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title: "Be a 2024 College Scholarship Sponsor"
date: 2023-12-13
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# Be a 2024 College Scholarship Sponsor

**Benefits to Your Business:**

- Connect with new customers
- Increase your brand awareness on multiple media platforms
- Receive repeated exposure in print, digital and social media throughout 16 week promotion
- Demonstrate the value of giving back to area families and youth

**How It Works:**

- **Your sponsor status noted with your company name and logo in all scholarship announcements and promotion including:**  
    Print and Digital Ads, E-news (8000+ subscribers),  
    Social Media Posts and Videos on five platforms,  
    Scholarship Flyers, Scholarship Application Form,  
    published scholarship Finalist and Winning Essays in print and online
- **Half Page Ad or Editorial Content About Your Business in print and digital issue of *Birmingham Christian Family* magazine.** Choose to run this in February Scholarship Kick Off issues or the May issue featuring Scholarship Winner and Finalist Recognition.
- **Video with your company encouraging high school seniors to participate.** We will produce the video and share through social media.
- **Limited to Five Sponsors**
- **Investment: $2,000**

[Click here to read scholarship recipient testimonials. ](https://birminghamchristian.com/2023-scholarship-winners-make-a-difference/)

**Scholarship 2024 Timeline:**

• **Applications Open** January 2024 for high school seniors in the five county Birmingham area to apply for a scholarship that can be used at any college or university.  
Application form includes a short essay asking students  
“How has your Christian faith impacted your decision making in your high school career?”  
**Scholarship Application Deadline** Friday, March 15, 2024.  
• During the period of open applications, BCF shares this opportunity with our readers/followers through our print/digital issues, social media, e-subscription base, radio commercials and media coverage. E-blasts and flyers are also shared with area school leadership. **Sponsors will be recognized throughout this 8 week promotion.**  
• A panel of independent judges will pick the Top 5 essays from which readers will pick 1 Winner and 2 Runner Ups.  
• Announce Top 5 Finalists on [Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/birminghamchristianfamily) and [Instagram](http://www.instagram.com/cfpbirmingham) Wednesday April, 3, 2024. Essays are posted on BirminghamChristian.com and a link to essays is shared and promoted through social posts. Each Finalist social post will include link to their essay and a thank you tag to our sponsors. Each essay posted on BirminghamChristian.com will include a **thank you live link to our sponsors’ websites.** Based on previous years, more than 60,000 people are expected to engage in the scholarship promotion on Facebook and Instagram!  
• Vote for Top 5 Finalists, April 4 through April 10, 2024 on [Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/birminghamchristianfamily) and [Instagram](http://www.instagram.com/cfpbirmingham). To Vote for a Finalist, readers must like and share the post.  
• Winners Announced on [Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/birminghamchristianfamily) and [Instagram](http://www.instagram.com/cfpbirmingham) April 12, 2024. **Announcement made from sponsor location with thank you to all sponsors.**  
• Winner Essay and excerpts from Runner Up Essays published in the May 2024 print and digital issue of BCF with **sponsors recognized and thanked.** This content will also be shared through our social media  
• At least three scholarships will be awarded: $2,000 to Winner, $500 to top two Runner Ups.