Bite Me Cancer Annual Sponsorship Package Options

Full List of Benefits

Champion Sponsor:

• 10 guests (full table) and opportunity to speak at annual wine dinner, company recognition for three dinner deliveries at INOVA Children's Hospital pediatric oncology floor, can attend a Teen Bag Support bag stuffing event (up to 20 people), and recognition through: website link/logo, social media, e-newsletter, signage at events, annual report and a display award.

Empower Sponsor:

• 6 guests at annual wine dinner, company recognition for two dinner deliveries at INOVA Children's Hospital pediatric oncology floor, can attend a Teen Bag Support bag stuffing event (up to 10 people), and recognition through: website link/logo, social media, e-newsletter, signage at events, annual report and a display award.

Impact Sponsor:

• 4 guests at annual wine dinner, 10 tickets for annual virtual 5K, company recognition for one dinner deliveries at INOVA Children's Hospital pediatric oncology floor, can attend a Teen Bag Support bag stuffing event (up to 6 people), recognition through: website link/logo, social media, e-newsletter, signage at events, annual report and a display award.

Inspire Sponsor:

• 2 guests at annual wine dinner, can attend a Teen Bag Support bag stuffing event (up to 4 people), and recognition through: website logo, social media, e-newsletter, signage at events, annual report and a display award.

Support Sponsor:

• 1 guest at annual wine dinner, can attend a Teen Bag Support bag stuffing event (2 people), and recognition through: website logo, social media, e-newsletter, annual report and a display award.

Bite Me Cancer's mission is to fight cancer through inspiration, education and research. The main 2 goals are to support/inspire teenagers battling all cancers and to find better treatments and perhaps cures for the many types of thyroid cancer (some are aggressive, and the common treatment options don't work). Nikki's determination to support/inspire teenagers dealing with all kinds of cancer came from her own experience as a teenager diagnosed with cancer. Teens "fall through the cracks" between the younger pediatric and older adult programs. They need specialized support.

Nikki designed the Teen Support Bag to reach out to the teens to let them know they are not alone. The Teen Support Bags are delivered to teenagers in hospitals across the country while they undergo treatment. The Teen Support Bags include such items as an Amazon gift card, adult coloring book, stress ball, hat, journal, water bottle, game book and other age-appropriate items. As of April 2022, almost 9.500 teenagers have received our bag from every state in the US and DC at almost 200 hospitals! Each bag currently costs the foundation $85 to order all the items and ship them. We also deliver dinners to the local children's hospital pediatric/oncology floor when appropriate. For 2022, we hope to provide an in-person event for teenagers dealing with cancer (and friends/family members).

Research is a critical piece of our mission. We partner with the American Thyroid Association, and they manage the grant process as well as the oversight on the actual research projects. We have directly funded nine 2-year thyroid cancer research grants and are currently raising funds for our next grant. We talk directly with our research doctors and follow their progress. Each grant currently costs $50,000. Sometimes we partner with another thyroid cancer organization (Thyroid Cancer Survivors Association) to share a grant.