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Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Dear Future Patron

Dear Future Patron,
On behalf of the School Bus Training Team Inc. I would like to ask your company for a donation to help with the financing for building our training bus. But first, I would like to explain to you our team and the benefits it will bring. Our team consists of representatives from many school districts and emergency personnel services in Central New York. The training bus will be used as a hands-on educational tool for bus drivers, students, emergency personnel, parents and the community. The bus will provide the awareness and enhancement for school bus evacuations, emergency rescue and mass casualty drills.
In order to accomplish this task we need the funds to modify a full size school bus. By modifying, we have cut the bus in half and positioned the back end of the bus on its side, making it stationary, which will give the affect of a bus on its side (a possible case in many bus accidents). This will allow all emergency exits to be used. There will be safety rails and stairs installed as well. Through our research, we have found other safety buses that were built similar to our future bus. We would like to use some of their ideas to enhance our bus. We have not found a safety/training bus that focuses on all students including those with special needs, in order for us to emphasize the safety of all students. Hopefully we accomplish this by adding other features such as car seats, safety restraints and a wheelchair lift.
School bus training has proven to make a difference. In fact, in 1977 school bus drivers were required to take a basic training course. Since that, time there has been a 59% decrease in student fatalities per year. I am sure with more training and a tool like our training bus; we can decrease that percentage even more. I also feel our training bus would not only benefit all of Central New York but other regions and States could model programs after ours starts.
In return for sponsorship, our committee has developed three levels along with the following benefits:
Level One Patronage: $1,000 and up
Your name/business will be:
Placed on the side of the training bus in vinyl lettering
Appearing on the back of our training bus T-shirts
Published in our training booklets (for training staff)
Published in educational booklets (for students and public)
Level Two Patronage: $500 and up
Your name/business will be:
Appearing on the back of our training T-shirts
Published in our training booklets (for training staff)
Published in educational booklets (for students and public)
Level Three Patronage: $100 and up
Your name/business will be:
Published in our training booklets (for training staff)
Published in educational booklets (for students and public)
I look forward to hearing that you will participate with our committee in this worthwhile project. If you have, any questions please feel free to contact me. Checks may be made payable to School Bus Training Team Inc.
Sincerely,
Mary Kimball
President of the School Bus Training Team

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