United Way Of Greater Nashua

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1 United Way Of Greater Nashua 20 Broad Street Nashua, NH Tel Fax Dear Friend: At United Way of Greater Nashua, we are very pleased to announce our 2018 Sponsorship Opportunities. This year we will be able to offer you three different unique ways to support your community through partnership with us in the coming year, each of which has different benefits to your organization. A partnership with United Way of Greater Nashua is beneficial, in that we have one of the strongest and most positive brands in our community one that you will want to be affiliated with. For example: In 2017 United Way of Greater Nashua was featured in the Nashua Telegraph over 20 times, with front page coverage on several occasions. We have also been featured in The Hippo and The Union Leader! In 2017, we were on WMUR s evening news three times and were also featured on New Hampshire Chronicle with our exclusive Over the Edge event! United Way of Greater Nashua is one of very few organizations which serves the entire region, including all 11 communities from Wilton to Litchfield, from Milford to Hudson, from Merrimack to Nashua, nobody serves our community more extensively! Our Facebook page and Twitter feed EACH have over 1,300 active users, and our new website volunteergreaternashua.org is bringing community engagement to a whole new level! Our business partners include both large and small, and include strong relationships with many of the regions preeminent employers, including St. Joseph Hospital, Nashua Community College, BAE Systems, etc. Our five sponsorship opportunities for 2018 (attached in greater detail) include: Corporate Partner be one of a handful of exclusive business partners, with coverage at all events and in digital and print media. Days of Caring Sponsorship choose one or all five Days of Caring to get involved and spread the word about how you care about the community. Over the Edge Sponsorship join us at one of New Hampshire s preeminent statewide events and collaborate with not one, but OVER 20 different nonprofits at one time. Radio sponsorship our weekly live radio show on WSMN 1590 AM covers a large footprint and is carried on the radio as well as streamed and replayed online a great advertising value. Automotive program automotive dealers can get in our program to receive credit for partnership including great media exposure, while also building rapoir with their customers. Each of these approaches has benefits and you can choose the one which works best for you. And the good news is that in each case you are partnering with an agency where over 98% of your investment stays in our community and 93% of your investment goes to the critical mission of health, education, and financial stability. We look forward to hearing from you soon and thank you, in advance, for LIVING UNITED! Sincerely, Serving Amherst, Brookline, Hollis, Hudson, Litchfield, Lyndeborough, Merrimack, Milford, Mont Vernon, Nashua, and Wilton 2018 Board of Directors Bob S. Larmouth, Retired Co- Chair Bernie Rousseau, Pennichuck Water Co-Chair Chair Susan McHugh, UPS Immediate Past Chair Dan Munroe, Presstek, Treasurer Bob Mack, City of Nashua, Secretary Lucille Jordan, Nashua Community College Peter Chaloner, Retired Kevin Slattery, Etchstone Properties, Inc. Rolf Goodwin, McLane Middleton Jay Dinkel, Enterprise Bank Heather Tebbetts, Liberty Utilities Jamie Pappas, Monarch Instrument Galina Szakacs, G Szakacs Coaching Jim Donchess, Mayor, City of Nashua Amir Toosi, Rivier University Deb Howes, NTU / AFL-CIO Trent Blalock, Edward Jones Amanda Schneck, Pearl Marketing Brandon McGrath, Anheuser- Busch Carl Soderberg, Able-Ebenezer Brewery Andrew Smith, DHHS Wendy Hunt, Souhegan Valley Chamber of Commerce Heather Henline, Nashua Telegraph Michael Apfelberg President United Way of Greater Nashua Staff Mike Apfelberg, President Liz Fitzgerald, Community Impact Director 2018 Annual Corporate Sponsors All Clean Cleaners -- BAE Systems Edward Jones / Trent Blalock -- Enterprise Bank Etchstone Properties, Inc. Morin s Landscaping -- Nashua Community College Nashua Silver Knights Pearl Marketing St. Joseph Healthcare White Mountain IT Services

2 United Way 2018 Days of Caring Partnership Opportunities Sponsoring United Way Days of Caring is a tremendous way to LIVE UNITED in our community. Your support brings these impactful, volunteer driven, events to Greater Nashua. Make a difference today! Food Security Meal Packaging Day of Caring March, 2018 Packaging 40,000 meals to support the food needs of our local pantries! Addressing Food Security in our Community! Food Security Community Farming Day of Caring April, 2018 Building a community farm to support sustainable and health food access in our Community! Early Childhood Day of Caring May, 2018 Community Baby Shower Starting Young Families Off on the Right Foot! Homeless and Hunger Day of Caring September, 2018 United We Sleep to End Hunger & Homelessness Highlighting the issues of extreme poverty! Homebound Elderly Day of Caring November, 2018 United Way Shoebox Project Caring for Homebound Seniors in our Community! 2018 Days of Caring Sponsorship Packages Individual Event Community Partner $500 Community Change Maker $1,000 Community Superhero $1,500 All Events* $1,000 $2,500 $5,000 All Events gives your company the package of benefits at EVERY Day of Caring for the year! One sponsorship, many benefits. Return on Investment: Being a United Way Day of Caring Event Sponsor gives your company the opportunity to make a real difference in the community AND gain important public recognition by demonstrating that you care about giving back. Market research is very clear that customers care about community involvement and purchase from companies which are involved. United Way events are highly visible, well-known, and respected throughout Greater Nashua. We are proud that EVERY United Way event in 2016 was covered prominently by the Nashua Telegraph, with additional coverage by WMUR and the Union Leader! Community Partners are recognized in United Way social media and on the Event T-Shirt. With over 1,300 Facebook and Twitter Followers, the coverage adds up fast! Community Change Makers, in addition to the above, also have the opportunity to display their banners and place marketing materials at the event. Community Superheroes, in addition to the above, receive special recognition at the event, are named in press releases, and are listed in event print advertising in the Nashua Telegraph. In-kind Sponsors, if your company sells a product or service which is useful for one or more of our Days of Caring, we will gladly recognize that gift as a sponsorship. Please contact us for more information. Contact us TODAY to become a 2018 United Way Day of Caring Sponsor! Mike Apfelberg mapfelberg@unitedwaynashua.org

3 Corporate Partners as Year-Round Sponsors United Way of Greater Nashua Corporate Partners that sign on as year-round sponsors receive a substantial amount of promotional visibility. As a year-round sponsor, your logo will displayed and you will receive recognition at our events, including our four days of caring, our annual sleep out, and our annual donor/volunteer recognition baseball game. Your logo will also be on display on our event t-shirts, on our footers, on our website, and you will be called out for recognition on our Facebook page and our Twitter feed, each of which have over 1,300 active followers. During 2017, United Way of Greater Nashua events were featured in the Nashua Telegraph and Manchester Union Leader over 20 times! We were also featured 3 times on WMUR during the evening news as well as having a segment on Chronicle. As you can see, by partnering with us, you will receive recognition as a key player on a strong and wellrespected Team. How it works: The United Way of Greater Nashua Corporate Partner is a one-time, $5,000 gift. Your participation is exclusive, meaning that there is only one spot available per industry classification. Your funding helps us to make our dollars go further in the community and recognizes you as a strong partner in making change happen in our community! Contact Mike Apfelberg (603) or mapfelberg@unitedwaynashua.org to get involved as a corporate sponsor! United Way of Greater Nashua Volunteer/Donor Recognition Event A great event with 500 United Way donors and volunteers at a baseball game at Holman Stadium with the Nashua Silver Knights! Prominent signage placement Logo w/link to company website in all event e-communications & on event page Free tickets to event Included in press release, radio PSA, cable TV announcement, online listings United Way of Greater Nashua Days of Caring 5 Days of Caring in the Community! Signage placement at event site Logo on event T-shirt, poster & promotional marketing materials Logo with link to company site in all event e-communications & on event page Opportunity to place promotional items at event on sponsor table Included in press release, radio PSA, cable TV announcement, online event listings Electronic Communications from UWGN Logo w/link to company site included on UWGN homepage Company logo included in all UWGN staff signatures Logo w/link to company site included in Quarterly UWGN e-newsletters Mentions with logo on our very popular social media feeds Print Communications from UWGN Listed as a Corporate Partner for 2018 on UWGN letterhead Listing included in mailings mailed to donors (approx. 12,000) Logo included in print advertising recognizing campaign donors in the Nashua Telegraph

4 Sponsorship Package 2018 The event Live United Over the Edge 2018 will be one of the biggest non-profit events of the year! In 2017 the event raised over $140,000, included 10 different non-profits with 70 participants, included a VIP team led by Kelly Ayotte and Jamie Staton, was featured in the Manchester Union Leader, the front page of the Nashua Telegraph, WMUR s evening news not once, but twice, and was featured in New Hampshire Chronicle. Not to mention hundreds and hundreds of social media posts, reposts, and likes. Check out last year s event on NH CHRONICLE This year, the event will be twice as big! There will be 140 participants, rappelling down the Brady-Sullivan Tower in downtown Manchester, raising over $300,000 for 23 different non-profits including the United Ways of both Manchester and Nashua again to be led by our amazing Ayotte/Staton VIP Team. The question is not would you like to sponsor this event? The question is How can you pass up the opportunity to sponsor this event? The sponsorships Mrs. NH, Diana Erickson, gets ready to go Over the Edge as part of the 2017 VIP Team! All sponsorship dollars are divided up between the participating nonprofits, each of which will spread the word through their social media channels thanking you for your support. There are Building Sponsor* we are grateful to again have Brady-Sullivan Properties as our Building Sponsor! Naming Sponsors* (two available) -- $15,000 along with Brady-Sullivan, you will be identified as one of the premier sponsors for the event! Landing Zone Sponsors* (two available) -- $5,000 you will be recognized as a sponsor each time one of the participants comes down to earth! Helmet Sponsors (two available)* -- $5,000 your logo will be featured on a sticker on each participant s helmet! Rope Sponsors (4 available) -- $2,500 every time a rappeller comes down on one of the four ropes, you will be recognized all day long! All sponsors will be recognized on the event banners, event t-shirts, in event media releases, and in social media postings. Imagine how it will be to have 23 DIFFERENT non-profits acknowledging your support. *Include one complimentary spot on our 2018 VIP TEAM! Sponsorships are limited and first come, first served. Contact us today: Mike Apfelberg, President United Way of Greater Nashua

5 United Way Of Greater Nashua 20 Broad Street Nashua, NH Tel Fax January 2018 Attention: Automotive Dealers, Auto Repair Shops, Restaurants, Banks and Credit Unions, Realtors, Dentists, Chiropractors, and Insurance Agencies We would like to invite you to become a sponsor on our weekly radio show, United Way Community Connections, which broadcasts LIVE every Monday, 9-10 am on WSMN How it works Each sponsor will have an exclusive spot in the show, no two like businesses will be allowed. The sponsorship is for a full year of advertising. Each sponsor will have a 30 second spot that will air twice during the show. The show is also rebroadcast later in the week, doubling your advertising. Additionally, our partner WSMN will broadcast your spot a minimum of 20 other time throughout the week, for a total of 1,248 airings per year. Lastly, our weekly show is uploaded to the WSMN Website within the week of it s airing as well as to our Facebook page, which has almost 1,500 active followers. You can re-record your spot brand new as frequently as once per month if you like, in order to highlight seasonal promotions. And once per quarter we will have you on the show for a special segment highlighting your business live and in person. The spot is prime advertising space because our show is in a highly listened to timeframe, coming on Monday morning directly following Monday s with the Mayor. The WSMN broadcast footprint covers all of Nashua, Hudson, Litchfield, Salem, Windham, Pelham, Derry, and Londonderry. It is the primary local AM talk radio station in our region, with thousands of daily listeners on the radio and on line. We will accommodate ONLY UP TO 5 sponsors per year, at a cost of just $2,000 per sponsor, per year. Your cost per spot aired on the show comes to less than $.50 per spot aired!!! Normally, a single spot would cost as much as $15! Best of all, your name becomes entwined with one of the region s strongest philanthropies: United Way of Greater Nashua. More information to learn more and reserve your exclusive 2018 radio sponsorship, contact Mike at mapfelberg@unitedwaynashua.org or by phone at Regards, and thank you for LIVING UNITED! Mike Apfelberg Serving Amherst, Brookline, Hollis, Hudson, Litchfield, Lyndeborough, Merrimack, Milford, Mont Vernon, Nashua, and Wilton 2018 Board of Directors Bob S. Larmouth, Retired Co- Chair Bernie Rousseau, Pennichuck Water Co-Chair Chair Susan McHugh, UPS Immediate Past Chair Dan Munroe, Presstek, Treasurer Bob Mack, City of Nashua, Secretary Lucille Jordan, Nashua Community College Peter Chaloner, Retired Kevin Slattery, Etchstone Properties, Inc. Rolf Goodwin, McLane Middleton Jay Dinkel, Enterprise Bank Heather Tebbetts, Liberty Utilities Jamie Pappas, Monarch Instrument Galina Szakacs, G Szakacs Coaching Jim Donchess, Mayor, City of Nashua Amir Toosi, Rivier University Deb Howes, NTU / AFL-CIO Trent Blalock, Edward Jones Amanda Schneck, Pearl Marketing Brandon McGrath, Anheuser- Busch Carl Soderberg, Able-Ebenezer Brewery Andrew Smith, DHHS Wendy Hunt, Souhegan Valley Chamber of Commerce Heather Henline, Nashua Telegraph Staff Mike Apfelberg, President Liz Fitzgerald, Community Impact Director 2018 Annual Corporate Sponsors All Clean Cleaners -- BAE Systems Edward Jones / Trent Blalock -- Enterprise Bank Etchstone Properties, Inc. Morin s Landscaping -- Nashua Community College Nashua Silver Knights Pearl Marketing St. Joseph Healthcare White Mountain IT Services

6 United Way Of Greater Nashua 20 Broad Street Nashua, NH Tel Fax January, 2018 Dear Greater Nashua Automotive Retailer, Serving Amherst, Brookline, Hollis, Hudson, Litchfield, Lyndeborough, Merrimack, Milford, Mont Vernon, Nashua, and Wilton We would like to extend to you an invitation to participate in the United Way of Greater Nashua Automotive Retailer Driving Community Change sponsorship program. How it works Each month we will partner exclusively with one automotive retailer in the 11 community area of Greater Nashua. During that month, the dealer will receive promotion and recognition via weekly Facebook and Twitter posts, a press release distributed to all local news media, a call out on our weekly WSMN 1590 radio show, and a recognition in our Chunky s of Nashua promotional video, which airs twice before every movie they show. Your commitment to community will be recognized, increasing customer loyalty, and promotion of sales. In return for this promotion, the dealer will donate $100 for each new and used vehicle sold that month. The donation will be to United Way of Greater Nashua and will be chosen by the customer to be earmarked for one of the 16 local non-profits supported by United Way, including Bridges, the Boys and Girls Club, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Girls Inc., The Youth Council, Front Door, Meals on Wheels, and others. More information to learn more and reserve your exclusive 2018 month, please contact Mike Apfelberg at United Way of Greater Nashua. We will book your month, assuming no other dealership has already spoken for it Board of Directors Bob S. Larmouth, Retired Co- Chair Bernie Rousseau, Pennichuck Water Co-Chair Chair Susan McHugh, UPS Immediate Past Chair Dan Munroe, Presstek, Treasurer Bob Mack, City of Nashua, Secretary Lucille Jordan, Nashua Community College Peter Chaloner, Retired Kevin Slattery, Etchstone Properties, Inc. Rolf Goodwin, McLane Middleton Jay Dinkel, Enterprise Bank Heather Tebbetts, Liberty Utilities Jamie Pappas, Monarch Instrument Galina Szakacs, G Szakacs Coaching Jim Donchess, Mayor, City of Nashua Amir Toosi, Rivier University Deb Howes, NTU / AFL-CIO Trent Blalock, Edward Jones Amanda Schneck, Pearl Marketing Brandon McGrath, Anheuser- Busch Carl Soderberg, Able-Ebenezer Brewery Andrew Smith, DHHS Wendy Hunt, Souhegan Valley Chamber of Commerce Heather Henline, Nashua Telegraph Regards, and thank you for LIVING UNITED! Mike Apfelberg Staff Mike Apfelberg, President Liz Fitzgerald, Community Impact Director 2018 Annual Corporate Sponsors All Clean Cleaners -- BAE Systems Edward Jones / Trent Blalock -- Enterprise Bank Etchstone Properties, Inc. Morin s Landscaping -- Nashua Community College Nashua Silver Knights Pearl Marketing St. Joseph Healthcare White Mountain IT Services