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Beans and Cornbread 2019
Live, Laugh & Recover
Join us for our inspiring spring benefit, BEANS AND CORNBREAD, May 9, 2019 at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church in Oklahoma City. By sponsoring the event, you or your company will have added benefits including co-branding opportunities. Your sponsorship ensures access for everyone who needs Firstep and the PIA for years to come.
Our keynote speaker is Oklahoma Native Son and comedian Argus Hamilton.
Who is Argus Hamilton, and why is everybody quoting him?
Meet the funniest topical comedian in America, the man Robin Williams once called “the Will Rogers of the Baby Boom.” Argus Hamilton’s daily column of jokes on the news, now carried in over 100 newspapers across the United States, is also read and heard by millions on the Internet and on radio stations across the country.
Argus James Hamilton III is the son, grandson and great-grandson of Methodist ministers in the South. A proud graduate of the University of Oklahoma and now based in Los Angeles, Argus brings an unusual perspective to the news from Washington and around the country. “I’m an English Monarchist and a Southern secessionist,” Argus jokes. “Let’s see Rush Limbaugh get to the right of that.”
Argus Hamilton performs at corporate, political and charity events around the country. When he’s in Los Angeles, he can be seen working out the latest material nightly at The Comedy Store in Hollywood.
Argus is regularly quoted by daily newspapers including the San Francisco Chronicle, the Los Angeles Times and the Seattle Times, by weekly business papers including the Orange County Business Journal, by Time magazine, by sports columnists around the country, and by radio hosts who took a cue from the late Paul Harvey, one of Argus’ longtime fans and admirers.
Argus was honored by Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry as the official comedian of the Oklahoma Centennial and appeared with the governor in the 2007 Tournament of Roses Parade.
You can read Argus Hamilton’s outrageously funny humor column on the Internet Tuesday through Friday and Sunday — at www.argushamilton.com/today.htm.
Event Sponsorship
Platinum Level: $10,000-Major event sponsor
Featured on the event program and display advertising at event. Logo featured on website for one year and on event invitations and materials. Table display and promotional materials distributed at event. Invitation to fall donor recognition event. Invitation to spring art sale. Acknowledge as a sponsor in all media materials about the event including media advisories. Two (2) reserved tables for 16.
Gold Level: $5,000-Sustaining event sponsor
Featured on the event program and display advertising at event. Featured in newspaper advertising for event. Table display and promotional materials distributed at event. Invitation to spring art sale. Logo featured on website for one year and on invitations and event materials. Invitation to fall donor recognition event. Two (2) reserved tables for 16.
Silver Level: $1,000-Table sponsor
Featured in newspaper advertising for event. Table display and promotional materials distributed at event. Invitation to spring art sale. Featured on the event program and display advertising at event. Invitation to fall donor recognition event. Reserved table for 8.
Bronze Level: $500-Partnership sponsor
Featured on web site and annual report. Featured on the event program. Invitation to fall donor recognition event. Invitation to spring art sale. Reserved shared table for 4.
Friend of Metro Alliance Level: $250
Featured on web site and annual report. Featured on the event program. Invitation to all donor recognition event. Invitation to spring art sale. Reserved shared table for 2.