UNCF Birmingham MASKED Ball takes place March 8th at the Sheraton Birmingham Hotel Ballroom
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Get your masks ready! Birmingham’s leading black-tie fundraiser, the UNCF Birmingham MASKED Ball, presented by Waldrep, Stewart & Kendrick, LLC, will take place on Saturday, March 8, at the Sheraton Birmingham Hotel Ballroom. This highly-anticipated event is UNCF Birmingham’s signature fundraiser and one of the Magic City’s premier social occasions of the year.
“UNCF is built on the philosophy that ‘it takes a village to raise our children,’” said Walvid King, Area Development Director for UNCF Birmingham. “The 2014 masked ball fundraiser aims to continue that mission. Over the course of nearly seven decades, UNCF has raised more than $3.3 billion to help more than 400,000 students attend and graduate from college. We organize this event to give another young person the opportunity to sit where we’re now sitting.”
The 2014 UNCF Birmingham MASKED Ball will feature a mask auction and presentation, reception, parade of stars, elegant dining, music, and a star-studded feature performance by nationally renowned entertainment – artist will be announced at a later date.
The Annual UNCF Birmingham MASKED Ball is one of the Magic City’s premier social occasions and leading black-tie fundraisers of the year. Sherry Lewis, Vice-President of the Birmingham Water Works Board, will serve as the chairperson of this 2014 event. Mayor William A. Bell Sr. is an honorary chair.
UNCF leadership has set a 2014 event fundraising goal of $600,000. Proceeds from the highly-anticipated event will allow UNCF to extend thousands of dollars in support of students from the state of Alabama, thus helping them to pursue and attain a college education. More than 1,300 were in attendance at the 2013 installment.
Alabama Power serves as title sponsor for the event.
For sponsorship, individual ticket inquiries, please contact the UNCF Birmingham Office at 205.322.8623 or emailwalvid.king@uncf.org. You can also visit online at give.uncf.org/Birmingham. (Note: Ticket purchases are tax deductible.)
UNCF—the United Negro College Fund—is the nation’s oldest and most successful minority education assistance organization. Its mission is to increase minority degree attainment by providing financial support to its 38 member institutions, reducing financial barriers to college and serving as a national advocate for minority education. UNCF institutions and other Historically Black Colleges and Universities are highly effective, awarding 18 percent of African American baccalaureate degrees. UNCF administers more than 400 programs, including scholarship, internship and fellowship, mentoring, summer enrichment, and curriculum and faculty development programs. Today, UNCF supports more than 60,000 students at over 900 colleges and universities across the country.
