The 4th Annual Great Grown-Up Spelling Bee is Buzzing with Opportunities

Posted on Jun 30, 2013 in NEWSWORTHY
Manish Asthana and Heather and Trey Reichert are returning champs from the 2012 Great Grown-Up Spelling Bee, the Spelling Stones.  The Spelling Stones issue the 2013 challenge: “Bee there or bee square.”

Manish Asthana and Heather and Trey Reichert are returning champs from the 2012 Great Grown-Up Spelling Bee, the Spelling Stones.  The Spelling Stones issue the 2013 challenge: “Bee there or bee square.”

Have you heard the newzzzz?! The bees are buzzing around Fort Bend County as the Literacy Council’s 4th Annual Great Grown-Up Spelling Bee is quickly approaching! The Grown-Up Spelling Bee, presented by CenterPoint Energy, is a corporate-style dinner that will take place on Thursday, September 12th from 6:30 to 8:30 pm at the University of Houston-Sugar Land.

Watch your neighbors, co-workers and friends compete against one another to win a coveted spot in the “Honey Hall of Fame.”  Enter a team of three adults for $500 to compete and earn the b-r-a-g-g-a-d-o-c-i-o rights as the “Best Grown-Up Spellers in the County.”

Sponsorship and underwriting opportunities are available for this event, and they range in price from $100 to $5,000.  Underwriting opportunities are available at the $1,200 and $2,500 level. Underwriters receive a discounted team fee. In addition to regular sponsorships, smaller sponsorships are available, such as “Bee a Word Sponsor” for $200. At the $200 level, the sponsor will have a spelling word that is related to their business called during the Bee as one of the spelling words. For $100, a sponsor can be a letter in the “A-Bee-C’s for Literacy” or “Friends of Literacy” alphabet sponsorship opportunity. Sponsors have the chance to claim the first letter of their business name, last name, children’s name, etc. and have that letter represent their business or their family. The “Literacy Alphabets” will be displayed at the event and on the website.  If you have never donated to the Literacy Council, now is your chance! There are other various opportunities to sponsor this event, and all proceeds benefit the life changing programs of the Literacy Council.

The returning “Bee” emcee will be Nancy Olson, joined by judges Mayor Evalyn Moore and Mayor Vincent Morales Jr.

Will you “Bee” there or “Bee” square? Tickets are $40 if purchased pre-event and $45 if purchased at the door. For more information, visit grownupbee.com or contact the Literacy Council at 281.240.8181. We hope to see you at the Bee on Thursday, September 12th!