Dear Beloved Community,
RYSE’s annual Be a Kid! Fundraiser is on April 25, 2025. Our theme this year is “Choose Your Frequency: Tuning Towards Possibility.” The event aims to honor and attune to the different speeds and styles we all need to build community together. Participants will experience different zones around campus with activities reflecting various levels of interaction, energy, and noise united by a vision for creating the conditions our young people deserve.
Be a Kid! is the one night a year where we invite 21+ adult allies ONLY onto RYSE campus to celebrate and enjoy what it’s like to be a kid. This event engages our adult community to raise and sustain RYSE’s Youth Emergency Fund! We hope that you’ll join the festivities and celebrate youth power and care.
We are very grateful to our local businesses and partners who choose to sponsor this community event. Sponsors help ensure that RYSE can raise the most funds possible for our Youth Emergency Fund. We look forward to featuring our sponsors as partners in bringing our community together to Tune Toward Possibility in service to our next generation.
There’s also an opportunity for your organization to donate in-kind to our silent auction table, a featured component of Be a Kid! Additionally, we are inviting sponsors to make an additional donation of $500 to provide 5 discounted event tickets to educators and community service workers. You can access our full sponsorship packet here. Thank you for your consideration, and we look forward to seeing you at Be a Kid!
Kimberly Aceves-Iñiguez
Co-Founder & Executive Director
How to Become a Sponsor in 4 Easy Steps
1. Determine your sponsorship amount
Take this sponsorship packet to your team and assess the best amount to contribute to RYSE. Donations are tax-deductible.
2. Consider giving an extra $500 to sponsor 5 event tickets
We’re inviting sponsors to increase your donation by $500 to help us provide 5 discounted tickets to WCCUSD teachers, RYSE Alumni (ages 21+), and community health and front line workers. Please indicate that your donation includes this add-on!
3. Submit payment to our online sponsorship portal (click here)
We are accepting online payments with Google Pay, Card, and ACH. NOTE: There is a small percentage processing fee that you can cover with your donation. If you’d like to donate by check, please print, fill out and mail in this form (click here). Donations are tax-deductible.
4. You’re DONE!
Our Donor Events and Culture Strategist, Erin, will be in touch with more information to track your sponsor benefits and to keep you in the loop in preparation for the Be a Kid! fundraiser event.
Check out this video recap of last year at Be a Kid! Video by Town Futurist Media.