The Benefit Dinner provides you with an opportunity to not only help bridge the financial gap that many students face with rising tuition costs, but also to hear one of the nation’s leading personalities. Last year alone, students received more than $1.3 million in scholarships through this event.
Join us December 3rd as the 46th Annual Advisory Board Benefit Dinner welcomes George W. Bush, the 43rd President of the United States and founder of the George W. Bush Foundation.
| Level | | Dinner Tickets | | Seat Location | | Photo Pass |
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| Silver: $600 - $1,199 | | 2 | | 2 Priority Balcony | | N/A |
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| Gold: $1,200 - $2,999 | | 4 | | Main Floor | | N/A |
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| Diamond: $3,000 - $4,999 | | 4 | | Main Floor | | 2 people* |
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| Crystal: $5,000 - $9,999 | | 8 | | 4 Main Floor | | 2 people* |
| | | | | 4 Balcony | | |
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| Platinum: $10,000 - $19,999 | | 10 | | 6 Main Floor | | 2 people |
| | | | | 4 Balcony | | |
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Corporate: $20,000-$49,999 | | 10 | | 6 Main Floor | | 6 people |
| | | | | 4 Balcony | | |
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Underwriter: $50,000-$99,999 | | 20 | | 6 Main Floor | | 6 people |
| | | | | 14 Balcony | | |
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Naming Sponsor: $100,000+ | | 20 | | 6 Main Floor | | 6 people |
| | | | | 14 Balcony | | |
*Diamond and Crystal sponsorships include one photo pass with a limit of two people in the picture with President Bush.
For information about other sponsorship opportunities, please contact bwilliams@fhu.edu or dclouse@fhu.edu
Previous Benefit Dinner Speakers
2009 | | Mike Huckabee | | 1986 | | Arkady Shevchenko |
2008 | | Tim Conway | | 1985 | | Gerald Ford |
2007 | | Tom Brokaw
| | 1984 | | Howard K. Smith |
| 2006 | | Cal Ripken, Jr. | | 1983 | | Paul B. Faulkner |
| 2005 | | Barbara Bush | | 1982 | | Zig Ziglar |
| 2004 | | Walter Cronkite | | 1981 | | James A. Lovell |
| 2003 | | Bill Frist | | 1980 | | Art Linkletter |
| 2002 | | Regis Philbin | | 1979 | | Paul Harvey |
| 2001 | | Norman Schwarzkopf | | 1978 | | Willard Collins |
| 2000 | | George Bush | | 1977 | | Ira North |
| 1999 | | James Earl Jones | | 1976 | | Thomas B. Warren |
| 1998 | | Elizabeth Dole | | 1975 | | Don Gardner |
| 1997 | | Fred Thompson | | 1974 | | Clifton Ganus |
| 1996 | | Sam Donelson | | 1973 | | George Benson |
| 1995 | | Archie Manning | | 1972 | | George Bailey |
| 1994 | | Tom Landry | | 1971 | | Abe Plough |
| 1993 | | Mary Lou Retton | | 1970 | | Chester H. Lauch |
1992 | | Merlin Olsen | | 1969 | | James O. Baird |
| 1991 | | Willard Scott | | 1968 | | Ira North |
| 1990 | | Gene Stallings | | 1967 | | Jimmy Allen |
| 1989 | | Jerry Clower | | 1966 | | V.P. Black |
| 1988 | | Edwin Newman | | 1965 | | Jim Bill McInteer |
| 1987 | | Paul Harvey, Jr. | | | | |
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