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Comprehensive Youth Development invites you to our

7th Annual Spelling Bee for Grownups!

Spring 2025 Fundraiser

    Donate to the Bee
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Wednesday, May 21 6:00 - 9:00 pm Bohemian National Hall 321 East 73rd St

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Bee-Master Cheryl Mills

Host and Bee Master

Emmy Award-winning journalist,
talk show host, and author
Cheryl Wills

How do you spell

O-P-P-O-R-T-U-N-I-T-Y?

Comprehensive Youth Development partners with NYC public high schools to prepare young people to succeed in higher education and employment by providing free on-site college and career advising, social and academic support services, career exposure, and workplace skills instruction. All proceeds from the Spelling Bee for Grownups go directly toward services for more than 3,000 underserved young people.

Join the Bee Hive on May 21 for: Fun & Competition; Student Spelling Bee; Adult Spelling Bee (optional); Buffet Dinner and Open Bar; Signature Marga-Bee -Ta Cocktail

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QUEEN BEE sponsorship includes:

– Two premium tables (16 people) and two teams
– Sponsorship of the student Spelling Bee championship
– Verbal recognition in the Executive Director’s remarks
– Preferred logo/name listing on the event website
– Logo/name in print and digital materials
– Feature in the event press release

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BEE KEEPER sponsorship includes:

– Two tables (16 people) and two teams
– Sponsorship of a table of teachers from our partner high schools
– Verbal recognition in the Executive Director’s remarks
– Logo/name listing on the event website
– Logo/name in print and digital materials

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The BEE’S KNEES sponsorship includes:

– Two tables (16 people) and two teams
– Sponsorship of a table of students from our partner high schools
– Verbal recognition in the speaking program
– Logo/name listing on the event website
– Logo/name in print and digital materials

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HONEY BEE sponsorship includes:

– One table (8 people) and one teams.
– Logo/name in print and digital materials

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BEE-LIEVER sponsorship includes:

– Half a table (4 people), and participation on a team

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INDIVIDUAL TICKETS:

– Bring friends and we’ll seat you together or come by yourself and we’ll seat you at a great table. Your table picks your 3-member team.

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Your table picks 3 people to compete. If they win, everyone at your table goes home with a trophy.

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Absolutely! We’ll seat you at a great table and you can help select your team members.

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Join the club! But that doesn’t stop anyone from trying. That’s what makes this event so much fun. We even have a trophy for Most Creative Speller. The whole point is to have a good time while helping CYD students graduate prepared for life after high school.

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Bragging rights and a coveted Bee Trophy, suitable for a place of honor on your desk, mantel, or in the guest bathroom.

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Thank you! You can make a contribution by clicking here and scrolling down to the “Donation” section.

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It’s fun, it’s lively! A delicious buffet and frosty cocktails. It’s a wonderful way to introduce friends and colleagues to CYD. And best of all, your contribution ensures that CYD students get the support they need to graduate and succeed in higher education, training, and employment.

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Make a bee-line for the buffet, the marga-bee-tas, and the
competitive butchering of the English language!

Donate to the Bee

Click Here button - links to registration page

Want further information?
Contact Megan Campbell, Director of Development: megancampbell@cydnyc.org

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Join Our Sponsors:

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