Please join our host committee for the WITS Celebration of Story with Guest Speaker Jeannette Walls, New York Times best-selling author of The Glass Castle. This year WITS will honor Mayor Annise Parker for her advocacy in literary and arts education. The event will take place on Thursday, November 4, 2010, 7PM at the Junior League of Houston. This is sure to be a sold out event! Please make your reservations early.

Proceeds will support education programs for at-risk children in schools, community centers, and hospitals.

To purchase tables and tickets via PayPal add to the cart below.

You may also download the reply form and return your payment by mail. For further information, please contact WITS at 713.523.3877 or mail@witshouston.org.

If you are unable to attend but would like to donate to WITS click here.

UNDERWRITING OPPORTUNITIES

POET LAUREATE  $20,000

A gift of $20,000 helps WITS to publish the annual Blooms anthology showcasing original poems and stories of 20,000 WITS students
Sponsorship Benefits

•   One Premier table for ten people
•   10 tickets to VIP reception including photo with Jeannette Walls
•   Ten signed books for VIP guests
•   Recognition in Blooms anthology, distributed to 20,000
•   Opportunity to speak at a WITS event or in "I Wish I'd Written That" public
     service announcement
•   Prominent recognition on printed materials and event signage (Invitation
    Deadline: September 17)

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER  $10,000

A gift of $10,000 enables WITS to send professional writers into 6 classrooms, providing year-long creative writing workshops for 200 students in underserved schools 
Sponsorship Benefits

• One Premier table for ten people
• Six tickets to VIP reception including photo with Jeannette Walls
• Six signed books for VIP guests
• Prominent recognition on printed materials and event signage (Invitation Deadline: September 17)

NEWBERY MEDALIST  $5,000

A gift of $5,000 funds an entire after-school or community-based program for students in underserved communities
Sponsorship Benefits

• One Premier table for ten people
• Two tickets to VIP reception including photo with Jeannette Walls
• Four signed books for VIP guests
• Prominent recognition on all printed materials and event signage (Invitation Deadline: September 17)

NY TIMES BEST SELLER  $2,500

A gift of $2,500 helps us to publish an anthology, celebrating the work of 300 students
Sponsorship Benefits    

• One table for ten people
• Two tickets to VIP reception including photo with Jeannette Walls
• Two signed books for VIP guests
• Recognition on printed materials and event signage (Invitation Deadline: September 17)
  

WITS WRITERS AWARD

A gift of $1,000 provides a scholarship for one student to attend WITS Summer Creative Writing Workshops in June                                    

Sponsorship Benefits

• Two Premier seats
• Two tickets to VIP reception including photo with Jeannette Walls
• Two signed books for VIP guests
• Recognition on printed materials and event signage (Invitation Deadline: September 17)
  
  

INDIVIDUAL TICKETS

$500 VIP

Tickets include invitation to VIP reception and photo with Jeannette Walls

$250 SEAT

Writers in the Schools is a tax-exempt, nonprofit organization as described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Service Code. The fair market value for goods and services provided during this event is estimated at $50 per seat and $500 per table.