DTC Scholarship Banquet

2026 Theme: A Brighter Future: Your Charge to Keep
Scriptures—Philippians 3:14 and Isaiah 43:19

The Delores T. Cooper (DTC) Scholarship Banquet Committee is set and ready to go with our Eighteenth Annual DTC Scholarship Banquet on Friday, June 19, 2026, at 6:00 PM. This year’s “Black Tie Gala” will be held at the Tysons Corner Marriott, 8028 Leesburg Pike, Tysons Corner, VA 22182. The event will feature a keynote address by Bishop Michelle Campbell Thomas, President of Loudoun County Branch of the NAACP, Leesburg, VA, along with a silent auction, raffle, and live entertainment.

Banquet Tickets:
– Adults: $125/each
– Students (college undergraduates and below): $75/each
– Ages 6 and under: free

Raffle Tickets: $10 each

Patrons: $10 each

Ads:
– Business Card: $50
– Quarter Page: $75
– Half Page: $100
– Full Page: $200

Sponsor:
– Silver—includes full-page ad in the souvenir booklet and two (2) tickets to the event: $500
– Gold—includes cover ad in the souvenir booklet—inside front or back, or outside back, and two (2) tickets to the event: $1000
– Table – includes Eight (8) Tickets to the Event and Reserved Seating: $1000

Purchase and payment options:

Mail Payment:
First Baptist Church of Merrifield
P. O. Box 3552
Merrifield, VA 22116

Please include “DTC Scholarship” on the Memo Line of your check.

Online giving:
– Click on “Online Giving” which takes you to the FBCM online payment section.
– Click on the “Tithe” dropdown arrow; this will open the DTC options;
– Make your selection(s) and your payment.

In-person:
At FBCM

Ads/sponsor/patron/auction items submission deadline: Sunday, May 24, 2026.

Banquet ticket purchase deadline: Sunday, June 14, 2026.

Tithes and offerings may also be mailed to:
PO Box 3552
Merrifield, VA 22116

As always, thank you for your support, and remember this effort is for the youth at FBCM and the surrounding community.