Dear Sir or Madam,
The TERRA Environmental Research Institute HOSA Team is currently seeking your support so it can enter another
successful year of competing and learning about health careers through the HOSA Leadership Conferences. The purpose of the
HOSA organization is to develop leadership and technical HOSA skill competencies through a program of motivation, awareness
and recognition, which is an integral part of the Health Science Education instructional program. In addition, it lets students exercise
knowledge they gain in their school classes for real world applications, gives them experience working one‐on‐one with other health
students and professionals to solve scenarios, and teaches them good business and communication skills that are essential to a
successful healthcare career.
HOSA Students at TERRA achieve this through much dedication and studying on their own time. They meet and prepare
for their competitions in many areas including Medical Math, Terminology, Biotechnology, Clinical Nursing and CPR/First Aid. They
use their personal time to study and prepare for these competitions. They seek out advice and assistance from local professionals
that are willing to teach and engage in the active learning process of these students.
Our HOSA team is based at TERRA Environmental Research Institute in Miami as a competitive club in the Biomedical
Academy. We entered HOSA in 2010, we assembled a group of forty students to compete in various areas. We were new and
oblivious to the wonderful experience that this would be. Of the 40 students in the club, much to our surprise, we had students
place in the top three places in the region who went on to represent the region at the State level in Jacksonville, FL. From those
students many went on to represent the State of Florida in the National Competition in Orlando, FL in the areas of Biotechnology,
Epidemiology and Health Lifestyle. In the last two years we have grown even more successful and last year we had 50 students
attend the state competition, the largest school group to represent the South Florida region. Our club this year has reached an alltime high of 150 members. The cost for providing these students the support, books and supplies they need to continue to be
successful has skyrocketed.
In the past we have managed with minimal parental and teacher support and were able to succeed. Our goal this year is to have even
more representation and the State Competition in Orlando, Florida and at the National competition in Anaheim, California. We are
asking for your support in whatever form you can give. We will gratefully accept any monetary donations that you are able to give us.
The cost of just half of the students being able to participate in the State Competition is $30.000. That is $400 per student to cover
the cost of the registration, hotel and food for the 3 day competition. The amount to cover the National Competition is even higher.
This amount does not even include the cost of books and materials which is over $10,000 per year for all the students in the club.
Just think about what would happen to the modern world if suddenly no one else was interested in becoming a nurse or doctor. Despite
the large price tag, HOSA gives back by educating young students about healthcare and medicine and inspiring them to put their skills
to use in the real world. Having more students in the HOSA program equates to there being more students who will enjoy studying
nursing, medicine and allied health, as well as more students who will just go to college. In addition to enhancing our HOSA experience,
our students are currently involved in various projects such as America’s Tooth Fairy – a dental hygiene education program in
cooperation with Walmart as well as participating in many healthcare internships at FIU, UM and various healthcare facilities. Please
support us to help ensure the existence of future health professionals while giving young people the opportunity to explore a whole
new world.
Sincerely,
Carmen Brodermann
Biomedical Academy teacher
TERRA HOSA team Advisor
TERRA Environmental Research Institute
TERRA HOSA Team
2014 Sponsorship Program
If you would like to sponsor TERRA for the 2014 competition season by making a
TAX DEDUCTABLE donation, please fill out this form.
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What can you do? (Check all that apply)
My company can…
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make a monetary donation of $____________ to the team.
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buy books and materials as requested by the team totaling $_______ in value.
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provide food or other services to the team. Other services:_____________________
Our team will compensate your donation by putting your logo and/or company name on
one or more of our advertising mediums. The levels for this are listed below. To
determine which level you fall into, we will add your monetary donation with an
estimated value of your material donations.
1: Bronze Sponsors: $100 - 499: Your company’s name will be placed in our
newsletters and in our team website which are both presented at the State and National level.
2: Silver Sponsors: $500 - 1999: Your company’s logo will be placed on our banner
that is displayed at the competitions as well as in our newsletters.
3. Gold Sponsors: $2000 - 9999: Your company’s logo will be placed on our t- shirts as
well as on our banner and in our newsletters.
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4. Platinum Sponsors: >$10000 - $30000: Your company’s logo will be placed on our banner, t- shirts, and
newsletters. You will also receive two free 2014 TERRA HOSA t- shirts.
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The HOSA events are a great place to advertise! Not only are they filled
with healthcare professionals, they also attract a large audience of future health professionals
looking for careers and company representatives that might notice your logo. If you
support us, we will make sure that your name gets out there.
Make all checks payable to “TERRA Environmental Research Institute”, memo: “TERRA HOSA”.
Business Name
Authorized Representative
Address and Zip Code
Phone Number and E Mail Address
Do you want to receive updates via e mail about our team’s progress? ☐ Yes☐No
☐ _____________________________ gives TERRA HOSA Team permission to display
its name and logo publicly and to convert its logo to one color for use on t shirts if
necessary. Please email your logo to cbrodermann@dadeschools.net
Send checks, along with this completed donation form, to:
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TERRA Environmental Research Institute
11005 S.W. 84th Street,
Miami, Florida 33173
Any Monetary donation must include the following statement on an accompanied letter: “To be used
exclusively for the TERRA HOSA team, books, materials, transportation, foods, or anything related to the
activity of the TERRA HOSA Club.