievements 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 extraordinary individuals 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 – 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 generosity to be a major sponsor at this most important commemorative evening. Our last banquet attracted more than 500 guests representing merchants, community leaders, corporations and government representatives and received much press coverage. Sponsors and 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 Health Fair, 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, technical skills and resources necessary to expand their enterprises and grow in a competitive economy.
Attached is a fact sheet detailing our many accomplishments since our inception in 1982 along with the sponsorship commitment form. Please take a moment to review the sponsorship material.
If you have any questions please contact Ana Sánchez-Adorno, Banquet Event Coordinator at (860) 278-5825. Thank you very much for your consideration and long standing commitment to our community.
Sincerely,
Angel Sierra
President |
