Magellan
Youth Leaders Inspiring Future Empowerment (MY LIFE) needs your help and
support for MY FEST '14 being held on Saturday, September 27, 2014 at Rose Tree
Park in Media, PA. MY LIFE and MY FEST are supported by Magellan Behavioral
Health of Pennsylvania, Inc., Bucks County Behavioral Health, Delaware County
Office of Behavioral Health, Lehigh County HealthChoices, Montgomery County
Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Northampton
County HealthChoices, and a variety of youth service organizations.
MY LIFE
youth groups were established in Bucks, Delaware, Lehigh, Montgomery, and
Northampton Counties in early 2011. MY LIFE is an empowering leadership group
for youth ages 13 to 23 who have experience with mental health, substance
abuse, foster care or juvenile justice issues; and who want to use their
experience to help improve the systems that serve youth. The MY LIFE groups
hold an annual community event, MY FEST, to raise awareness and reduce stigma
about mental health, substance abuse, and foster care issues facing youth and
young adults. MY FEST Pennsylvania featured live music, performances,
art, games, and a variety of youth and family-based organizations offering
resources and services for youth and families. To date, four events have been
held in Pennsylvania with over 1900 youth and families attending.
Once again,
the MY LIFE groups are coming together to host MY FEST '14. It promises to be
an amazing event - but MY LIFE cannot do it alone. We need your help to make it
happen! Your support and sponsorship will ensure that more of Pennsylvania's
youth and families become educated about and have access to vital information
and resources related to mental health, substance abuse, and foster
care-related issues.
With your
support, MY FEST '14 will provide Pennsylvania's youth and families the
opportunity to learn about community resources and enjoy a fun-filled day in
the sun. Your support will be tax deductible as Child and Family Focus, a
non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, remains our partner and fiscal agent for the
event. We are in need of sponsorship funds to help cover cost for the venue,
tables and tents, food, raffle/door prizes, supplies, and promotional materials
(flyers). If funding donations are not a good option for you, we would love to
talk with you about how you would like to support our youth-run event.
Thank you in
advance for your time and consideration of this sponsorship request. Please
don't hesitate to contact MY FEST co-coordinator, Tara Karbiner, at (215)
504-3973 or TAkarbiner@MagellanHealth.com
for additional information.
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