The Families That Care: Supporting School Success Program Helps Parents

Dear ______:

The Families That Care: Supporting School Success® program helps parents

partner with schools in our community to address two of the critical factors—academic failure and early antisocial behavior—that put children at risk for

later problems.

Your sponsorship can help us recruit families into the program by showing them that this community soundly endorses preparing children for school success.

Why should you sponsor this program?

Supporting School Success is grounded in the research of Dr. J. David Hawkins and Dr. Richard F. Catalano of the University of Washington in Seattle. This research was evaluated as part of a comprehensive school-based project called the Seattle Social Development Project (SSDP). The results of SSDP included significant long-term effects promoting school success, including high school completion, and in reducing teen violence, heavy alcohol use, sexual activity and grade repetition among students who participated. As a business that values and benefits from a healthy community and workforce, this is an important opportunity for you to demonstrate your commitment to our community and its schools, families and children.

How can you sponsor this program?

You can grant permission to use your logo or name on our promotional materials.

You may also choose to donate merchandise or gift certificates that could be used as door prizes for family sessions. We would also gladly accept your donations (our Tax ID Number is ____) to help cover program costs.

If you are unable to make a donation, you can still be a sponsor—we would

like to use your name to show community support for preparing children

for school success.

If you would like to sponsor the program in our community, please send

a copy of your logo to ______. Also, please let us know if you would like to donate any merchandise or gift certificates for participating families.

We would be happy to talk with you further about your sponsorship of this important family program being offered in our community and to answer

any questions you may have about the Supporting School Success

program. Please feel free to contact ______[name]

at ______[contact information].

Sincerely,