Thursday, June 4, 2015

Peace Through Business, Help with Buses

Dear friends,

I have been volunteering with an organization that is working on a great cause: educating women and putting them to work.  Many women graduated from Afghanistan and Rwanda and we are ready to welcome them in the United States for their graduating ceremony. 

To make this happen, we need the following:

Recently, we reached out to our Dallas women in hopes that we could find someone with a connection to a transportation company who might be willing to help us with buses this July with an in-kind donation of driver and services, or significantly reduced costs.   We have been unsuccessful.
Since we have streamlined our Program this year, our transportation needs in Dallas are far less than in the past. However, we still need a motor coach style bus that would accommodate 30 people (23 PEACE THROUGH BUSINESS® students and IEEW staff-- plus luggage).  We'll be making round trips to DFW International Airport both July 7 and 18, and one additional round trip on July 17 to the Graduation at the George W. Bush Presidential Center.  We have secured 3 estimates and have determined the total cost would be $1632.57 or broken down in days it would look like this:
  • Day 1:   $597.41
  • Day 2:   $651.48
  • Day 3:   $383.68
        TOTAL:  $1632.57

As a 501(c)3 charity, we are completely dependent on the support of sponsors. This is a critical issue for us, and as you know we operate on a shoestring budget.  We've put together a sponsorship package for this specific donation
Donations in these increments would receive the following as a thank you from PEACE THROUGH BUSINESS®:

  • $1632.57 =   10 Tickets to the International Women's Economic Summit and                           Graduation  +  Company logo placed in our conference book.
  • $1000      =   8 Tickets to the International Women's Economic Summit and                             Graduation  +  Company logo placed in our conference book
  • $500        =   4 Tickets to the International Women's Economic Summit and                             Graduation  +  Company logo placed in our conference book 
  •  $250      =   2 Tickets to the International Women's Economic Summit and                                Graduation  +  Company logo placed in our conference book
  • $100        =   Company logo placed in our conference book

And if you haven't heard already, Presidential Candidate Carly Fiorina will be our Keynote speaker at the Graduation!  We appreciate your time and if you are considering a donation please let us know by June 12

The IEEW team looks forward to your positive response,

The Institute of Economic Empowerment for Women
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73112
If you would like to help, please contact  
Karen Berkheimer


kberkheimer@ieew.org 



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