Ben Folds is widely regarded as one of the major music influencers of our generation. He's created an enormous body of music that includes pop albums with five, multiple solo albums, and numerous collaborative records.
For over a decade he's performed with some of the world's greatest symphony orchestras, and currently serves as the first-ever Artistic Advisor to the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center.
Ben released his first book - a collection of interrelated essays, anecdotes and lessons about art, life, and music - in 2019, which debuted as a New York Times Best Seller, he hosted a podcast series spinoff of his book entitled “Lightning Bugs: Conversations with Ben Folds.”
In addition to solo rock and orchestral touring, he's also developing a new unscripted tv series with Fred Rogers Productions, continues to appear in various film/tv guest starring roles, and is working on two new albums.
An outspoken champion for arts education and music therapy funding in our nation's public schools, Ben has served for over five years as an active member of the distinguished Artist Committee of Americans For The Arts (AFTA), and serves on the Board of AFTA's Arts Action Fund.
The Foundation Fighting Blindness was established in 1971 by a passionate group of individuals driven to find treatments and cures for blinding retinal diseases that were affecting themselves or loved ones.
At the time, very little was known about these devastating retinal degenerative diseases that lead to blindness.
The Foundation’s goal was clear: To drive the research that would lead to preventions, treatments and vision restoration for the degenerative retinal diseases –including macular degeneration, retinitis pigmentosa, and Usher syndrome – that together affect more than 10 million Americans and millions more throughout the world.
Today, the Foundation is the world’s leading private source for inherited retinal disease research funding. During its now 50-year history, the Foundation has raised over $856 million in support of its effort to reverse blindness and restore vision.
Will you join me? I’m saving you a seat at the table to cure blindness.
If you knew that a dollar given today could help end blindness tomorrow, would you give?
Because of generous funders and the research supported by the Foundation, for the first time in human history vision loss is being treated and even cured.
We now know that beating many inherited retinal diseases is only a matter of time and money. It’s no longer an issue of the science.
The Foundation is at a very exciting juncture in the advancement of sight-saving and restoring therapies with more than 40 clinical trials underway.
Many of these studies were made possible by funding from the Foundation Fighting Blindness.
We request your support! When you give, you help us get one step closer to no more parents being told their children will become blind.
No more young adults being told they will go blind, and no more seniors being told their final years will be in the dark.
Best of all we have created a unique way to give while enjoying friends, good food, and great music— Sound of Sight, Live Concert Series.
Our first event will be held this fall in Nashville on October 8th, 2022.
We are thrilled to announce that singer-songwriter-pianist, Ben Folds will be our first headliner and help us kick off our music series.
I respectfully request that you join us in this fight against vision loss by becoming an important partner. Please secure your spot at this one-of-a-kind event today!
Enclosed is an overview of the many ways that you can participate. And if you can’t attend you can still give! Feel free to email me with questions. Thank you so much your consideration of this invitation to be a part of the inaugural Sounds of Sight Live Concert Series event.
I can’t wait to sing a song or two with you!
PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
BACK STAGE PARTNER $25,000
Includes premium seating at a table of eight, back-stage passes to meet Ben Folds, eight branded blankets, eight branded bottles of wine, a live link featured on event home page, logo prominently featured on event materials and brand name included within press release, prominent recognition through event remarks
FRONT ROW PARTNER $10,000
Includes premium seating at a table of eight, eight branded blankets, eight branded bottles of wine, a live link featured on event home page, logo prominently featured on event materials and brand name included within press release, prominent recognition through event remarks
HEADLINER PARTNER $5,000
Includes premium seating at a table for eight, eight branded blankets, eight branded bottles of wine, logo featured on event materials and name within press release, special recognition through event remarks
OPENING ACT $2,500
Includes premium seating for four, four branded blankets, four branded bottles of wine, logo featured on event materials and name within press release, special recognition through event remarks
Sponsorships are sold at a first come, first serve basis. Sponsorships must be pledged by October 1, 2022
TO PAY BY CREDIT CARD PLEASE VISIT: Give.FightingBlindness.org/SoundOfSight
For additional information, please contact Cassandra Fridovich at (571) 426-0036 or CFridovich@FightingBlindness.org
Your contribution, less benefit received of $0 per ticket, is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. A copy of the Foundation’s most recent annual report may be obtained by writing to the Foundation Fighting Blindness, Inc., 6925 Oakland Mills Road #701, Columbia, MD 21405 or by calling (800) 683-5555. Federal tax id 23-7135845. event code 540048
