Tribute Dinner

City Year Annual Dinners convene prominent business and community leaders to celebrate the power of young people to make a positive change and help inspire others to do the same. Presenting Sponsorship of these high-energy, high-profile events provides a powerful and visible opportunity to demonstrate your organization’s community investment and to build profile in strategic markets.

ABOUT CITY YEAR GREATER PHILADELPHIA ANNUAL DINNER

City Year Greater Philadelphia’s Lifetime of Idealism Award Dinner will honor Joe Banner, President & COO of the Philadelphia Eagles. The event will bring together major local and national leaders and City Year champions for an engaging evening of inspiration and celebration. In 2000, City Year Greater Philadelphia held its inaugural Tribute Dinner which hosted over 1,200 people to honor Warren V. “Pete” Musser. Since then, the Tribute Dinner has engaged over 3,500 citizen supporters, business and community leaders. Honorees from previous years have included Senator Harris Wofford, David L. Cohen, Executive Vice President of Comcast and Bill MCDermott, Global President & CEO of SAP Americas & Asia Pacific Japan.

2009 LIFETIME OF IDEALISM HONOREE

Long known as one of the NFL's top executives, Joe Banner has played an integral role in transforming the Eagles into one of the most successful and progressive organizations in professional sports, both on and off the field. While football is a huge focus in his life, Banner also devotes a lot of time and energy to community service and is active in non-profit groups. He is the co-chair of the Philadelphia City Year Board and a member of City Year's national Board of Trustees, chairing its National Leadership Committee. Of City Year, Banner says: "City Year is extremely important to me because I believe we live in a community and we each have an obligation to try to make our communities better places. For me, City Year epitomizes the values and beliefs by which I have tried to live my life."

For more information about sponsorship opportunities and tickets, contact Dana Martin at 267-386-7036 or dmartin@cityyear.org.