March 4, 2015 Arcadian Court, Toronto
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March 4, 2015 Arcadian Court, Toronto
Presented by: www.scrabblenightincanada.ca March 4, 2015 Arcadian Court, Toronto In support of Frontier College Canada’s original literacy organization since 1899. About the SCRABBLE® Corporate Challenge in support of Frontier College Frontier College’s SCRABBLE® Corporate Challenge, presented by TMX Group, is Frontier College’s preeminent fundraising event. The 11th annual event takes place in Toronto on: Wednesday, March 4, 2015 5:00 – 9:00 p.m. Arcadian Court It is a fun-filled evening that sees Bay Street law firms, investment firms, financial institutions and blue chip corporations play SCRABBLE® and compete against each other for the coveted TMX Cup, while raising funds for Frontier College, Canada’s original literacy organization. A tournament based on a word game is the perfect event to bring awareness to low literacy rates in Canada. Since 2005, the SCRABBLE® Corporate Challenge has raised over $2.5 million for Frontier College. These important funds help to train volunteers to deliver vital literacy and learning support to disadvantaged children, youth and adults in locations such as aboriginal communities, women’s shelters, inner-city schools, farms and community housing. For more information visit www.frontiercollege.ca From lawyers to bankers, over 350 people get on board to become the top wordsmith and help support literacy. Teams consist of four players and four guests and cost $6,000 each. Each player plays SCRABBLE®, competing against three competitors. There are four ways to win: 1. The team with the highest score wins the TMX Cup and the opportunity to open the TSX Market! 2. The team with the highest score in their business conference wins their conference title. 3. The three individual players with the highest scores win the Three Stars Award. 4. NEW! Battle of the Champions Round. Win the ultimate title! At the event, players can increase their chances of winning by purchasing Helpful Assists. There are different types of Helpful Assists available, including word lists and Canada’s top SCRABBLE® players, known as ringers, who will come to your table, look at your letters and help you come up with a seven letter word, a triple score or a word that will increase your score. Guests have the opportunity to meet and mingle with other senior level executives from competing corporations, cheer on their team, bid on fantastic silent auction items, enjoy canapés and cocktails, while taking in the competitive atmosphere. Team entry fees, sponsorships and donations helped to raise more than $365,000 for Frontier College’s literacy programs in 2014. This year we hope to increase participation and increase the amount of money raised to improve literacy for children, youth and adults across the country. Frontier College Literacy: Learning for Life. www.frontiercollege.ca www.scrabblenightincanada.ca Charitable Registration Number: 10740 8445 RR0001 Page 2 of 18 About Frontier College Frontier College was founded in 1899 on the belief that literacy is a fundamental right. For decades, our work was carried out by university students who signed on to live, work and teach alongside workers in isolated "frontier" settlements: rail gangs, lumber and mining camps and shipyards. Today, you’ll find us on inner-city streets and remote reserves, in schools and libraries, public housing sites, prisons, farms and shelters. We work with volunteers and community partners to give children, youth and adults across Canada the skills and confidence they need to reach their potential and contribute to society. According to the Canadian Council on Learning, 42% of adult Canadians do not possess the required level of literacy to cope with everyday tasks in contemporary society. That means millions of Canadians are at risk of poverty, poor health and high unemployment, all of which have been directly linked to low literacy. Frontier College plays a key role in helping people who are struggling to build their literacy and numeracy skills. Our programs reach over 29,000 learners annually, and are tailored to the needs of each student and each community we serve. Frontier College delivers literacy programs through a network of carefully selected, screened and trained volunteer literacy tutors who are placed in schools, community centres, reserves, prisons, shelters and libraries where they work with children, youth, and adults in one to one and small group settings. We train community-based organizations in how to run Reading Circles, Homework Clubs, and adult programming through capacity building workshops for staff and volunteers. Through these workshops, organizations with limited resources are able to provide professional development to their staff, gain access to valuable information, and strengthen the literacy program offerings in their communities. We run literacy summer camps for children, including those living in remote Aboriginal communities. These activities support literacy development and address the issue of summer learning loss. These programs are focused on low-income families in communities across Canada. Literacy and the Future: Minimum literacy requirements have evolved with globalization and new technology. Canadians have to be more skilled at reading, writing, counting and computing in order to compete for jobs and participate as informed citizens. Frontier College has been a leader in literacy for over 115 years, and our work has never been more important that it is in today’s knowledge-based economy. Frontier College Literacy: Learning for Life. www.frontiercollege.ca www.scrabblenightincanada.ca Charitable Registration Number: 10740 8445 RR0001 Page 3 of 18 Frontier College Literacy: Learning for Life. www.frontiercollege.ca www.scrabblenightincanada.ca Charitable Registration Number: 10740 8445 RR0001 Page 4 of 18 Frontier College Literacy: Learning for Life. www.frontiercollege.ca www.scrabblenightincanada.ca Charitable Registration Number: 10740 8445 RR0001 Page 5 of 18 Opportunities for Support Sponsorship of the SCRABBLE® Corporate Challenge promises a fun, smart evening of competition, celebration and relaxed glamour; as well as a lasting, visible association with an important and meaningful cause for all Canadians. Sponsors will enjoy visibility and direct brand association with this signature event and market to this influential audience from the marketing, legal, financial, technology, communications and business communities. Brand visibility within the SCRABBLE® Corporate Challenge is targeted and wide reaching. All benefits are negotiable and customizable to suit your objectives. We look forward to working with you and your company to connect with the diverse group of individuals. We believe in developing and sustaining strong partnerships with our supporters and aim to create a beneficial and fun result! SUMMARY OF SPONSORHIP OPPORTUNITIES *sponsorship includes one team of four players to compete in the Corporate Challenge. *RECEPTION & BAR SPONSOR $10,000 (includes one team of four players) *CONFERENCE SPONSOR (7) $8,000 (includes one team of four players) Banking & Financial Services SOLD OUT Capital Markets SOLD OUT Wealth Management SOLD OUT Information & Data Services Diversified & Accounting Legal Technology & Telecommunications SOLD OUT *LEARNER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD SPONSOR SOLD OUT SCRABBLE® TEAM ENTRY RED CARPET SPONSOR THREE STARS SPONSOR SCRABBLE® RACK SPONSOR SWAG BAG SPONSOR GOLDEN TILE SPONSOR (3) MEDIA SPONSOR – PRINT/TV/RADIO/ONLINE (unlimited) SILENT AUCTION SPONSOR (unlimited) $6,000 SOLD OUT $5,000 SOLD OUT SOLD OUT $2,500 In-Kind (includes one team of four players) Frontier College Literacy: Learning for Life. In-Kind www.frontiercollege.ca www.scrabblenightincanada.ca Charitable Registration Number: 10740 8445 RR0001 Page 6 of 18 RECEPTION & BAR SPONSOR $10,000 This is a terrific sponsorship opportunity for a company who wishes to have a presence at the event. As the “Every Word is a Winner” Reception & Bar Sponsor, you will provide an entertaining experience for over 350 business professionals at the event. There will be 2-3 feature bars at the event, serving beer, wine and our specialty martini the “SCRABBLE-TINI”. Sponsorship benefits include: Opportunity to sponsor the cocktail reception and bar for 350 business professionals and senior level executives at the event. Category exclusivity. Prominent branded signage at the bar and reception lounge area. Verbal recognition by the host at the event. Logo recognition on event signage, marketing materials and on www.scrabblenightincanada.ca with hyperlink to your web site. One team consisting of four players to compete in the Corporate Challenge. Four guests from company can attend the event as spectators. Opportunity to insert product, literature in gift bag. Promotion through our social media vehicles – Facebook and Twitter. Company name recognition in Frontier College’s annual report (online version). Logo recognition on sponsorship scroll at the event. Frontier College Literacy: Learning for Life. www.frontiercollege.ca www.scrabblenightincanada.ca Charitable Registration Number: 10740 8445 RR0001 Page 7 of 18 CONFERENCE SPONSOR $8,000 At the event, teams are placed into conferences based on their profession (i.e. Banking & Financial Services, Legal, Technology & Telecommunications). At the end of the SCRABBLE® competition, the team with the highest score wins the Conference Title Cup in their division and ultimately could win the TMX Cup. Sponsorship benefits include: Opportunity for company spokesperson to award Conference Cup to winners in front of more than 350 business professionals and senior level executives at the event. Company name on Conference Cup. Category exclusivity within chosen conference. Verbal recognition by the host at event. Logo recognition on event signage, marketing materials and on www.scrabblenightincanada.ca with hyperlink to your website. One team consisting of four players to compete in the Corporate Challenge. Four guests from company can attend the event as spectators. Opportunity to insert product, literature in gift bag. Promotion through our social media vehicles – Facebook and Twitter. Company name recognition in Frontier College’s annual report (online version). Logo recognition on sponsorship scroll at the event. Frontier College Literacy: Learning for Life. www.frontiercollege.ca www.scrabblenightincanada.ca Charitable Registration Number: 10740 8445 RR0001 Page 8 of 18 LEARNER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD SPONSOR SOLD OUT All funds raised at the SCRABBLE® Corporate Challenge support the work of Frontier College – Canada’s original literacy organization. At the event, a Frontier College student/learner will receive the Learner Achievement Award. This Frontier College student is someone who has demonstrated real commitment to learning, improving their literacy & numeracy skills and has a success story to share. The Learner Achievement Award Sponsor will present the award to the recipient on stage at the event. Sponsorship benefits include: Award named in honor of the sponsor (e.g. The “XYZ Company Learner Achievement Award”) Opportunity for company spokesperson to present the Learner Achievement Award in front of more than 350 business professionals and senior level executives at the event. Recognition as a devoted supporter of Frontier College and literacy. Verbal recognition and thank you by the host at the event. Logo recognition on event signage, marketing materials and on www.scrabblenightincanada.ca with hyperlink to your website. One team consisting of four players to compete in the Corporate Challenge. Four guests from company can attend the event as spectators. Opportunity to insert product, literature in gift bag. Promotion through our social media vehicles – Facebook and Twitter. Company name recognition in Frontier College’s annual report (online version). Logo recognition on sponsorship scroll at the event. Frontier College Literacy: Learning for Life. www.frontiercollege.ca www.scrabblenightincanada.ca Charitable Registration Number: 10740 8445 RR0001 Page 9 of 18 SCRABBLE® TEAM ENTRY $6,000 Join over 60 teams and enter a team of four to play SCRABBLE® and compete to win the TMX Cup at the Corporate Challenge. Sponsorship benefits include: Four company representatives play SCRABBLE® at the event. Recognition on event signage, marketing materials and www.scrabblenightincanada.ca with hyperlink to your website. Four guests from company can attend the event as spectators. Winning team can open the Toronto Stock Exchange and proudly display the TMX Cup at their office for one year. Logo recognition on sponsorship scroll at the event. Frontier College Literacy: Learning for Life. www.frontiercollege.ca www.scrabblenightincanada.ca Charitable Registration Number: 10740 8445 RR0001 Page 10 of 18 RED CARPET SPONSOR SOLD OUT To commemorate the 11th anniversary of the SCRABBLE® Corporate Challenge, we will roll out the red carpet to our guests upon arrival! Media will be invited to event and as the Red Carpet Sponsor, you will have valuable exposure with your logo on the media wall as the backdrop for the guests’ grand entrances. Sponsorship benefits include: Category exclusivity. Logo application on red carpet. Logo recognition on step and repeat sign at entrance. Verbal recognition by the host at the event. Logo recognition on event signage, marketing materials and on www.scrabblenightincanada.ca with hyperlink to your web site. 4 tickets for you, your employees and/or clients/suppliers to attend the event as spectators. Opportunity to insert product, literature in gift bag. Promotion through our social media vehicles – Facebook and Twitter. Company name recognition in Frontier College’s annual report (online version). Logo recognition on sponsorship scroll at the event. Frontier College Literacy: Learning for Life. www.frontiercollege.ca www.scrabblenightincanada.ca Charitable Registration Number: 10740 8445 RR0001 Page 11 of 18 THREE STARS AWARDS SPONSOR $5,000 This is the perfect sponsorship opportunity for a company that may not wish to enter a team, but would like to have a significant presence at the Corporate Challenge. The top three highest scoring individual SCRABBLE® players win the Three Stars awards in the name of the corporation who sponsors this aspect of the event. Sponsorship benefits include: Opportunity for company spokesperson to award the Three Stars awards to the winners in front of more than 350 business professionals and senior level executives. Company name on Three Stars awards. Category Exclusivity. Verbal recognition by the host at the event. Logo recognition on event signage, marketing materials and www.scrabblenightincanada.ca with hyperlink to your website. 4 tickets for you, your employees and/or clients/suppliers to attend as spectators at the event. Promotion through our social media vehicles – Facebook and Twitter. Company name recognition in Frontier College’s annual report (online version). Logo recognition on sponsorship scroll at the event. Frontier College Literacy: Learning for Life. www.frontiercollege.ca www.scrabblenightincanada.ca Charitable Registration Number: 10740 8445 RR0001 Page 12 of 18 SCRABBLE® RACK SPONSOR SOLD OUT At the SCRABBLE® Corporate Challenge teams are seated, four people to a table. At each table there are place cards to identify the team and table number. As the Rack Sponsor, you have the opportunity to place your logo on each place card, as well as your logo on each scoresheet, showcasing your company in front of more than 350 business professionals and senior level executives at the event. Sponsorship benefits include: Logo recognition on event signage, marketing materials and www.scrabblenightincanada.ca with hyperlink to your website. Verbal recognition by the host at the event. Logo placement on SCRABBLE® scoresheets and place cards. Two guests from company can attend the event as spectators. Category Exclusivity. Company name recognition in Frontier College’s annual report (online version). Frontier College Literacy: Learning for Life. www.frontiercollege.ca www.scrabblenightincanada.ca Charitable Registration Number: 10740 8445 RR0001 Page 13 of 18 SWAG BAG SPONSOR SOLD OUT More than 350 business professional attend the SCRABBLE® Corporate Challenge and each will receive a special swag bag (gift bag) at the end of the night. The Swag Bag Sponsor will have the opportunity to brand the bag and to put product(s) in each bag. Sponsorship benefits include: Company name and logo on the 350 gift/tote bags. Category exclusivity. Verbal recognition by the host at the event. Opportunity to insert product, literature in gift bag. Logo recognition on event signage, marketing materials and on www.scrabblenightincanada.ca with hyperlink to your web site. Promotion through our social media vehicles – Facebook and Twitter. One guest from company can attend the event as a spectator. Logo recognition on sponsorship scroll at the event. Frontier College Literacy: Learning for Life. www.frontiercollege.ca www.scrabblenightincanada.ca Charitable Registration Number: 10740 8445 RR0001 Page 14 of 18 GOLDEN TILE SPONSOR (4) $2,500 Prior to and at the SCRABBLE® Corporate Challenge, teams have the opportunity to purchase SCRABBLE® Word Lists: “Q”, “Z” and “X” and “Two Letter” to help them gain an advantage to spelling a triple-score word. As the Golden Letter Sponsor, you have the opportunity to place your logo on one of these lists, showcasing your company in front of more than 350 business professionals and senior level executives at the event. Sponsorship benefits include: Logo recognition on event signage, marketing materials and www.scrabblenightincanada.ca with hyperlink to your website. Verbal recognition by the host at the event. Logo placement on SCRABBLE® Word List. Two guests from company can attend the event as spectators. Company name recognition in Frontier College’s annual report (online version). Frontier College Literacy: Learning for Life. www.frontiercollege.ca www.scrabblenightincanada.ca Charitable Registration Number: 10740 8445 RR0001 Page 15 of 18 MEDIA SPONSOR In-Kind We are looking for a partnership with a media outlet(s) to support promotion and coverage of this preeminent fundraiser. Open to negotiation, we are interested in online, broadcast and print advertisement space, contests, on-site interviews and other potential opportunities. As media sponsor, you will enjoy visibility and direct brand association with this signature event and market to this influential audience from the Canadian business community. All benefits are negotiable and customizable to suit sponsor objectives. Sponsorship benefits include: Opportunity to display 2 company signs at event. Verbal recognition by the host at the event. Logo recognition on event signage, marketing materials and on www.scrabblenightincanada.ca with hyperlink to your web site. Opportunity to insert product, literature in gift bag. Promotion through our social media vehicles – Facebook and Twitter. Logo recognition on sponsorship scroll at the event. Sponsor to provide: Promote the SCRABBLE® Corporate Challenge via the media outlet’s social media vehicles to its’ followers and audiences leading up to the event. Offer complimentary advertisement space – radio, print, online or broadcast. (Suggestions include general newsletter, traditional media, blogs, etc.) List the SCRABBLE® Corporate Challenge with hyperlink to web site on media outlet’s community event calendar. Promote and run a contest for one team entry to attend and compete at the 10th annual SCRABBLE® Corporate Challenge. Gift packages for silent auction offering (suggestions include one year subscription, tote bag, tshirts, usb drives, etc.) Feature photos from the events in your Life or Events section following the event. Offer a free trial issue or subscription to the SCRABBLE® Corporate Challenge guests the night of the event. Frontier College Literacy: Learning for Life. www.frontiercollege.ca www.scrabblenightincanada.ca Charitable Registration Number: 10740 8445 RR0001 Page 16 of 18 SILENT AUCTION SPONSOR In-Kind One of the highlights at the SCRABBLE® Corporate Challenge is the wide selection of silent auction prizes. We are looking for fun and exciting items that appeal to a broad audience for our silent auction. Suggestions include: trips, electronics, high-end golf gear, signed memorabilia, gift certificates, etc. Items can be bundled, creating incredible value to our participants. Rewarding packages to include executives to auction off their time (lunch meeting, golf day, etc). The possibilities are endless! Sponsorship benefits include: Opportunity to place product on display to more than 350 business professionals from the Canadian business community. Logo recognition on event signage, marketing materials and www.scrabblenightincanada.ca with hyperlink to your website. Promotion through our social media vehicles – Facebook and Twitter. Name recognition on sponsorship scroll at the event. Frontier College Literacy: Learning for Life. www.frontiercollege.ca www.scrabblenightincanada.ca Charitable Registration Number: 10740 8445 RR0001 Page 17 of 18 Overall Benefits of Support Opportunity to align your brand with Frontier College, Canada’s literacy leader. Association with a well-known and well-attended event that has become a must-attend event and a highlight of the Canadian business scene. Will help to break the cycle of intergenerational low literacy by helping to raise funds to support Frontier College literacy programs across Canada. Will promote a unique event that raises funds to help address low literacy, a root cause of Canada’s low productivity rates. Opportunity to communicate to your employees and customers that you support Frontier College and literacy. Recognition as a philanthropic leader in Canada. This event provides substantial marketing opportunities both in the lead up to the event, the night of the event and after the event. This event provides you with the opportunity to demonstrate to your employees, clients and customers that you support literacy, one of the key indicators of enhanced economic health for a nation. Sponsorship of the SCRABBLE® Corporate Challenge can help you build your brand(s) amongst a desirable audience while fostering Frontier College’s critical community literacy programs in a truly tangible way. We truly appreciate your consideration of our request. It is our hope we can partner to make the SCRABBLE® Corporate Challenge a success and support literacy across Canada. For more information about the SCRABBLE® Corporate Challenge, Frontier College and the related sponsorship opportunities, please contact: Meredith Roberts Manager, Special Events Frontier College [email protected] 416-923-3591 ext. 324 Frontier College Literacy: Learning for Life. www.frontiercollege.ca www.scrabblenightincanada.ca Charitable Registration Number: 10740 8445 RR0001 Page 18 of 18